Citation de John_P
Cloudy, rainy, dirty, and damp: there is a compelling argument that Northwest grunge was deeply influenced by the region's terroir. The dank, overcast climate fosters mold and moss everywhere, and all the rain means a thin layer of finely spattered mud tends to settle on things. It's also an incredibly beautiful place with vast, snow-capped mountains and towering pines.
"You gotta understand Seattle," Seattle native and Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan told me for a 1992 Rolling Stone piece about the Seattle scene. "It's grungy. People are into rock & roll and into noise, and they're building airplanes all the time, and there's a lot of noise, and there's rain and musty garages. Musty garages create a certain noise." And that noise, as Sub Pop's Jonathan Poneman put it in that same piece, inspired grunge's "backwoods yeti stomp." (p. 92-93)
"You gotta understand Seattle," Seattle native and Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan told me for a 1992 Rolling Stone piece about the Seattle scene. "It's grungy. People are into rock & roll and into noise, and they're building airplanes all the time, and there's a lot of noise, and there's rain and musty garages. Musty garages create a certain noise." And that noise, as Sub Pop's Jonathan Poneman put it in that same piece, inspired grunge's "backwoods yeti stomp." (p. 92-93)