I think they were Laurel Canyon neighbors. There’s a doc on the canyon, recently watched. I guess all the crew living up there partied at Mickey’s place.

Styrofoam boots. Lonesome crowded/ Modest Mouse

I was full on Kevin’s mom too, but couldn’t help but love nirvana. Weird to compare pixies and nirvana and even soundgarden, at the time they seemed so completely different from each other.

Head like a hole- NIN. The raw emotion, edgy lyrics, immediately stood out compared to the crap that was on the radio at the end of the 80’s

Is there any country artists that are writing their own music, lyrics? Seems to me the majority of them are basically spokesmodels, that can sing in the very small window of styles acceptable to the country crowd. American idol type kids, playing cowboy/girl dress up, and singing other peoples words, to other peoples tunes.