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VARIOUS - YOURE NO BIG DEAL [CD]

VARIOUS - YOURE NO BIG DEAL [CD]

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4CD SET EXPLORING GRUNGE AND THE AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE UNDERGROUND 1984-1994. COMPILED WITH MUDHONEY’S MARK ARM. FEATURES SOUNDGARDEN, MUDHONEY, DINOSAUR JR, HOLE, GREEN RIVER, MELVINS, SKIN YARD, SCREAM, TAD, SONIC YOUTH, HUSKER DU, PIXIES, MEAT PUPPETS, SCREAMING TREES, PAVEMENT, L7, FLAMING LIPS, VERUCA SALT, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, TEMPLE OF THE DOG, BABES IN TOYLAND AND MORE…. ALSO FEATURES A HANDFUL OF ANTIPODEAN BANDS BELOVED OF THE SEATTLE SCENE. SLEEVENOTES BY MARK ARM. During the late 1980s, whilst pop, rap and glam metal dominated the American airwaves, underground musicians sought an antidote. During the middle of the decade, from Seattle in the west to New York in the east, bands immersed in a less highly polished, raw and more powerful sound began to emerge, fusing punky garage band attitude with meaningful, often disenchanted lyrics and lashings of distortion to create something new. The “grunge” tag quickly took hold, absorbing bands from all over the States and becoming a social phenomenon, drawing countless other underground and college circuit bands into its orbit in the process. Overnight, macho rock was dead. Featuring an embarrassment of key bands and classic tracks, alongside lesser-known nuggets and a hand-picked selection of Australasian artists who were inadvertently feeding into the scene, ‘You’re No Big Deal’ explores a vital period in post-punk American musical history, the rebirth of rock music and its new place among the underground elite. With sleevenotes from Mudhoney’s Mark Arm, whose previous band Green River were the first to be given the “grunge” tag, this is an on-the-ground, broad reaching dive into a time and place that saw the unlikeliest of anti-rock stars recalibrate what American guitar-based music could be, reconnecting it with ordinary suburban kids and reigniting punk rock’s spirit. Packed with over 80 tracks spanning a decade, and presented in roughly chronological order, ‘You’re No Big Deal’ tells a story that spread far beyond the ambitions of its key players.
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4CD SET EXPLORING GRUNGE AND THE AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE UNDERGROUND 1984-1994. COMPILED WITH MUDHONEY’S MARK ARM. FEATURES SOUNDGARDEN, MUDHONEY, DINOSAUR JR, HOLE, GREEN RIVER, MELVINS, SKIN YARD, SCREAM, TAD, SONIC YOUTH, HUSKER DU, PIXIES, MEAT PUPPETS, SCREAMING TREES, PAVEMENT, L7, FLAMING LIPS, VERUCA SALT, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, TEMPLE OF THE DOG, BABES IN TOYLAND AND MORE…. ALSO FEATURES A HANDFUL OF ANTIPODEAN BANDS BELOVED OF THE SEATTLE SCENE. SLEEVENOTES BY MARK ARM. During the late 1980s, whilst pop, rap and glam metal dominated the American airwaves, underground musicians sought an antidote. During the middle of the decade, from Seattle in the west to New York in the east, bands immersed in a less highly polished, raw and more powerful sound began to emerge, fusing punky garage band attitude with meaningful, often disenchanted lyrics and lashings of distortion to create something new. The “grunge” tag quickly took hold, absorbing bands from all over the States and becoming a social phenomenon, drawing countless other underground and college circuit bands into its orbit in the process. Overnight, macho rock was dead. Featuring an embarrassment of key bands and classic tracks, alongside lesser-known nuggets and a hand-picked selection of Australasian artists who were inadvertently feeding into the scene, ‘You’re No Big Deal’ explores a vital period in post-punk American musical history, the rebirth of rock music and its new place among the underground elite. With sleevenotes from Mudhoney’s Mark Arm, whose previous band Green River were the first to be given the “grunge” tag, this is an on-the-ground, broad reaching dive into a time and place that saw the unlikeliest of anti-rock stars recalibrate what American guitar-based music could be, reconnecting it with ordinary suburban kids and reigniting punk rock’s spirit. Packed with over 80 tracks spanning a decade, and presented in roughly chronological order, ‘You’re No Big Deal’ tells a story that spread far beyond the ambitions of its key players.
Track Listing

Green River - Come On Down

Red Kross - Linda Blair 1984

10 Minute Warning - Stooge

Bam Bam - Villains (Also Wear White)

Poison 13 - One Step Closer

Meat Puppets - Swimming Ground

Feast - Look For The Light

The Scientists - If It's The Last Thing I Do

Husker Du - Crystal

Malfunkshun - My Only Fan

Dinosaur Jr - Little Fury Things

Soundgarden - Hunted Down

U-Men - Solid Action

Pixies - Caribou

feedtime - Curtains

The Replacements - The Ledge

The Flaming Lips - Maximum Dream For Evil Knievel

Green River - This Town

Cosmic Psychos - Can't Come In

The Celibate Rifles - Jesus On TV

Happy Flowers - Mom and Dad Like The Baby More Than Me

Mudhoney - Touch Me I'm Sick

Bundle Of Hiss - Rabies

The Fluid - Cold Outside

Cat Butt - 64 Funny Cars

Blood Circus - Two Way Street

Babes In Toyland - Dust Cake Boy

Scream - Fucked Without A Kiss

Ultra Vivid Scene - Mercy Seat

Girl Trouble - Riverbed

Crunchbird - Subway Circle

Soundgarden - Flower

Tad - Behemoth

Kill Sybil - Olympia (Single Version)

Love Battery - Between The Eyes

Seaweed - Inside

Skin Yard - Start At The Top

Gas Huffer - Firebug

Mudhoney - In And Out Of Grace

Helltrout - Smoking Lounge

Mother Love Bone - Thru Fade Away

Sonic Youth - Kool Thing

L7 - Shove

Toadies - I Hope You Die

Pavement - From Now On

The Thrown Ups - Stockboy, Superhero

Poison Idea - Feel the Darkness

The Breeders - Glorious

Dinosaur Jr - The Wagon

Hole - Teenage Whore

Nomeansno - Body Bag

7 Year Bitch - Lorna

Screaming Trees - Uncle Anesthesia

Mercury Rev - Syringe Mouth

Calamity Jane - Say It

Eric's Trip - Lost

Thrillhammer - Bleed

Cop Shoot Cop - Discount Rebellion

Treepeople - Ballard Bitter

Nubbin - Macaroni

Temple Of The Dog - Pushin' Forward Back

The Monkeywrench - I'm Blown

Stone Temple Pilots - Sex Type Thing

Honcho Overload - Sugarfoot (Single Version)

Luscious Jackson - Keep On Rockin' It

Cheater Slicks - Murder (Live at CBGBs)

Beasts Of Bourbon – Just Right

The Gits - Here's To Your Fuck

Superchunk - Precision Auto

Dead Moon - It's O.K

Melvins - Set Me Straight

Patchouli Sewer - Beauty Sleep

Wool - Kill The Crow

Kim Salmon & the Surrealists - Non Stop Action Groove

Veruca Salt - All Hail Me (Remix)

Sleep Capsule - Eat It's Tongue

Steel Wool - Four Winds

Wicker Biscuit - Creepy Doll

Gary Young - Plant Man

Cellophane - Tripping Fields

St. Johnny – I Hate Rock And Roll

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  • Product Type: Audio CD
  • Barcode: 5013929119994
  • Release Date: September 26, 2025
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