A detailed chronicle of the rise and fall of the grunge music scene in Seattle and beyond.

Dave Thompson is editor of the renowned Goldmine Record Price Guides, a discographical expert whose work has appeared in Goldmine, Record Collector, DISCoveries and many other record collecting magazines. He is author, too, of Record Collecting for Dummies (published 2024) and 2018's The Ultimate Guide to Vinyl and More: All You Need to Know About Collecting Essential Music, from Cylinders and CDs to LPs and Tapes, alongside over 150 books on rock, pop, movies, television and pop culture.