Victims fell for alleged serial killer’s tale that he needed help finding gold in area of his Washington state farm, authorities say
Washington State, come for the music and don’t mind the serial killers.
come for the music
The vast majority of musicians from Washington moved to big cities outside of Washington state. Dave Grohl of Nirvana is in Los Angeles, Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill moved to NYC and then to California. King Buzzo from the Melvins is still a local, but then he never made mainstream notoriety like Grohl or Hanna.
Washington isn’t the cultural powerhouse it used to be, it’s been hollowed out by giant corporations. Rents are insane and it’s not possible to be a weird artist here anymore, even in cheaper cities like Olympia. I mean fuck, K Records had to sell their building they’re doing so bad financially.
There are still local and small bands, sure, but the scene is thriving far less than it used to, and COVID really killed the last vestiges of it.
- Dave Matthews
- Eddie Vetter
That’s all I got, lol
Matt Lukin and all the guys from Mudhoney are still there. So is Krist Novoselic. He even holds political office currently I think.
Jack Endino still runs a recording studio, although I think he doesn’t produce as much as he used to.
I forgot how much the music scene is known around here, it’s been a minute since I’ve been exposed to it. I’m glad people are keeping it alive.
Green River, U-Men, Gas Huffer, Skin Yard, TAD……so many great bands and too many to name. Of course everyone remembers the big 4, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam and Nirvana. But they weren’t what defined the scene. Maybe the early releases, but the mainstream albums hit for a reason. I still like it all though.
I’m that weird guy that still buys cassette tapes from Sub Pop haha.
If you get a chance and want to dive into it, then book by Mark Yarm (no relation to Mark Arm lol) called “Everyone loves our town, the oral history of grunge” is super wild. The guy basically interviewed everyone from the U-Men to producers and managers.
Don’t hate me, but I never really liked grunge except for some of Pearl Jam. I do know a lot of people that love it, I’ll pass the book info on.
No hate here! Music is super subjective. And that era of punk is…….somewhat an acquired taste haha.
I was wondering what kind of idiot falls for something like that, but apparently, the victims kept $15k in their cars as well as bricks, so…maybe not the brightest of the bunch.
Cya in lumby
