HYPE! [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 1996
• Genre: Documentary, Music
• Plot: This hip look at the Seattle music scene of the past decade treats the hype with bemused humor but treats the music with respect. Packed with witty interviews with band members, record execs, and Seattle music aficionados, much of the film places a welcome spotlight on the bands that didn't become part of the national 'grunge' phenomenon and scores of live clips and rare recordings show that 'the Seattle Sound' didn't begin with Nirvana or end with Soundgarden. You don't have to be a fan to enjoy this ebullient rockumentary, and if you're not careful, director Doug Pray's infectious love of the music may even make you one. This video features performances by Blood Circus, Coffin Break, Crackerbash, Dead Moon, Fastbacks, Flop, Gas Huffer, The Gits, Hammerbox, Love Battery, The Melvins, The Mono Men, Mudhoney, Nirvana, The Posies, Seaweed, 7 Year Bitch, Some Velvet Sidewalk, Soundgarden, Supersuckers, Young Fresh Fellows, and Zipgun, and includes Nirvana's first live performance of the grunge anthem 'Smells Like Teen Spirit.'
• Cast: Valerie M. Agnew, Carrie Akre, Jeff Ament, Dawn Anderson, Michael Anderson, Paul Arkin, Mark Arm, James Atkins, John Atkins, Jon Auer, Love Battery, Leighton Beezer, Martin Bernier, Nils Bernstein, Don Blackstone, Don Blair, Kurt Bloch, Blood Circus, Dan Bolton, James Bosch, Coffin Break, David Brooks, Brien Bublitz, Bob Bulgrien, Matt Cameron, Bill Campbell, Ryan Campbell, Art Chantry, Robbe Clarke, Kurt Cobain, Fred Cole, Toody Cole, Van Conner, Chris Cornell, Crackerbash, Dave Crider, Sean Croghan, Dale Crover, Dan Cunneen, Kurt Danielson, Elizabeth F. Davis, Doug Day, Dead Moon, Thomas A. Doyle, Matt Dresdner, Roisin Dunne, Chris Eckman, Jack Endino, Heidi Englebert, Bruce Fairweather, The Fastbacks, Jason Finn, Steve Fisk, Flop, Dave Fox, Scott Fox, Lulu Gargiulo, Gas Huffer, Jeff Gilbert, Girl Trouble, The Gits, Stone Gossard, David Grohl, Hammerbox, Frank Harlan, Ron Heathman, Daniel House, Tad Hutchison, Jack Irons, Megan Jasper, Calvin Johnson, Nate Johnson, Alan Larsen, Beth Liebling, Peter Litwin, Andrew Loomis, Jeff Lorien, Matt Lukin, Barrett Martin, Scott McCaughey, Mike McCready, The Melvins, Theodore Miller, The Mono Men, Steve Moriarty, Ledge Morisette, John Mortensen, Mudhoney, Mike Musburger, Wade Neal, Joe Newton, Ron Nine, Nirvana, Shigeki Nishimura, Krist Novoselic, Buzz Osborne, Bruce Pavitt, Pearl Jam, Dan Peters, Doug Pray
• Director: Doug Pray
• Runtime: 1:24
• Company: Lions Gate
• Media Format: movie