1988: Sub Pop Records LLC is officially formed by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman. 1989: Nirvana’s debut album, Bleach, is released, a benchmark “grunge” album that helped popularize the genre. It’s ...
Hefty enough to iron the wrinkles out of a flannel shirt, this tome, penned by Brooklyn writer Mark Yarm, traces the emergence of the genre through the voices of the people who experienced it.