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advice and generosity, and much gratitude to my friends who offered manuscript critiques and moral support: Elizabeth Champ, Miles Hutton, Jeff Jackson, and Gregg Lauer. I’d also like to give shout-outs to the proprietors and fellow denizens of Room 58, my writing sanctuary, and Sonja and Andy Hoven, who provided me with a Seattle sanctuary. And many thanks to Jeffrey Kleinberg, for keeping me sane.

Thanks to the following people for all their efforts in connecting me with interviewees: Andrea Ball, Nils Bernstein, Jenny Dalton, Marie Walsh Dixon, Kent Eby, Bobby Gale, Rick Gershon, Jessica Gronvold, Kate Jackson, Bennett Kaufman, Carol Kaye, Jeannie Kedas, Miranda Lange, Steve Manning, Steve Martin, Brian McDonald, Michael Moses, Pam Nashel Leto, Elaine Schock, Gina Schulman, Monica Seide, Steve Sherr, Staci Slater, Gillian Smith, Andrew Steinthal, Aimee Tyo, Nicole Vandenberg, Amanda Van Goethen, Terry Wang, Beth Winer, Emily White, and Bob Whittaker.

I’d like to acknowledge Jacob McMurray of the Experience Music Project for all his help with, and enthusiasm for, this project. Also, thanks to the following for their assistance with research and source materials: Charles Batho (Archived Music Press), John Bigley, Carrie Borzillo, Stevie Chick, Jennifer Clay, Charles R. Cross, Chris Gill, Regan Hagar, Kristin Jones, Paul Jones (FooArchive.com), Martin Kuiper (FaceCulture.com), Jennifer Kutsher, Al Larsen, Clemens Marschall (Rokko’s Adventures), Maire Masco, Andy Savage, Herman Stadshaug, Dave Wulzen, and the New York and Seattle public library systems.

For reasons of structure, the following people I interviewed are not quoted in the book, though I sincerely appreciate the time they took to speak with me: Michael Alex, Danny Baird, Valerie Broatch, David Dorrell, Jan T. Gregor, John Hawkley, Jane Higgins, Jeff Kleinsmith, Dave Lipe, Chris Monlux, Nigel Pulsford, Reyza Sageb, Dave Sirulnick, Greg Stumph, Whiting Tennis, and Elizabeth Wurtzel.

Also, my humble apologies to anyone I may have failed to recognize here for his or her contributions to this project.

Finally, my sympathy goes out to the friends and family of the two interviewees who passed away as I was nearing completion of this book: Ricky Kulwicki and Mike Starr.

DAVE ABBRUZZESE Pearl Jam drummer

VALERIE AGNEW 7 Year Bitch drummer

MICHELLE AHERN concertgoer; Robert Scott Crane’s ex-wife

STEVE ALBINI recording engineer; singer/guitarist for Big Black (Chicago)

SAM ALBRIGHT Velvetone studio/label owner

GRANT ALDEN The Rocket newspaper managing editor

JEFF AMENT Pearl Jam/Temple of the Dog/Mother Love Bone/Green River/Deranged Diction bassist

JOHN MICHAEL AMERIKA (né Mike Hutchins; deceased) Cat Butt guitarist

JULIANNE ANDERSEN Supersuckers/Gas Huffer booking agent

DAWN ANDERSON journalist; Backlash zine publisher; Jack Endino’s ex-wife

MICHELE ANTHONY Sony Music president

MARK ARM (né Mark McLaughlin) Mudhoney singer/guitarist; Green River singer; Mr. Epp and the Calculations guitarist/singer; the Thrown Ups drummer

KRISHA AUGEROT Kelly Curtis’s assistant; Green Apple Quick Step comanager

JOHNNY BACOLAS Alice N’ Chains/Second Coming bassist

PETER BAGGE Hate cartoonist

LORI BARBERO drummer for Babes in Toyland (Minneapolis)

LOU BARLOW singer/guitarist for Sebadoh (Westfield, Mass.); bassist for Dinosaur Jr. (Amherst, Mass.)

SAMUEL BAYER “Smells Like Teen Spirit” video director

JOHN LEIGHTON BEEZER the Thrown Ups bassist; the Blunt Objects guitarist

NILS BERNSTEIN Sub Pop Records publicist

JOHN BIGLEY U-Men/the Crows singer

JANET BILLIG Hole manager via Gold Mountain Entertainment

KAT BJELLAND singer/guitarist for Babes in Toyland (Minneapolis)

CHARLES ALDEN BLACK (d. 2005) father of Lori Black; husband of Shirley Temple Black; businessman

LORI BLACK (a.k.a. Lorax) Melvins bassist; daughter of Charles Alden Black and Shirley Temple Black

DON BLACKSTONE Gas Huffer bassist

DANNY BLAND Cat Butt guitarist; Best Kissers in the World/Dwarves bassist; Sub Pop Records booking agent

CHAD BLAKE (a.k.a. Slam Hate) concertgoer; posterer

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