Chris Cornell tocará "The Keeper" en LETTERMAN esta semana

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.

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Setlist del concierto de Pearl Jam en WINNIPEG

Pearl Jam
MTS Centre
Winnipeg, MB. CA
Sept. 17, 2011
Set List


01. Why Go
02. Animal
03. All Night
04. Corduroy
05. Arms Aloft-(Bullen, Shields, Slatterly, Stafford, Strummer)
06. Amongst The Waves
07. Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town {Ed says “I would like to send this one out to our friends Chris and Mira}
08. Wishlist
09. Daughter/WMA/It’s OK-(Cole)
10. Green Disease
11. The Fixer
12. Evenflow
{Ed forgets how to start “I Got Shit”. Stone shows him the first chords. Ed then talks about recording the “Mirror Ball” album with Neil Young. Ed says that he only recently came to the realization that part of “I Got Shit” is very similar to Neil’s “Cinnamon Girl”}
13. I Got Shit/Cinnamon Girl-(Young) {very brief only repeats a line twice}
14. Down
15. Olé
16. Unthought Known
17. Once


ENCORE BREAK 1
18. Inside Job
{Ed talks about hockey player Randy Jones and his wife driving for 36 hours to come to Winnipeg and them listening to Pearl Jam radio for all but one of those 36 hours. This prompts the crowd to chant “go Jets go”. Ed joins in playing guitar and singing “go Jets go” with the crowd}
19. Just Breathe (For Randy and Stephanie)
20. Present Tense
21. Comatose {The band starts song playing wrong chords. They stop playing and Mike starts into “Ain’t Talking ’bout Love”. Matt and Jeff join in while Ed dances. It doesn’t last long before they start playing “Comatose”}
22. Porch (during the outro Ed sings while standing on the barricade)


ENCORE BREAK 2
23. Search And Destroy w/ Mark Arm & Steve Turner of Mudhoney-(Pop, Williamson) {At Ed’s request Mark Arm dedicates the song to Ed’s brother Mike and his wife Sandy and congratulations them on the birth of their son}
24. Crazy Mary-(Williams)
25. Alive
26. Rockin’ In The Free World-(Young) {Ed says “this is for the Jets. Go Jets}
27. Indifference

Krist Novoselic sobre la explosión Grunge de los 90s

What role did “Nevermind” play in shaping the Seattle scene?

Seattle music got a lot of attention, like in the late ’80s, with bands like Mudhoney. There was a period when there were stories in the English press about the “Seattle sound” and they were hyping it up. Either Nirvana was never mentioned or there was a brief mention. And we were like, “Wow.”

Rock music wasn’t really happening. There were these beachheads — Faith No More, Jane’s Addiction — these alternative rock bands that weren’t the Sunset Strip look and sound. They had songs on the radio and videos on MTV. They broke the ground, but “Nevermind” was in the right place at the right time, and the right record. It blew the whole lid off of what was called “alternative music,” which is a label I never liked. Even “grunge” was way better [of a label] than “alternative” music. There was no alternative; it was the new wave of rock. That was a new interpretation and style of rock music.

Does it seem like 20 years ago?

I think so. Twenty years is a long time and a lot has gone on. But Nirvana for me personally has been prominent the whole way. It’s been so enduring. First you’re 16, then you’re 18, then you’re 21 and then you’re 40, then 63, or whatever retirement age is. So there are these milestones. But regardless, the music lives on. People are listening to the music, talking about it and thinking about it. It’s really neat. I never thought it would be so enduring.

Nirvana live in Paramount 1991

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/video/2011/sep/16/nirvana-popandrock