Hype! SEATTLE GRUNGE 20 Years After Interviews (July 2017, Seattle)

[@nontologicalbeing]

I can feel the sadness in Kim's eyes while Susan talks about Chris

[@giveandsake7785]

Grunge will never be dead or gone. I'm 45 and experienced grunge from 1991 til today and still feel it just as strong as day one

[@ttllymxico]

You're not really the generation

[@robertspears5402]

There's nothing in my life I'd change, "grunge" has played a big role in my teenage and early 20s years and has never truly left me and I'm very great full for it. Love it.

[@nicolevendetti4722]

Me too ❤️

[@teraarmstrong6488]

Don't forget Layne Staley!

[@prettynoose8497]

Andrew Wood

[@sketch3744]

Not a single fucking mention of Layne, I'm fucking disgusted.

[@MrTechnodude4life]

Dylan Muir Because Alice in Chains suck ass

[@Natstar_7]

MrTechnodude4life r u for real Alice in chains didn't just win multiple awards for being a suck ass band how old r u like 18??? AIC were/are fun amazing however each to their own!!!

[@jarpa6472]

AIC never been on Sub Pop. Hype! is more focused on the obscure récord labels/ bands

[@thegeorgiacreekwalker491]

I remember finding a VHS copy of hype at a flea market around twenty years ago and I remember being blown away when I watched it, still today even after watching it probably a hundred times at least it still remains my favorite documentary and all the music that came out of Seattle during the late eighties and early nineties still remains my favorite music to listen to, I feel so much nostalgia when I listen to the music it's hard to put into words, I feel blessed to have experienced the music as it came out and it doe's make me sad that the nineties in my opinion was the last great decade for music😢🎵😢🎵😢

[@omfug7148]

same here, I was older in the 90's--in my 30's but I was living in Seattle loved the music and used to see people around town, I listen to music from the 90's more than most music from the decade, the '70's, when I was a teenager.

[@theJaseEdwards]

I still have my copy. I think I found mine at a record store around ‘94, maybe ‘96.

[@jilursich8674]

I love this...Susan and Kim...awesome to see...Susan you have so much class and so intelligent!! I love listening to you all!! and hearing about what was going on back then..

[@Fluttergirl]

Susan Silver has always been such a class act. I really admire her.

[@waltloggins8578]

Besides her dry snitchin on Kurt and Cuntney love to Vanity Fair.

[@lauriekase8745]

@Von_Nightmare_ Luciferian She only withheld Chris's guitars because he wasn't paying the child support they agreed on. Susan Silver worked hard and Never screwed CC out of money. You are thinking about Vicky Karayiannis. Get your facts straight before commenting. Susan Silver is still respected by mostly everyone, ( including Chris Cornell's biological family to date) Too bad Chris left the woman who truly loved him.

[@MySkinnydip]

She’s a very beautiful woman! She went thru the best and worst times with these wonderful artist!

[@bluespyusa8979]

Kim Thayil is quality...I love that everyone in that scene takes the piss out of his old Guild guitar.... XD

[@chickybluetherealone]

That picture of Kurt's back alone is most excellent. Part 2 we need now, or more.

[@SLAVECO3]

How the hell did I miss this when it came out!?! Long live that era... doubt we'll ever see and hear anything quite as groundbreaking as what was happening during that time. x

[@bluedogx84]

Dude you dropped that ball man!

[@TheJeffGrant]

So thankful for Doug's work on "Hype," and this mini-doc. Captures a hugely meaningful part of my life as a grunge kid. Here's to hoping it inspires the next generation of grunge kids out there.

[@jasonpeters3558]

I WANT MORE!!!! 16:10mins isn't enough.

[@luisfernandolopezromero8066]

I love my "Grunge" Music and SOUNDGARDEN is my favourite band ! 🎼🎸🎤🎶🎵🔊🍺🤘

[@rockyraccoon2815]

Susan Silver! The beautiful, classy manager of Soundgarden & AIC. She and Chris we're the "power couple!" I wish their marriage had survived. They did such great things together and Lily is the greatest!! She WILL have a career in music...listen to her beautiful voice! Chris would be here today if he had stayed with Susan. She's the real deal..class!!!

[@j9andphoenix]

It might help to look a bit more into some of what happened that was pretty awful towards the end of their relationship and how he had to take her to court in order to get HIS numerous guitars back along with other stuff - you never mess with a man's guitars.. Lovely Lily was a blessing. Chris did great things because Chris was a true authentic talent, totally true to himself musically and uniquely gifted. She was also quoted as saying that Chris got back with Soundgarden because he 'had nowhere else to go' and that his solo career was going nowhere - as someone who saw Higher Truth tour I would have to disagree. He did a lot of amazing things with Soundgarden and separate to. There was no classy reason to say those things.

[@MrTechselect]

j9andphoenix didn't Chris cheat on Susan and got Vicky pregnant while they were still married. If I was Susan, I'd be out for blood.

[@special-t5586]

Yeah, till she got your azz inda court paying dat child support !

[@special-t5586]

womens hormones change at a certain age is all.

[@special-t5586]

know what I'm sayin Vern ?

[@runawayuniverse]

I'm thankful that I was of an age that I got to see many of the bands talked about in the original documentary. Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Screaming Trees etc. etc.

[@Newwordsforsimone7]

God bless 'em all! I'm so happy to have grown up with these artists influencing me in such an immense way. What a time to be alive. I miss the ones we lost terribly, but am happy we still have a decent number of them.

[@mikeyj990ify]

AerialArtGrunge same here brotha. Graduated high school in 93. I was growing up in the peak. Amazing time

[@juicysuit7195]

That's Kurt Bloch, most famously of the Fastbacks.

[@devinluoto873]

Never any mention of Staley! Christ man! RIP Kurt, Layne, and Chris

[@h2bizzle]

I actually broke my nose at a Mudhoney concert (I think it was like ‘93 or ‘94) I was a huge Mudhoney fan & graduated high school in ‘92; was in art school from ‘92-‘94 so I was all up in the “grunge” era. Grew up more punk/ heavy metal- but when grunge hit, I was all for it - good times for me! (except breaking my nose)

[@mikehuxford1556]

Man...I swear...Alice, and especially, Layne are always forgot about. I don't get it.

[@markrichardsocioprojectgo1800]

That is wild. I didn't know their shows for that rowdy

[@f.schulef4403]

I tore my knee. I was way too young for a concert. But my mom took me and I headbanged with 14 years in the pit. Hurt but was good!

[@h2bizzle]

@@markrichardsocioprojectgo1800 They kinda weren’t that rowdy…. I was short at the time. I got elbowed accidentally by a tall girl in front if me- she never even knew she did it.

[@h2bizzle]

@@mikehuxford1556 I never forget about Alice or Layne. They were my favs… my sister’s too. I don’t know how you could have any kind of documentary like this & not have em in there.

[@abellaa5826]

Thank you for uploading this. Kim reminds me of a sensible, honest, pragmatic older brother. He is great!

[@danielharbora9652]

Layne staley was and still will always be the greatest singer in history.

[@effdonahue6595]

He’s touring this Summer 🔥🤪

[@edwardbliss8931]

If history repeats itself, we are due for another one of these right now. But there's no anger, no backlash directed towards commercial rap and pop. People are unwilling to rise against the mainstream, which worries me

[@METALFROG6]

I agree totally!!!

[@kaidengathings3096]

There is.. its just brewing and stewing in people like US

[@METALFROG6]

We're due for a new rock scene to RISE!!!! To me there are bands around that have a grunge mentality rooted in their music. With a sludgey, stoner, doomy style sound. Some are kinda commercial.. but awesome rock/metal acts get snubbed for stuff thats not even as advertised or labeled!!!! Music is faceless & has been without an identity for a while now..... SAD

[@special-t5586]

Wait till the dollar colapses.

[@LOOMING_WRAITH_OF_BAD_OMEN]

Most of the reason is that people who play rock music are uncreative and/or want to just do what the classics already did. What I mean is that they're not creating anything new, they're just trying to relive/recreate the past. None of the younger generation that plays rock music even seem capable of making something creative and memorable. Mainstream rap and pop aren't totally to blame for the supposed "death" of rock.

[@nikizu2793]

Kurt is LEGEND.

[@achildr1]

Man...I swear...Alice, and especially, Layne are always forgot about. I don't get it.

[@con7060]

there was a time, when Soundgarden were forgot about, but now... well. I think that's because AiC are intentionally running away from grunge references, because they're making something totally different now. and as far as I know they don't like to be called 'grunge band'.

[@1985cactus]

Alex Childress They were a metal band that came out in the 90s. Nothing grunge, underground or 80s about them

[@jasonpeters3558]

Alex Childress AIC? may be the best out of that whole scene.

[@jasonpeters3558]

Alex Childress I know Mad Seasons 1 album is the best album fr that scene. Makes sense, blended Trees/PJam/Chains

[@TheSickNeeds]

I assume they aren't a part of simply because they didn't want to be.

[@jt1929]

Great documentary and Endino is right- Seattle was the last city specific music scene. Britpop followed but that was an entire country, I loved that scene, too

[@bpo1975]

Blasphemous to not mention Layne and AIC in this.

[@Laura-oe2dl]

Susan mentions them currently recording an album at the end

[@gregj6648]

Alice in Chains was a glam metal band that changed their sound and rode the grunge wave. They were super talented and made some great songs, but didn't innovate anything and don't fit into this from any perspective other than for post Nevermind people.

[@dreamxclown]

Thanks for saving me the time, 4 minutes in and now leaving.

[@notation254]

I remember vaguely that... they even said on the commentaries of the original Hype DVD that AIC was on a different side of the scene, which is why they never really mentioned.

[@ryanjacobson2508]

@@notation254 AIC did a tour with metal bands, hung out with metal bands, had a decent sized hit in 1990, etc. They actually pre-date the Grunge scene and their image and fan base didn't necessarily over-lap with Pearl Jam, Sound garden, or Nirvana.

[@KimberlyLang]

The internet ruined a lot of things.

[@JamesLoganHowlett]

Kim Lang Fuck yes it truly did. I miss the 90's.

[@SXI96]

Kim Lang Social media ruined a lot of things

[@jorgearispe6581]

Somewhat, I mean look at the music now and the late 80s. The radio keeps on shoving pop and rap music in our throats. There are a bunch of underground bands, but are "soft."

[@timorrok938]

@Kim Lang You Stand 100% Correct On That Assessment And Its Only Getting Worse With This 23 Year Old Electronic Monster

[@Mraquanetchris]

​@The Internet Killed Music To add we're in a very different economic climate. Back then if a record sold 40,000 copies , a musician could ditch their day job and go on tour. These days if you sell 400,000 you might be able to pay your rent.

[@DennisAlvey]

God, I love this documentary. So glad this is up on KZbin.

[@MrUsermister]

In popular culture Nevermind defines the grunge era, but in my opinion, it actually marks the start of the end ...

[@hinjurock]

That movie really depressed me when it came out , but the remnants of the rock music scene now are far more depressing - to hell with soulless corporate America!

[@blobcity3591]

Posted to youtube 😆

[@hinjurock]

@@blobcity3591 And your point is?

[@BonaldDrump]

@@hinjurock KZbin is corporate

[@devinmichaelroberts9954]

The scene didn't die the bands just got old and like every scene you are lucky as a band to keep your crowds through your 3rd album let alone 5 to 10 albums later. Fans move on to new bands and new sounds. The Divorce and Deathcab for Cutie became the new scene in Seattle, essentially Emo/Rock is what the scene became and we still had great bands come out of Seattle and burst on to the national scene. Just not at the Nirvana level.

[@jwise209]

They all aged really well

[@judasplow25]

Susan silver has held up well. Kim looks and sounds pretty healthy. Rock shouldn't have to kill anyone.

[@special-t5586]

If it dont kill it aint no good.

[@ankihansen2489]

RIP Chris Cornell

[@deekmjones4463]

Well spoken

[@morsteen]

And it doesn't have to. It's not worth it. I'd rather have good music continue with healthy people, than have it die with sick people.

[@ryanjacobson2508]

Kim came off very well in the original documentary and he still seems perceptive and humble in this new interview.

[@MySkinnydip]

My aunt has this on VHS! I watched it with her when I was little!😊

[@wk4max]

. Rip. Kurt.Layne,and now Cheis Cornell "No -one sings like you anymore "

[@biglebowski3486]

Thank you for the Grunge Era, made my childhood awesome.

[@DemonGiraffe95]

11:03, well fuck now I'm crying.

[@siskavard]

I love this documentary

[@joshmartimez2235]

Very interested interviews. I enjoy the alternate bands talked about and will listen to them until I pass away.

[@mikeburns99]

I still watch Hype at least once a month.

[@Lydianon]

Ha! You can't lie to me! It's been 2 years...

[@bernardlacanlale690]

hype the best grunge documentary

[@broken1394]

Busted Circuits.

[@marioalbertengo2014]

7:09 Layne whit microphone?? Mark and Chris on top. Nice place to be!

[@akaalexanderking]

Amazing video, thanks!

[@shittoliste]

thanks! yesterday watched hype! and it's20 years since i watched it on VHS from a local library.. i was eleven at the time.. so now i got some insight maybe :D

[@annsereine5814]

In the end, Chris realized that only Susan ever loved him. He wanted to leave VK as her mask had dropped, she knew it and hired the mercenary.

[@Malpractice2003]

Wonderful interview! It's very cool and kind of touching, because i REALLY miss the Grunge Pre-Internet era... :'(

[@allthingssoundgarden8173]

Thank you for uploading ❤️

[@faunoram]

wow ! Endino is with a Yajaira T shirt, a great band from Chile !

[@layneinchains3373]

No Layne and AIC!? Wtf ppl?

[@omfug7148]

Susan Silver made an AIC reference at least (yeah not the group with Layne in it but still.)

[@MrTechselect]

because they were never grunge. they were metal that got bunched up with the Seattle grunge scene.

[@spiralarips]

Hey, both AIC and Soundgarden make a lot of songs in the style of doom metal, harcore punk, heavy blues (Sabbath type) and acoustic songs also Nirvana has a lot of types of songs like that also and in that time AIC were well vinculate with both scenes metal and grunge because fuckin grunge has also punk, metal, and acoustic intentioned songs and for being from Seattle. Listen to this songs for understand: Soundgarden - Beyond the wheel, AIC - Love hate love, Soundgarden Power trip, AIC-Confusion, Soundgarden-Circle of power, Nirvana-School, Nirvana Negative creep, Nirvana Blew . Alice in chains were friends in the scene with Soundgarden Pearl jam and a lot of band of that scene in Seattle since lately 80's.

[@idkanymore9869]

STP as well

[@markusmaier2277]

Nirvana and Grunge never died. They will live on forever.

[@jasonpeters3558]

"between the eyes"/Love Battery. lol, I go through phases over past 23 years where I'll listen to just this song for 3-5 days. It's amazing

[@cremetangerine82]

I love this update, but I’m deeply disappointed they didn’t cover Layne Statley of Alice In Chains. He was the frontman of me of the Big Four of Grunge. I wish the moviemakers could make an expanded documentary that includes Layne and Chris. Rest In Peace to the both of them.

[@chrisjaybecker]

Mudhoney may not have realized their dream to play Letterman, but they did do a kickass version of Judgement, Rage, Retribution, & Thyme on Conan in 1995.

[@jasonpeters3558]

They will be talking about 1987-1995 in music 500 years fr now as best

[@superdoobo]

2:58 WOW! She's gorgeous!

[@lesliewoodley2384]

Pearl Jam still going strong!!!!

[@TheKikismom]

Love this.

[@shellac777]

Why are all those grunge guys so cool?

[@slayerdearly]

I’m currently learning to play guitar and I’d do anything to go to Seattle and be in a band someday(something like a grunge thrash metal bands)like thank slayer meets Alice In Chains

[@BonaldDrump]

that's gonna be hard trust me, I live in Seattle and not many people here want to start bands, good luck and best of wishes to you if you come here!

[@Armando.Sepulveda]

RIP Kurt Cobain, Chris Cornell, and Layne Staley 😞

[@pjm5729]

Grunge isn't dead it's underground just waiting for a comeback

[@ariyanamarie9571]

I agree as long as we have this stupid president and somebody will want to speak for this generation

[@effdonahue6595]

Nupe! It’s here now, but it’s called Whoopyaish!!! 🤡

[@tammiealmany4691]

FOREVER NOT FORGOTTEN

[@lesleybain9526]

Nice to hear Shawn Smith get a mention.

[@forthedoggiesguitars2277]

Picked up the new book (Total F**kin Godhead) on Chris Cornell. If you're a fan, pick it up.

[@cremetangerine82]

I second that recommendation.

[@geetarbube]

Soundgarden's manager is a pretty lady. Wow!

[@JARR_BAND]

geetarbube yeah Chris Cornell married her....or maybe they just dated I can't remember

[@allthingssoundgarden8173]

taj obrien Dated 1985-1990. Married 1990-2004

[@hinjurock]

You have a strange definition of pretty.

[@laurirussell3884]

Agreed!

[@Newwordsforsimone7]

Yep, she and Cornell were married. She also managed Alice in Chains. I've heard a number of people talk badly about her. Of course I can't speak to whether she's a nice person or not - I don't know her. But I still think that she's a badass for managing two huge and heavy bands for so long. Gotta admire her for that, as I'm pretty sure women were way underrepresented in that capacity in the music industry at that point.

[@notation254]

love this video!!!!!

[@tru816indo]

3:40 I have so many of those CDs

[@northcountrydylan]

This should've been a full movie.

[@jasonpeters3558]

"It's very hard to find any real music today." Steve Fisk 2017

[@SlavomirG]

Sure. That's the perception you have when you get old.

[@StoneCantrell]

Jack Wndino is wearing a t-shirt of Yajaira a Chilean band, Endino is connected to Chilean music scene, that is great!!

[@colemeeker908]

Bands Ike built to spill and heat miser just kept right on rockin and continued to evolve. BTS is highly under rated

[@johnbowen35]

The scene.....it's just a bit older, it's still alive and well.....at least to me it is. These artists are still playin it the way they always have played it....just ask Buzz Osborne

[@ttllymxico]

EXACTLY

[@prettynoose8497]

Thank you for uploading this, that was wonderful. Any luck in catching up with the kid who had the earplugs in his nose XD

[@Newwordsforsimone7]

I second this comment. Inquiring minds need to know.

[@lauramalizia9636]

Eww.. earplugs in his nose?!

[@TheSickNeeds]

That kid is basically the X-head of Grunge!

[@monicajean37]

@11:18 Lilly looks EXACTLY like Chris there

[@tishya714]

monicajean37 Yes!! Absolutely!!

[@suzanne6681]

monicajean37 that is A young Chris...not Lilly

[@blackspring3207]

Kim Thayil is a god

[@perahukora5373]

an elegant history with its romance even though it must end tragically

[@sarahssentongo2587]

I love Susan silver

[@euphoricsounds4988]

I love your picture!

[@AnodyneHipsterInfluencer]

My friend was an accountant for SubPop after she split with Chris Cornell and they dated for a while starting in late '02 and well into '03. He said she is the very definition of a "lady in the streets and a freak in the streets." I know guys can exaggerate but he's always been a straight shooter. He said her thing was "anything goes" so long as there was no cheating. She called herself a "try-sexual"; water sports, ATM, exhibitionism, rimming, toys, watching porn together. They broke up but stayed friends and she helped him score a job as a staff accountant at Gold Mountain.

[@MarklovesJoan]

Andrew Wood!

[@romarhafnaouiwellhereweare2583]

The mighty ALICE IN CHAINS! (Original line up) RIP LS

[@ANOK541]

Chris Cornell symbolizes the death of rock to me

[@ronforyouruncle4406]

Anok Stone couldn't have said it better myself.

[@WildSkyMtn]

So it’s like all these meteorites hitting earth the last few years... Bowie, prince, Weiland, ok everything’s still ok, ok then the big one hits in may 2017 and wipes out the remaining dinosaurs. Game over dude. Someone get dave grohl a rocking chair.

[@newdamage5945]

Yes!

[@tishya714]

Eddie Vedder too should be protected now!!

[@flaviolas]

His death you mean

[@soundgardener4940]

04:10 - Must have been tough to catalog musicians/bands that are still rocking, in July 2017 (Chris Cornell died in May).

[@shadcovert1160]

Looking forward to watching the full Hype! film later today, after work. I wonder is Satyricon Portland will be mentioned.

[@chrissimpson6701]

When we lost Chris, we lost the spirit of Grunge, Chris was Grunge, it died with him even though he had ventured out and tried other genres, he was rock to most of us. Pearl Jam imo, wasn't really what I call Grunge, but for sure SOUNDGARDEN, AIC, and Nirvana. Soundgarden was the pioneers of Grunge and MLB (Andy Wood).

[@debbassgirl586]

Chris Simpson wqqqa🥵😎kkk'mjj

[@kichigan1]

For those wondering about AIC, they are mentioned at 16:10. You will like it.

[@MrPro10]

Haha, I'm with Mark Arm on cassettes, amen!

[@sstaners1234]

The one cool thing about grunge was as a kid I was always wondering what other bands sounded like. I went from listening to Pearl Jam to diving into the Wipers, Joy Division, Hazel, Dinosaur Jr. I mean there were bands out there that were just as great if not better that I could have been listening to. And that was grunge for me.

[@jasonpeters3558]

Wow, I've been repping SUBPOP since I was 15 in 1992.

[@johnmortensen2779]

Nice job Doug!

[@matttidswell7484]

Loved Grunge. As far as new bands go absolutely love All Them Witches. Also check out The Stoned Meadow Of Doom page on You Tube. You won't be disappointed.

[@DeadKoby]

Music styles never die.... they just go back underground.

[@v1per187]

Thing is -- these bands were not popular with the mainstream and didnt reach the heights of Nirvana, STP, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam

[@SirRunk666]

So in Seattle only the men age? Lulu and Susan look exactly the same.

[@monolithgeometry3221]

Tad was ON a major label, it was stuck to the back of his leg while he sat on the couch in his undies...

[@williamz7011]

Hahaha underrated comment ^

[@mrgorgun81]

What's the track playing on the background?

[@PDXMILO]

I'm with Mark. I don't get why anyone would want to buy cassettes. Vinyl still rocks, but tapes are horrible.

[@SlavomirG]

Vinyl is horrible too and makes no sense at all nowadays. A good tape is able to sound as good or even better than vinyl but we already have superior digital formats like FLAC. The rest is just nostalgia bullshit

[@PYC334]

after some research it rather turns out that cassettes are superior to vinyl, actually. no one really bought the actual good tapes, made out of metal and with high quality tape materials because they cost too much money, and you know how analog stuff is..it's only as good as what you listen it on. but vinyl is good for one thing..it doesn't work with overly compressed modern production, so in order to do a vinyl release you gotta produce things better. it's probably part of the reason everyone thinks it's so good. also a reason why not everyone releases vinyl records nowadays. and no matter how much i'd hate to admit, digital is superior to analog, it really is. but we love to hold on to the tactile feeling of analog things and the flaws it has.

[@MarcoPolo-je5ej]

It's a shame that Fred and Toody Cole of the band Dead Moon weren't interviewed for this.

[@jpcastrianni]

Marco Polo Dead Moon, although awesome, were from Portland.

[@socaldazed6076]

i was at Pearl Jam 1996 at the Fort Lauderdale Baseball Stadium. There's no video, no evidence. But I have that ticket stub somewhere ;)

[@paulotonedef]

Whoa! Way to stick my old age right in my face... Someone should tell Jack that Soundgarden split for about 2 decades.

[@djgforce11]

Hard to believe that Kim Thayil is sittin right next to Susan Silver & shes sayin all those nice things about Chris after that really nasty falling out they had.

[@bryanfrombuffalo7685]

Total bummer when he died ....it just seemed like my interest in music was never stoked again truthfully

[@tobyhiddens7233]

Kim thail is a badass guitarist