As the frontman of Green River, Mark Arm sang on the first record that Sub Pop marketed with the word “grunge.” When the band’s Dry as a Bone Ep came out in 1987, the label described it as “ultra-loose grunge that destroyed the morals of a generation.” At the time, it was a throwaway term that described the quality of the music more than a genre signifier. “In the early Eighties, it was just more of an adjective, like, ‘That’s just really grungy,’ like, ‘gnarly,'” Arm says. “It meant a raw,...
- 4/4/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Mvd Entertainment Group will release "Going Underground: Paul McCartney, The Beatles, and The UK Counter-Culture" on DVD, October 1, 2013. The new film includes rare archival footage, photographs from private collections, music from Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Soft Machine, Amm and a whole lot more:
"...in the mid-1960's the British way of life was transformed by the emergence of a cultural underground movement. Led by a loose collective of young radicals, they introduced new social, sexual and aesthetic perspectives. Operating out of the heart of London, their various activities, from 'The International Times' - a bi-weekly journal that no hipster could be seen without - to the psychedelic nightclub UFO, promoted alternative lifestyles and values, and sparked a social revolution.
"This film not only traces the history of this underground scene, but also explores its impact on the pre-eminent British group of the era, 'The Beatles'.
"Although they were well established...
"...in the mid-1960's the British way of life was transformed by the emergence of a cultural underground movement. Led by a loose collective of young radicals, they introduced new social, sexual and aesthetic perspectives. Operating out of the heart of London, their various activities, from 'The International Times' - a bi-weekly journal that no hipster could be seen without - to the psychedelic nightclub UFO, promoted alternative lifestyles and values, and sparked a social revolution.
"This film not only traces the history of this underground scene, but also explores its impact on the pre-eminent British group of the era, 'The Beatles'.
"Although they were well established...
- 7/18/2013
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
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