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Hype!

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Hype!
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NR,1hr 24min
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November 8, 1996
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Republic Pictures
Synopsis: Doug Pray's entertaining and opinionated documentary on the Seattle music scene takes the (admittedly unusual) position that the Grunge Explosion of the mid-1990s was the worst thing to happen to rock music in the Pacific Northwest. Hype! depicts Seattle as a town where a fertile musical community with a distinctive sound and style grew largely because it was ignored by the rest of the world. Once the unexpected success of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden made Seattle the rock capital of the world, ... Full Synopsis
Featured Cast
Interviewee (Pearl Jam member)
Interviewee (Co-founder, Sub Pop Records)
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