I've wondered if this was at least somewhat inspired by what happened with Green River. Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard used to be in Green River with Mark Arm and (very briefly) Steve Turner, but the band finally split up over disputes regarding whether or not they should persue a major label deal and refine their sound. Ament and Gossard went on to Mother Love Bone and eventually hit it huge with Pearl Jam, so this almost feels like Arm's response to his old bandmates' thirst for success and fame.
However it's written pretty broadly, so it was probably just a general rant about all the Seattle-area bands that chose to sign big contracts and all the media hype and record company attention that surrounded the city's music scene during the early 90s. Arm obviously felt that the superstar aura of a few bands (Nirvana, AiC, SG, Pearl Jam) had ruined everything that was unique about the Seattle scene.
I've wondered if this was at least somewhat inspired by what happened with Green River. Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard used to be in Green River with Mark Arm and (very briefly) Steve Turner, but the band finally split up over disputes regarding whether or not they should persue a major label deal and refine their sound. Ament and Gossard went on to Mother Love Bone and eventually hit it huge with Pearl Jam, so this almost feels like Arm's response to his old bandmates' thirst for success and fame.
However it's written pretty broadly, so it was probably just a general rant about all the Seattle-area bands that chose to sign big contracts and all the media hype and record company attention that surrounded the city's music scene during the early 90s. Arm obviously felt that the superstar aura of a few bands (Nirvana, AiC, SG, Pearl Jam) had ruined everything that was unique about the Seattle scene.
Great song at any rate.