The Rise of Grunge: Photos of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden
New York-based photographer Michael Lavine was on the frontlines as grunge music took hold in the late 1980s. His new book, Grunge, featuring a foreword from Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, collects hundreds of photographs of iconic bands like Nirvana, Hole, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and Dinosaur Jr. along with grainy, black-and-white portraits of punk fans in [...]
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Rolling Stone — New York-based photographer Michael Lavine was on the frontlines as grunge music took hold in the late 1980s. His new book, Grunge, featuring a foreword from Sonic YouthÃ... more info