GRUNGE IS DEAD

Blabbermouth -- Fifteen years after Kurt Cobain's suicide on April 5, 1994 comes the authoritative story of grunge. "Grunge is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music" (released April 1, 2009, via ECW Press) by Greg Prato is the definitive story of the Pacific Northwest music scene of the late '80s and early '90s. Never before has a book attempted to examine the scene as a whole. PEARL JAM bassist Jeff Ament says, "Finally, a book about the early years of our little scene in Seattle. I can't wait to hear all the different perspectives from the people that were actually there, not the so-called experts, who didn't show up until the '90s."

Some of the original interviews include:

* Eddie Vedder, PEARL JAM singer
* Jeff Ament, PEARL JAM/MOTHER LOVE BONE bassist
* Kim Thayil, SOUNDGARDEN guitarist
* Susan Silver, SOUNDGARDEN/ALICE IN CHAINS' manager, ex-wife of Chris Cornell)
* Duff McKagan, GUNS N' ROSES bassist
* Jerry Cantrell and Sean Kinney, ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist
* Nancy McCallum, mother of late ALICE IN CHAINS singer Layne Staley
* Mark Arm, MUDHONEY singer
* Chad Channing, NIRVANA drummer
* Jack Endino, producer NIRVANA/SOUNDGARDEN/MUDHONEY
* Charles Peterson, photographer
* Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman, founders Sub Pop Records