Considering the level of popularity grunge achieved in the s, fans can be excused for assuming those crunchy riffs and personal lyrics were invented by Pearl Jam, Nirvana, and their peers. They were quite popular back in the s in the Seattle-Tacoma area. Just give a listen to their classic original, The Witch , to hear an obvious influence on such subsequent grunge bands as Mudhoney.
Required Listening: Here Are the Sonics compilation, Required Listening: History in Reverse compilation, Led by larger-than-life frontman John Bigley, the U-Men lasted for much of the s, and were known for an unpredictable live show that would sometimes see its members performing in odd-yet-coordinated outfits on stage. Musically, the band sounded comparable at times to Jesus Lizard, years before David Yow and company were in business.
Required Listening: Solid Action compilation, Ragged Glory's raging feedback was widely emulated and influenced numerous bands, including Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Sonic Youth among others. The album Freedom is considered to be one of the ten most important albums in the history of alternative music.
Pagewise in said: "Despite what some Nirvana fans might say, this is the album that started it all. Neil Young is the grandfather of grunge. It seems a stretch to call an album by someone Young's age alternative, but the label is applied to the music, not the artist. Though the phrase has always been essentially meaningless as a genre tag, Young has often been called "the godfather of grunge," while the Seattle quintet was one of the sound's most successful purveyors when it burst on the scene in the early '90s.
Of course the two collaborated on a generally underwhelming album, "Mirror Ball" Unfortunately, Nirvana's Kurt Cobain committed suicide in , Soundgarden broke up in , and Pearl Jam seems a weak choice to carry the torch. It should come as no surprise that the 'godfather of grunge,' Neil Young, is outlasting any of his successors. As in the 'Live Rust' concert tour, the show began with just Neil, a guitar, and a harmonica.
Opening with 'Old Laughing Lady,' the bearded, graying Young, sporting an oversized black leather jacket, rolled into the classic 'Mr. For many old Young fans who have probably heard 'Hurricane' dozens of times, this version was different, yet familiar, and was one of the highlights of the show. He finished the first set with the popular 'Needle and the Damage Done,' a biting ballad of a junkie's life eroding before him.
Neil needed a break from music, so he spent most of working on his movie, Journey Through the Past. He wanted to get away from music and try his hand at something he had never done. The film was a combination of his concert and backstage footage from onward.
When all was set and done with his film, he returned to the recording studio. But this time, he was re-energized and felt fresher than ever. At that point in his life, Neil had lost two close friends to drugs, guitarist Whitten and roadie Bruce Berry. Neil first saw award-winning actress Carrie Snodgress on screen in the film Diary of a Mad Housewife. He was taken by her and was inspired to write the song A Man Needs a Maid.
Carrie Snodgress In , the couple split. He started hanging out with the guys, going to L. We never fought. Young met his future wife Pegi Young at a diner near his ranch.
The young beauty was a waitress there and served him coffee each morning. Neil Young, his wife Pegi, and their two children. Source: New York Times. They married in , and over the years, they became a lot more than husband and wife. Pegi and Young have two kids, Ben and Amber. Both of them were diagnosed with unfortunate conditions. Ben has cerebral palsy, like his stepbrother Zeke, and his daughter Amber has epilepsy. It was a lot to come to terms with, and in , Young released his electronic-synth album, Trans, as a reflection of his inability to communicate with his child.
Southern Man, when will you pay them back? Believe it or not, but before Charles Manson became an evil, twisted, infamous murderer, he tried to make a name for himself as a singer. And Young admitted he had the potential to become one. The two were introduced by a mutual friend in California and began playing together.
It was so good that it scared you. Label owner David Geffen apologized to Young for any inconvenience, and the case was settled. Neil Young is a model train enthusiast and has been collecting trains for decades. He loves them so much that he became a part-owner of toy brand Lionel Trains. His contribution has made it possible for the company to produce more models with accurate train sounds and special remote controls that make them accessible to all kids.
God was secondary to the whole thing. As time went by, Neil became more and more upset with religion and eventually rejected it altogether. I went way back before Jesus. Back to the forest, to the wheat fields, to the river, to the ocean. I go where the wind is. The Indians knew about the moon. Pagans followed the moon.
Old Man is a profound song Neil wrote about a caretaker on the ranch he purchased in Northern California. Neil is no stranger to drugs and was even arrested a few times on suspicion of using marijuana and cocaine.
He would go on stage with a large white chunk sticking out of his nose, so hey, it was only a matter of time before the police intervened. But as the years went by, Young realized that booze and drugs were only keeping him from being his true, authentic, and creative self. In , Young experienced visual field disturbances and was taken to the hospital, where an MRI revealed some disturbing news.
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