Michael Azerrad
@michaelazerrad
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Author of _The Amplified Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana_ and _Our Band Could Be Your Life_. Bylines: @NewYorker, @YaleReview and @NYTimes.
New York City, USA
Joined March 2010
_The Amplified Come as You Are_ is the original _Come as You Are_ but with a whole new book's worth of annotations, illuminations, emendations, expositions and clarifications. People say it makes them cry... in a good way. And: first time in hardcover! https://t.co/LRpmURqz9U
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The Story of Nirvana
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These two old friends recently recorded a few tracks at DC's Inner Ear Studio with engineer Don Zientara and DC punk mainstay Eddie Janney (Rites of Spring, etc.) "We are extremely excited by this one," says Rollins. We all are.
Happy 62nd birthday, @HenryRollins. This meme w/lifelong pal Ian MacKaye makes fun but both are still punk AF: punk rock might be for the young but *being* punk is for all. No shame in going to bed at a reasonable hour if you wake up the next morning and fight the good fight.
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Today is the 35th anniversary of the release of My Bloody Valentine's _Loveless_, which is as good a reason as any to spin one of the 20th century's greatest works of art in any genre.
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It's the 34th anniversary of Nirvana's triumphant homecoming show at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle. Here's a passage about it from _The Amplified Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana_, a new, vastly expanded edition of _Come as You Are_.
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Oh wow, can't wait for _Even the Good Girls Will Cry_, Melissa Auf der Maur’s (Hole, Smashing Pumpkins) memoir about "my life in the rock bands which allowed me to have a front row seat to an incredibly visceral and unforgettable moment in the counterculture." Out March 17th.
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Kim Thayil from @Soundgarden publishes his memoir _A Screaming Life_ this May. Besides being a stunning musician, Kim is a good and very thoughtful person, and he was part of the Seattle "grunge" explosion since before the beginning — so I bet the book's going to be a great read.
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Cool band alert: Zwei Null Zwei plays a cool, hard-grooving Krautrock-Wire amalgam with their own ineffable spin. It's all DC (hence the band name) post-punk mainstays: Eli Janney (GVSB), Sohrab Habinion (Obits), Geoff Sanoff, James Canty (the Make-Up). https://t.co/RJpPg8a9WK
zweinullzwei.bandcamp.com
Eli Janney, Geoff Sanoff, James Canty, Sohrab Habibion: DC expats living in NY.
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After the show, a friend asked what term describes Shudder to Think. Alt-rock, generally. Glammy post-hardcore? Arty proto-emo? In mid-'90s NYC, there were several great, riffy bands w/ male singers who sang feminine: Jeff Buckley, Chavez, Shudder. Those were good times.
Last night's joyous Shudder to Think reunion show recalled Mission of Burma and Dinosaur Jr's amazing early reunion shows: 1) the beautifully human fact that only *those* people can make *that* sound and 2) the new songs were actually killer. New single on Discord (!) Nov. 7.
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Last night's joyous Shudder to Think reunion show recalled Mission of Burma and Dinosaur Jr's amazing early reunion shows: 1) the beautifully human fact that only *those* people can make *that* sound and 2) the new songs were actually killer. New single on Discord (!) Nov. 7.
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Happy birthday to one of the greatest live albums ever, James Brown's _Live at the Apollo_.
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Re: my Substack linked to earlier in this thread, another great artist weighs in on the nature of lyrics in rock music.
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I wrote an UnderPile about CBGB's final night, October 15, 2006. In the mix: Patti Smith, the Dead Boys, John Belushi, Danny Fields, Flea and an impossible hangover. https://t.co/Bxmq6mR6Hq
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There's a few albums I think of as "perfect albums." Sugar's 1992 alt-rock monolith _Copper Blue_ is one of them. Sugar is doing the reunion thing next year, they've already dropped a new song and it's a ripsnorter. #psyched
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This tends to become an observation car — for some reason, passengers tear the roof off the sucker.
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Maybe you're a rocker who's been looking for a gateway to jazz. Try Pharoah Sanders and his visceral power, hard grooves, ecstatic peaks. For his birthday, the great @Columbia University radio station @WKCRfm is streaming his music noon to 10 PM ET today. https://t.co/UgivuDIaUL
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Loved @DelicateSteve's show last night—so did the crowd. The guy plays the most lyrical guitar. Now I want him to do a covers album where he plays the vocal lines on guitar and sings the guitar solos. New album _Luke's Garage_ is a joy—when joy is even more precious than ever.
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Our Band Could Be Your Life and its audiobook (w/Fred Armisen, Sharon Van Etten, Jeff Tweedy et al.) both just passed amazing milestones—thank you for reading and recommending to friends. And it reminded me: next year is the book's 25th anniversary. Celebrations will be in order.
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Happy birthday Steve Reich Happy birthday Steve Happy birthday Happy Happy birthday Happy birthday Steve Happy birthday Steve Reich
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Set your DVR: one of Kurt Cobain's favorite films, _Over the Edge_ (1979) is on @TCM today (Thursday) at 4:30 PM. And when you're done watching it, read my Substack about how it's a truly punk rock movie. https://t.co/QRINxKyKC5
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I would also like to extend the invitation to skate-punks, riot grrrls, lo-fi enthusiasts, post-punks, shoegazers, emo kids and, of course, bookworms.
Hey indie rockers, adventure hippies, goths, new wavers... You are hereby politely summoned to attend this launch at the best place in NYC @strandbookstore - October 7th at 7pm. ON IT LIKE A BONNET! with my close personal friend @michaelazerrad . Our strand could be your life.
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