Rating: 4 out of 5 As a kid, I largely equated grunge with one band - Nirvana. And, indeed, to most people they personify anything that grunge came to symbolize in mass culture - the excesses, the darkness, the drugs and finally, the sad and lonely death of Kurt Cobain. Behind this facade, however, were…
As the title states, "The First Time I Heard..." is a compilation of stories on musical inspiration, as told by the likes of Lou Rhodes (Lamb), Sam Rosenthal (Black Tape For A Blue Girl), Emma Anderson/Miki Berenyi (Lush) and many others. Series are edited by the acclaimed novelist Scott Heim (Mysterious Skin) and so far…
IHN logo by Montbummery If throwing the music playbook out the window was (and largely, still is) a near-guarantee that your music won't be heard by masses, then its still puzzling how so many bands that achieved relatively little success were still able to record/produce and do all kinds of things through (often) unpleasant circumstances/conditions.…
