NEWS 2020/07/04
No-one passing along Seattle’s Mercer Street on the afternoon of February 19, 1995, would have paid much attention to the four men carrying guitars, amps, PA speakers and drums into the West Marine boating store. With the rapacious major record label A&R scouts who had descended en masse upon the Emerald City in search of fresh meat in the aftermath of the phenomenal commercial success of Nirvana’s Nevermind album and Pearl Jam’s debut Ten having long since returned to their offices in New York and Los Angeles, the local music community had once again retreated underground, with unsigned bands opting to play DIY shows in backyards, basements, thrift stores and garages rather than the city centre’s remaining dive bars, which now largely chased tourist dollars with grunge cover band...
Foo Fighters
1.This Is a Call 2.I'll Stick Around 3.Big Me 4.Alone + Easy Target 5.Good Grief 6.Floaty 7.Weenie Beenie 8.Oh, George 9.For All the Cows 10.X-Static 11.Wattershed 12.Exhausted