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Jack endino:
the bands

that stuck it out

Did it because they really,

really, really enjoyed

Playing their music.

And that was really the only

positive reinforcement

That anybody got.

We really started playing

music 'cause it's fun,

Which probably

most people say, but...

With us, it's true.

[Laughter]

Yeah, everybody else

is lying.

Everybody else

is lying.

[Guitar music begins]

[Guitar music begins]

after all the trouble

has come and gone

D:

it was here for so long d

now i've got

this sinking feeling

Dd

everyone seems to be leaving

oh, whoadd

i can't believe how lonel

y it is here on k street

there's no one like me

here on k street

how lonely it is

here on k street today

today

today, today

I've never been in any other

spot in the country

Where so many people

play, you know?

You know, there's tons

of shitty bands,

But there's, like,

tons of great bands, too.

The most interesting

music around here

Is--Is definitely

coming from places

Where--Where people are just

playing in the garage,

They're playing

to themselves.

They're playing

to their friends.

Across the street lives--

These guys are in a band

called sister psychic.

And then there's another

band who practices there,

And they're all friends,

And then her fault,

my little brother's band,

And--And--They're

all friends.

They go to the show.

It's just friends playing music.

oh, and I can't believe d

how lonely it is

here on k street

there's no one like me

here on k street

how lonely it is

here on k street today

today

today, today

today

today

today, today

Charles peterson: we were

all so f***ing bored

Out of our heads,

that it was get drunk,

Fall down, and,

uh...you know,

Throw your body around.

And all the bands that

came through seattle

At that time--

Scratch acid and big black--

Said that seattle had

the most exciting,

Potent scene

going on in the u.S.

They all loved to play here

because everyone

Would just, like, go nuts

and drink themselves

Into a frenzy and throw

themselves onstage,

And it was very flattering

for these bands, you know,

Whereas you go to los angeles

and new york,

And people stood there

and went, "hmm...

I don't know,

he missed a note there."

[Hard guitar music playing]

[Hard guitar music playing]

Best bands in seattle

were, like, malfunkshun...

The u-Men...

who else?

Skin yard, my eye,

feast,

64 spiders,

bundle of hiss.

Nobody ever remembers

psycho pop, man.

We could make

a long list

If we wanna talk about

all tom's bands.

We were

a good band, man!

Jack endino:
we had a band

called the farts.

Charles peterson:

red dress...blackouts...

Steve fisk:
the blackouts

were an excellent band.

You know,

three swimmers, beakers,

Little bears in bangkok...

Max band...

quack quack quack...

Nobody knows these names.

This is ancient history.

One generation out

from a band is--Is every band

That shared a member

directly with that band.

For instance, you know, uh...

Stone gossard was

in green river,

And then he went

to mother love bone.

That's one generation out.

So, for instance,

you could take, like,

An early band

like the blunt objects

And it asks you how many

generations--

Let's go 4 generations out.

Um...

So, you sort of have

these 3 columns,

The mainstream, heavy metal,

hard rock thing

That, you know, mother love

bone and Pearl Jam have done.

Then there's the fastbacks,

the posies, and, uh...

The young fresh fellows,

which were probably

The first band to really

make it out of seattle

All by themselves,

without moving out of town.

And they were just, you know,

sort of a pop sound.

And then, the third branch

is noise/grunge rock.

That was closely related

to green river and mudhoney

And the thrown-Ups whole

sort of sub-Pop,

You know, grunge sound.

And it's pretty incestuous,

But you keep bumping into

the same old people.

Charles peterson:

green river...

This was the genesis

right here.

Steve and mark

from mudhoney.

And stone and jeff

from Pearl Jam

And alex, who is now

studying to be a lawyer.

Art chantry:
room nine

became love battery,

Bundle of hiss became tad,

pure joy became flop,

Skin yard, among other

things, became, uh...

Uh, grunt truck.

Jesse bernstein, who's dead.

Watch, folks.

Hundreds of dollars.

Don was in, uh,

butt sweat.

And, uh, they played

at one skate contest.

You were, too, tom.

Don't lie.

And, uh, heh heh heh.

And he was also in

the kings of rock.

So was jim tillman

from, uh...

Ex--Uh, love battery.

What? Jim tillman

wasn't in butt sweat.

He played rhythm guitar.

Did he?

Yep.

Ha ha ha!

Remember, friends,

this is only a movie.

You're free to leave

the theater at any time.

[Guitar music begins]

[Guitar music begins]

well, I got batter

oh, you just aone

oh, you just aone

a beginner

let's go like a sun

let's go like a sun

heat up the syrup

whoo

this is gonna be fun

this is gonna be fun

these hotcakes

flapping like a gun

flapping like a gun

talkin' 'bout

them hotcakes

you know what I mean

talkin' 'bout

them hotcakes

talkin' 'bout

them hotcakes

knocking back

them hotcakes

i don't think

they leave

D:

talkin' 'bout them hotcakes d

give me some more of them

, give me some more of them

give me some more

of them hotcakesdd

give me some more of them

, give me some more of them

give me some more

of them hotcakes

give me some more of them,

give me some more of them

give me some more

hotcakes right now

Someone said to me once

that there was

The aesthetic of dumb

about the seattle music scene--

That the music wasn't stupid,

but it was dumb.

You know, mudhoney

is not stupid,

But they're

a little bit dumb.

My mom has

always told me

That I am not

a loser.

So, the whole

loser thing...

I never believed in,

'cause...

Clearly,

i am not a loser.

Mark, I think your

mom has told you

The same thing.

We're not losers.

I guess it's really easy

To think of yourself

as a loser,

'Cause then you don't care

if people like you or not.

You know? That's

sort of the idea.

And then you can do

whatever you want.

And then you can do

whatever you want.

And it's funny.

We were the guy

in high school

Who people

used to beat up.

And we couldn't even talk

to the pretty girl.

I mean, we couldn't--

We're nerds, god damn it!

Well, I think ever since

spinal tap came out,

I mean, they were, like,

pointing the finger at...

Bloated, overly commercialized,

diluted bands,

And, uh, we just looked

at ourselves and said,

"We don't have to point at

somebody else. We can..."

you be the cat,

i'll be the mouse

you be the cat,

and i'll be the mouse

you be the cat, see?

I'll be the mouse

invite me over

to your mousetrap house

it's a mousetrap

it's a mousetrap

you be the cat

i'll be the mouse

you be the cat

and i'll be the mouse

invite me over

to your mousetrap house

running in and out

of your steel catch

yeah, that's what

it's all about

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