Mark Yarm's Blog, page 423
June 5, 2014
robbmirsky:
T is for TAD….
Unapologetic classic grunge… TAD...
T is for TAD….
Unapologetic classic grunge… TAD might not be one of the first names you think of when you think of the Seattle grunge movement back in the early 90′s, but boy were they a part of the scene. I believe the first Sub Pop release was TAD back when TAD was just Tad Doyle’s solo endeavour. They were there from the start. They went on tour in a tiny van with an unknown band at the time, who we would all later know as Nirvana. They are heavy as shit, and scary as hell (proba...
The key thing I learned from Spin’s oral history of...
The key thing I learned from Spin’s oral history of Soundgarden’s Superunknown: The band once appeared on Bill Nye the Science Guy. (Segment starts around 4:25.)
While you’re at it, be sure to check out Mudhoney performing the Bill Nye the Science Guy theme song.
Spin: Get Yourself Control: The Oral History of...
Spin:Get Yourself Control: The Oral History of Soundgarden’s ‘Superunknown’
Michael Beinhorn (producer): [Artis the Spoonman] takes his shirt off, and he’s like, “I hope someone’s got a video camera here, because you’re going to want to film this.” We start running the track [“Spoonman”], and he just starts picking these tools up, and he strikes the living crap out of himself with them. I’m not talking about light slaps, either; some of them are big, hard pieces of metal. Within a very short p...
“The worst case scenario would be someone that...
“The worst case scenario would be someone that didn’t speak the language, so we couldn’t really tell what they were doing. But immediately the locks go down. And it smells. We ride one block, and they turn around and blow both our heads off.”
Needless to say, this scenario didn’t play out when I went hitchhiking with John Waters in NYC.
June 4, 2014
stereogum:
Butthole Surfers’ Gibby Haynes was a star basketball...
Butthole Surfers’ Gibby Haynes was a star basketball player at Trinity University. (via Dangerous Minds)
"Lorde may be a superstar, but she’s deep, man. [Though] I barely got to say two words to her..."
Watch Soundgarden play "Spoonman" on The Tonight Show Starring...
Watch Soundgarden play "Spoonman" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night. Then check out their online bonus performance of "My Wave."
