Hype! Page #6

they just started

To put stickers on things

that just said "seattle."

That's all

the stickers said.

It's like, the stamp--

You know,

it's like the u.S.D.A.

It's, like, seattle--

Stamp it.

It's, like, seattle--

Stamp it.

yeah

yeah

low beat

Great band.

I like best.

low beat

low beat

low beat

[No singing]

[No singing]

get down now

get down now

hey

hey

low beat

low beat

low beat, whoo

I hate category

of grunge.

Grunge categorize--Oh.

I only like live,

loud music.

I don't need grunge.

I don't need grunge.

how many times

have you said i'm sorry

to only trash me

within the day

i think "god,

will I ever escape this?"

now my body just burns

beware of

what I threw you

baggage like fire

just to thrill you

like I might turn

and sniff you

slippery near the edge

slippery near the edge

Steve fisk:
Nirvana happening

or Pearl Jam happening,

In some way seems like

kind of a--

Some kind of, like,

weird natural occurrence

That got rolling in 1979.

Like, it's that energy.

Whatever that energy started as,

Ultimately, you know,

landed with what we got now.

It's not like

it's punk rock paying off.

It's more like you push

the pimple hard enough

And it pops

up someplace else.

But then it becomes

homogenized, manipulated,

And marketed, and it's not

intense anymore.

So, there's a constant

cycle of rebellion.

I think punk's going

to be there forever, man.

As long as there's kids

that like it.

Yeah. Kids are the most

important part of punk.

They want

to get wild. Yeah.

Steve fisk:

there'll be no shortage

Of disaffected american youth

over the next 50 years.

Probably even more.

Some great rock 'n' roll

coming down the line.

slip through you,

yeah

There's over 1,000 bands

in seattle right now.

And I think a lot of that

is people moving here.

Bands moving here

in hopes of becoming famous.

Because of all the hype and

all the attention on seattle,

People know that

if they do something here,

They're going get recognized

to some extent.

It won't be totally overlooked,

even if it's bad.

In fact, there were

musicians who moved

To california in the early

eighties from seattle,

To try and get signed,

who started moving back.

To try and get signed,

who started moving back.

Man:
there's got

to be at least 1,000,

If not more than that,

in seattle.

So, I came with an idea

To package boxed sets

of northwest bands.

So, what I try and do, is I try

and find ways to exploit--

And I like the word

"exploit"--

Exploit through propaganda

and television

The northwest music community

as a whole.

Volume 3 is probably

my favorite set.

It's got some of

the most well-Known bands.

You've got your hammerbox,

and your hungry crocodiles,

And pond, sara debell,

peace, love, and guitars.

Just got--I mean, it's got

so many great bands in it,

That if you want

to know anything about

The northwest music--

There's my card--

You want to know anything

about the northwest music scene,

This is a great place to start

because all the cards

Have the contact information

of the band on the back.

And also, if you take

these cards,

Turn them face down,

put them together,

It's a jigsaw puzzle

of a traffic jam on i-5.

i say

f***

i say f*** and you say yeah d

d

i say f*** and you say yeah d

d

D:

i say f*** and you say yeah d

Dd

i say f*** and you say yeah

D:

i say f*** and you say yeah d

i say f***

yeah

i say let's and you say go

i say let's

and you say let's go, man

i say let's

and you say go, whoo

i say let's

and you say go, whoo

i say let's

go

go

oh, yeah

Today, I was

in a music shop,

And saw some people.

It was like,

"You moved from l.A.

Probably yesterday."

Like, I feel sorry for

the up-And-Coming bands.

They can't even

get gigs.

It takes them a year

sometimes to get a gig.

We were together 3 weeks

when we played a show.

You see a ton of bands?

The trees weigh

more than a ton.

We're a ton of band.

Ha ha ha!

So, f*** 'em!

We got bands all over

this place here.

We got a band in here--

Inflatable soul.

Manotypical.

Rap band in this room.

[Drums playing]

Hear a lone drummer

practicing in here.

Hip-Hop beat.

Hip-Hop beat.

Industrial nonsense

comes out of that flat.

It's all hallways

and doorways.

Have bands in the rafters.

Bands to the left.

Bands to the right.

Kim thayil:

it'd be like being a kid

And setting up

a lemonade stand.

And having a really

successful lemonade stand.

All of a sudden, 10 of them

open up right next to you.

In your yard,

on your block,

All competing for

the same lemonade nickel.

Only they're--

They're obviously selling

lower quality lemonade.

They're obviously selling

lower quality lemonade.

[Playing alternative music]

[Playing alternative music]

aah

Right now, seattle is

quarter until 6:
00,

On christmas eve

in a shopping mall,

And the mall closes at 6:00.

When it's too crazy,

And it's loaded

with sub-Moronic idiots,

Prancing around,

Buying anything they can

get their hands on.

Buying anything they can

get their hands on.

By universal acclaim,

The nation's media

have declared seattle

The coolest place

in the known universe.

Announcer:
the music of seattle

is as progressive as the people.

Listen to Pearl Jam,

Soundgarden, Nirvana.

Where else can you get

the seattle sound? Best buy.

Second announcer: once there

was this grunge singer,

Who did all the things

grunge singers would do.

you get on a carpet

couldn't help it

dd

i'm drinking

from the toilet

it's just a habit

i swear that smell

you smell

is not from me

Announcer:
it's loud music

with heavy vocals.

Reporter:
is it mutant

rock and roll?

Have we ever used

chainsaws and axes?

Have we ever used

chainsaws and axes?

Are they contributing

anything to the world

They're taking so much from?

They're taking so much from?

Mudhoney's sort of watching

the market right now.

Alex trebek:

in october 1993...

Alex trebek:

in october 1993...

Jeremy?

Who is Pearl Jam?

Pop music for 400.

Who is Pearl Jam?

Pop music for 400.

Does this look like

we're unhappy or cynical?

Ok, our next guests

are a seattle band.

This right here is

their newest album.

Playin' the posies.

"Weird al" yankovic.

Pearl jam!

Beavis:
hey, butt-Head,

where's seattle?

Seattle...

seattle...

Seattle?

Thanks, phone dude.

Seattle?

Thanks, phone dude.

I think now's the time

that I should be announcing

My candidacy

for mayor of seattle.

The whole thing

was just out of control,

And press people were

visiting our office

At the rate

of 2 or 3 a week.

It seemed like

very few of them had

Even the most remote clue

Of what was really

going on in seattle.

Glossy print ad

with a fancy red car

In the background,

And they're saying

something about grunge.

You think people are gonna

go out and buy this car?

They're gonna look at

this ad and go, "f*** you."

When you're close

to something,

You feel you know

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