Chris Cornell habla sobre la caida del Grunge en los 90s

When did the scene die down?

The core of the real scene died as soon as everybody was out touring, whether it was a major label or indie. Once bands were out traveling, they weren’t at home anymore. That particular club scene was over — morphed into something else. I remember coming back from tour and seeing a late-’60s Dodge in front of one of the clubs that we used to play. These guys got out, and the car had Minnesota plates on it. They opened their trunk and were changing their clothes from bags they had in there. You realized that Seattle had almost become the Sunset Strip, because there were people coming from all over the world to move there and start bands. It happened really quickly. By ’92.

Our soundman had a rehearsal space with 14 different spaces inside of it in an old winery. And I think by the end of ’93 or ’94, he had 75 rehearsal spaces. The bands at the beginning of the scene were all busy and we were all out of Seattle — it was gone. A lot of clubs opened up. Another thing I think was always misunderstood is the idea that part of the scene was this great club scene, and that there were a lot of great clubs to play. But that wasn’t true. There was a couple. It was really the music that was vibrant. A lot of clubs that catered to music and bands opened up after that, which was really great. But it became different. It changed.