Hype!

[Sea gulls calling]

lions gate entertainment

lions gate entertainment

[Birds singing]

[Chain saw buzzing]

[Chain saw buzzing]

[Tree crashes]

[Radio being tuned]

Announcer:
it is,

for better or worse...

The birthplace

of grunge.

Second announcer:

seattle-Based bands...

Have topped the rock charts

for the past few years.

Nirvana, Pearl Jam,

and Soundgarden

Have sold millions

of records.

Announcer:
independent releases

to a major label debut--

[Static]

A musical movement

centered around seattle,

And a sound and style

that became known as grunge.

A month before that album

came out, they were--

[Static]

The basis

of the generation...

[Stammering]

a--X society.

Woman:
part of

the grunge movement,

As I understand it,

is the fact

That these kids have

the ability to say

Anything they

want to say,

Express anything

they want to express,

Any anger, any pain,

Any anguish,

any torment,

And they feel

a kinship, a oneness,

That this young man has

been through tragedy...

That this young man has

been through tragedy...

[Guitar music begins]

Man:
thanks a lot. This is

gonna be the last song.

Man:
thanks a lot. This is

gonna be the last song.

Dd

enough of your doctrines

your manifestos

i'm a simple man

and I speak

with simple words

talk about inclusion,

not exclusion

talk about inclusion,

not exclusion

i sing my song

across these rivers

and valleys

mountains, seas

fields and oceans

fields and oceans

i am a teacher

you're a teacher, too

i am a pencil pusher

i am a ditch digger

i am a loser

oh

oh

let's start a riot

walk in the night air

walk in the night air

Remember those

big bubbles that used to

Float through

the middle of town?

[Laughter]

yeah!

These big--Like,

bubbles, man.

They still do.

Yeah. You see them

once in a while.

They've got this big pit

out in the bay

That's like, all--

Like, this weird sh*t

That they--Comes out

of the process,

And--And the way--

The bubbles, they're,

like, this big,

And they would

float around,

And they're bad,

toxic things.

[Laughs] so, the way

to get rid of it

Is they got these

big water sprinklers,

And they just, like,

run sprinklers over it--

A bubble still gets

out once in a while.

They're huge.

They're like--

The bubble of death.

I went to bothell high school,

Which is, uh,

a suburban hell hole.

Um...

There's a sign

as you enter town.

It says, "welcome to bothell,

for a day or a lifetime."

[Chuckling]

and someone...

Someone--I wish

i had've done it--

But someone erased

the b-O-T at one time,

So it was, "welcome to hell

for a day or a lifetime."

The northwest is where

"flying saucers"--

The term "flying saucers"

was coined.

The northwest is, uh...

wherelouie, louieis from.

The northwest is where--

It's the serial killer

capital of the world.

We have more unsolved

serial killings up here

Than any other place

in the united states.

I mean, the manson family

used to vacation up this way.

This place is weird.

Lot of occult stuff.

All this stuff is a factor

In what happened

in the music.

[Guitar music begins]

[Guitar music begins]

Man:
I mean,

when the weather is crappy,

You don't want

to go outside.

You know, you basically

feel like staying in the house.

And, uh...

It's a very logical thing

To want to go down

into your basement

And, you know, make noise

to take out your frustrations,

Because you can't go outside

And do anything when it's

raining all the time.

don't get off the bus

'cause there ain't

nothing for you here

in my hometown

Man:
is seattle

a nice place to live?

It's the best place

to live.

And i've traveled

all over the place,

And I honestly wouldn't live

anywhere else.

It has all the amenities

of a big city.

But...

You know, there's nothing

you're missing out on

By being in seattle

as opposed to another city.

And it's pretty, you know?

There's hills and mountains

and trees and water.

Art chantry:
so all these

people come here,

And then there's

all this publicity,

Andnorthern exposure,

andtwin peaks.

And everybody wants

to come up here,

And live the good

yuppie lifestyle,

But all that time,

there's all these people...

That are underneath

that were here first,

And are just starving,

and they're all crazy.

I mean, it's like one of

those end-Of-The-World places.

You can't go no further

and still be in the u.S.

[Guitar music begins]

[Guitar music begins]

oh yeah

oh yeah

since 14 years ago

i saw you out my door

can't you see me

in that, so

oh, baby,

it's one night, so

and I watch outside

and I see you there

and I wonder where

and I take a stare

i say, I watch outside

watch outside

i watch outside

watch outside, yeah

watch outside, yeah

i watch outside

i see you there

i wonder where

i take a stare

i say I watch outside

watch outside

i watch outside

watch outside

i watch outside,

i see you ride

i watch outside

and I see you ride

i watch outside,

i want outside

i watch outside,

i take a ride

i watch outside

In 1980...

i think bands

Stopped coming

to seattle.

Bands never used

to come here,

'Cause they'd go as far

as san francisco

And then not come

all the way up to seattle

Because it wasn't worth it

to play one show.

There were 2,

maybe 2 1/2 clubs

Where you could play

If you were playing

your own music.

Carla:
some people used

to rent halls,

Just put their whole show

on themselves.

Take tickets, run up,

do the music,

And at the end, pick up

the broom and clean it up.

let me call you about it

let me call you about it

woke up this morning

Well, seattle was

really lame.

You know, specifically

in the early eighties,

I mean, seattle was like

a million second cities.

It had a fake talking heads,

It had a fake pere ubu,

It had a fake killing joke,

It had all the fake ramones

you could shake a stick at.

You know,

and people from bellevue

Singing with

english accents.

Woman:
there was this big,

uh, poodle metal scene--

Bands with, uh,

big, fancy guitars,

And, uh, just tons and tons

of hairspray, eyeliner.

See, all the extra-Sleazy

punk rockers

Used to hang out

on first avenue.

There's a donut shop

right there

Which is right next to

the showbox,

Which is right there--

It's a comedy club now.

And that was, like, the big,

uh, punk rock venue.

Art chantry:

opening night,

The very first punk club

in seattle.

This is probably worth...

you know, 3, 400 bucks.

[Guitar music begins]

[Guitar music begins]

solid

solid

action

Nobody was too worried

about success,

Because we knew we were

living in seattle.

You know, it wasn't l.A.

Nobody was gonna come

and sign us.

We played a show,

some small club...

The audience

consisted of...

Members of the other

dozen or so bands

That were playing similar

bills and similar clubs.

[Guitar music begins]

say goodnight

then take a bitedd

Ddthen dig it a hole

take a light

then take a bite

then dig it a hole

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