joeam 's review for:

Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge by Mark Yarm

4.0

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“Forget that I did heroin in the first trimester of my pregnancy, because I did, that’s no big deal.” - Courtney Love

Fascinating time & place marred by too much tragedy. The first time I saw “Smells Like a Teen Spirit” on MTV was an absolute lightning bolt.