Exploring the Birth of Grunge: A Fascinating Look with Steve Turner of MudHoney
Вставка
- Опубліковано 7 чер 2024
- On this episode, my guest is Steve Turner, the cofounder of Seattle punk and grunge bands Green River and Mudhoney. We talk about the grunge scene of Seattle, how it came to be, and the musical influences that shaped its unique sound. Steve shares his experience of being part of the bands that went from playing in underground flophouse shows to selling out stadiums with Nirvana and Pearl Jam.
It's fascinating to hear how the birth of grunge came about after the decline of heavy metal, and how bands like Green River and Soundgarden took a different approach to music. Steve delves into the aspects of Seattle's culture that influenced the grunge scene, including the city's damp, rainy climate and the DIY ethos of the city's youth. We also talk about the challenges that the grunge bands faced, such as navigating the music industry and dealing with the fame that came with success. Throughout the podcast, Steve immerses us in the vibrant musical culture of '80s and '90s Seattle, and provides valuable insight into the origins and evolution of grunge music.
Some topics we dig into in the full episode we explore:
- The origins of Seattle's grunge scene and how it evolved
- The importance of the DIY culture in punk and grunge
- Steve's experience of playing in punk bands and how he got into music through skateboarding
- The impact of Seattle's grunge scene on the music industry and its influence on other artists
- The challenges of making music and touring during the pandemic
- Steve's latest album, *Plastic Eternity*, and his plans for the future
Steve Turner also recently released a book, *Mud Ride: A Messy Trip Through the Grunge Explosion*, which offers an inside look at the tight-knit grunge scene, the musical influences and experiments that shaped the grunge sound, and the story of his bands, Green River and Mudhoney.
Enjoy!
--
► Useful?
Subscribe: ua-cam.com/users/chasejarvis?s...
Leave me a comment. Let me know what you think!
===========================
CONNECT WITH ME:
===========================
Get VIP-only content and stay up-to-date with the latest: chasejarvis.com/vip
WEBSITE: www.chasejarvis.com
FACEBOOK: / chasejarvis
TWITTER: / chasejarvis
INSTAGRAM: / chasejarvis
GOOGLE+: plus.google.com/chasejarvis
SNAPCHAT: / chasejarvis
-----
Chase Jarvis is well known as a visionary photographer, fine artist and entrepreneur. Chase is cited as one of the most influential photographers of the past decade. As an entrepreneur, Chase created Best Camera - the world's first mobile photo app to share images direct to social networks - sparking the global photo sharing craze. He is currently the founder & CEO of CreativeLive, the world's largest live-streaming online education company, having delivered more than a billion minutes of free live education worldwide.
Steve Turner, stove burner. Absolute legend!
OG!
Literally my high school years. SG and Mudhoney hit me in December’89. And of course I went out and got a guitar and Big Muff.
yes!
Same with me, but I bought a Univox Superfuzz and a Crybaby wah. Never could find a Big Muff that wasn't a Pi.
One of my favorite guitar players, the reason why i love Big Muff pedals!
Steve’s great. Just bought the book. Got his instead of Thurston’s hahahaha
Really enjoyed the book, particularly since I was growing up one hill over from Mercer Island and had discovered The Metropolis. Steve's point about community is so well taken -- there was a concentration of all-ages clubs in 1983 (give or take) that gave us spaces to be totally free and experimental. They definitely weren't the kind of community hall your parents hope you're going to but they WERE relatively safe, in a larger sense. This era of total contact and information overload is messy and overwhelming even as it connects. I kinda miss spending hours in record stores before discovering an address or ep or a new band or something that would spark a connection. It's not quite the same impact when you can just google "messy guitar screaming kid from Ghana" and come up with someone with similar taste.
The original sound of grunge, together with Melvins!
Im convinced that arm steve and buzz are directly responsible..they gave all these other bands permission to be themselves.
Spot on!
MELVINS NO GRUNGE. At all.
Steve is a legend, I really need to get the book. Mudhoney is absolutely seminal.
💯. Really loved this trip down memory lane too. Glad you found this conversation.
Steve is one of my favourite guitar players. Watched Mudhoney September 2022 and still sounded as good as they did back in the day. Bought his biography on Audible, well worth a listen!
yes! love to hear it. 🙌🏼
He and Mark were also in, for one song per show, Spluii Numa, hilariously as well, special folks! Great conversation, Steve and I also were at Western Washington University just as he was about to put Mudhoney together, he was and still is, very grounded and very cool!
Didn't Steve take some months off from Mudhoney just before grunge took off because he had to finish his degree or something?
Or am I mixing him up with another band member? IIRC when I saw them in Paris in December 1989 he'd just come back. Saw Soundgarden at another Paris venue the following summer. And Pearl Jam in Manchester on their first UK tour - the gig when their gear got stolen. Never saw Nirvana though.... I bought their first LP not long after it came out but missed their early UK gigs because I was living in France as part of my degree. The UK music scene was so different when I came back in July 1990.
I was way into them in 90 91. A few friends in Vegas tower records and all
Those bands. Mudhoney was top for a minute then they didn’t pop off. They didn’t have the loos that the big shots had
Suck Me Dry was a revelation when I was a lowly pre-internet 12 year old.
I've loved Mudhoney since 92 and had no idea about Steve's voice! Here's a video of the set mentioned at the 40 minute mark. ua-cam.com/video/jlcldfXfl0I/v-deo.html
The Jimi Hendrix of grunge 😊
Wait, more the Neil Young of Grunge, OK?😅
The album is called Louder than Love but........
This host is incredible...not sure when the stunting of his intellectual growth occurred but boy, he's 'a bit of a thicky' as we say here in the UK. Key moment: his attempt to establish his underground credentials - hinting that he was brought up in the punk rock underground, as it were.. 'well, I was raised on Black Flag (who hasn't heard of them, right?) and (at this stage seemingly wanting to impress Steve by throwing out a name from the punk underground. Now, Steve Turner has an encyclopedic knowledge of all of this type of stuff, would probably be impressed if he said, I dunno...The Germs, The Wipers, Hitler SS....you know, pretty much anything but ultimately doesn't care, isn't remotely judging the dude, he's just a totally cool, sweet fella...anyway...) The host at this stage craning his neck around, his eyes searching for that invisible point on the floor or the wall which will aid his memory with a band name which coupled with the already rock solid Black Flag will help lay down the bedrock of credibility - 'and.....Sex Pistols!!!!!'. Just incredible. Oh my days. Now, I'm sure the host is a lovely guy, a solid, dependable family man but that opening salvo will never be anything less than hilarious. On with the interview.......