Setting the Stage for Alt-Rock's Early '90s Uprising

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Setting the Stage for Alt-Rock's Early '90s Uprising

AllMusic presents an excerpt of Greg Prato's new book Alternative for the Masses: The '90s Alt-Rock Revolution - An Oral History in which Ian MacKaye, Fred Armisen, and Matt Pinfield (among many, many others) recall what the indie music scene was like pre-Nirvana, and the stepping stones that led us to late 1991 – when alt-rock seemingly exploded on a global scale.

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