Bands were banned from playing clubs like Gilman St., torn apart on the pages of fanzines, and lost devoted fans overnight, some of whom even protested outside their shows.
Defenders of the underground grew protective over their scene, sometimes even violently so. From there, interest shifted to whatever subgenre of punk became popular over that decade-emo, hardcore, even ska.Īs bands took major label money, though, a backlash started to build. They found it in 1994 with Green Day’s Dookie, which set A&R reps’ sights on punk. And after Nirvana’s Nevermind changed national music tastes overnight, major labels went looking for indie rock’s next big thing. This was when there was still money in the music industry-the kind of money people were literally swimming in. I wrote a book called SELLOUT because that word pretty much defined the era of music I grew up in.
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