--- product_id: 54609172 title: "Everybody Loves Our Town: A History of Grunge" price: "VT11410" currency: VUV in_stock: true reviews_count: 12 url: https://www.desertcart.vu/products/54609172-everybody-loves-our-town-a-history-of-grunge store_origin: VU region: Vanuatu --- # Everybody Loves Our Town: A History of Grunge **Price:** VT11410 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Everybody Loves Our Town: A History of Grunge - **How much does it cost?** VT11410 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vu](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/54609172-everybody-loves-our-town-a-history-of-grunge) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Buy Everybody Loves Our Town: A History of Grunge by (9780571249879) from desertcart UK’s Stationery & Office Supplies Shop. Free delivery on eligible orders. Review: Fantastic. - This is the definitive story of 'Grunge', so if that's your thing then this comes highly recommended. It is told purely through interviews with the people who counted at that time, members of Nirvana, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, Screaming Trees, Pearl Jam etc. and a whole host of others, producers, critics, managers etc. This could so easily been a mess of snippets of interviews crammed together but Mark Yarm has pieced them together expertly and it flows easily into one flowing story of all that went on during that time. It's a harrowing read at times for obvious reasons, and kind of bittersweet as it was written in 2011 so some of the interviewees have passed since, but there's also a great wit to it also that often takes the edge off. It's in depth, informative, amusing, sad, interesting all in equal measures. It'll probably make you appreciate even more the music and the people who were part of it, the main players, the smaller players, the almost-weres and everyone in between. Nothing is missed here and it's great from start to finish. This could so easily have been a mess but it couldn't be more the opposite. If you're a fan then you need to read this, it's your duty! Review: The next best thing for us who were not there - If you are (or were) a fan of `grunge', the chances are that you will recognise the title of this book from the Mudhoney song `Overblown'. `Everyboy loves us' - it begins - `Everybody loves our town/...it's so overblown' sang Mark Arm, aptly describing the media circus surrounding Seattle and the `grunge' phenomenon. Everybody looked at Seattle as the next Mecca of rock, but how did it actually happen? What was it like from the inside? That is exactly what former music journalist Mark Yarm set out to do with with this project: to make sense of grunge by asking the bands, the roadies, the soundmen, the girlfriends and the hangers on: what happened? He did so by compiling an oral history, entirely told by `witness accounts' rather than by his own authorial voice. The result is a compelling read, which will captivate you right from the first chapter - on how The U-Men once set fire to the stage - right until the end, when the grunge supernova implodes, leaving a string of casualties along the way. This collection of interviews, loosely grouped by band but expertly interwoven in chronological order, offers an almost seamless narrative which has the page-turning quality of the best fiction. Yarm pieced ELOT together from both existing and new material; by doing so, he succeeded in creating an incredibly comprehensive `bible' of grunge, with cross referencing questions and answers and whose protagonists often give their own version of events only described a few paragraphs before. The result is often very amusing, with discordant opinions on what really happened and all people in question offering their own contradicting version. Predictably, anecdotes involving Courtney Love seem to invariably be cause for disagreement. There are a lot of books about `grunge' out there but ELOT stands out because it lets its protagonists do the talking, instead of attempting to draw the kind of pseudo-sociological conclusions so beloved by popular culture writers. If you never had the chance to experience the early 1990s Seattle scene in person, this book is going to be the next best thing. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | 138,481 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 333 in Address Books | | Customer reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (1,063) | | Dimensions | 12.8 x 3.6 x 20 cm | | Edition | Main | | ISBN-10 | 0571249876 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0571249879 | | Item weight | 475 g | | Language | English | | Print length | 608 pages | | Publication date | 7 Sept. 2017 | | Publisher | Faber & Faber | ## Images ![Everybody Loves Our Town: A History of Grunge - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81GB1VHqP1L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fantastic. *by V***A on 30 June 2025* This is the definitive story of 'Grunge', so if that's your thing then this comes highly recommended. It is told purely through interviews with the people who counted at that time, members of Nirvana, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, Screaming Trees, Pearl Jam etc. and a whole host of others, producers, critics, managers etc. This could so easily been a mess of snippets of interviews crammed together but Mark Yarm has pieced them together expertly and it flows easily into one flowing story of all that went on during that time. It's a harrowing read at times for obvious reasons, and kind of bittersweet as it was written in 2011 so some of the interviewees have passed since, but there's also a great wit to it also that often takes the edge off. It's in depth, informative, amusing, sad, interesting all in equal measures. It'll probably make you appreciate even more the music and the people who were part of it, the main players, the smaller players, the almost-weres and everyone in between. Nothing is missed here and it's great from start to finish. This could so easily have been a mess but it couldn't be more the opposite. If you're a fan then you need to read this, it's your duty! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The next best thing for us who were not there *by G***E on 22 May 2012* If you are (or were) a fan of `grunge', the chances are that you will recognise the title of this book from the Mudhoney song `Overblown'. `Everyboy loves us' - it begins - `Everybody loves our town/...it's so overblown' sang Mark Arm, aptly describing the media circus surrounding Seattle and the `grunge' phenomenon. Everybody looked at Seattle as the next Mecca of rock, but how did it actually happen? What was it like from the inside? That is exactly what former music journalist Mark Yarm set out to do with with this project: to make sense of grunge by asking the bands, the roadies, the soundmen, the girlfriends and the hangers on: what happened? He did so by compiling an oral history, entirely told by `witness accounts' rather than by his own authorial voice. The result is a compelling read, which will captivate you right from the first chapter - on how The U-Men once set fire to the stage - right until the end, when the grunge supernova implodes, leaving a string of casualties along the way. This collection of interviews, loosely grouped by band but expertly interwoven in chronological order, offers an almost seamless narrative which has the page-turning quality of the best fiction. Yarm pieced ELOT together from both existing and new material; by doing so, he succeeded in creating an incredibly comprehensive `bible' of grunge, with cross referencing questions and answers and whose protagonists often give their own version of events only described a few paragraphs before. The result is often very amusing, with discordant opinions on what really happened and all people in question offering their own contradicting version. Predictably, anecdotes involving Courtney Love seem to invariably be cause for disagreement. There are a lot of books about `grunge' out there but ELOT stands out because it lets its protagonists do the talking, instead of attempting to draw the kind of pseudo-sociological conclusions so beloved by popular culture writers. If you never had the chance to experience the early 1990s Seattle scene in person, this book is going to be the next best thing. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ but absolutely a great read and gives a more personal insight into the ... *by C***E on 23 May 2017* The structure of the book can be at times confusing, its build op by section of interviews and often goes back and forward. It has some hilarious stories and also a lot of people not agreeing on what happened in a situation which makes you think, what is true and what is not, but absolutely a great read and gives a more personal insight into the lives of the people who was a part of the scene ## Frequently Bought Together - Everybody Loves Our Town: A History of Grunge - Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.vu/products/54609172-everybody-loves-our-town-a-history-of-grunge](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/54609172-everybody-loves-our-town-a-history-of-grunge) --- *Product available on Desertcart Vanuatu* *Store origin: VU* *Last updated: 2026-05-10*