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MUD RIDE

Steve Turner

A Messy Trip Through The Grunge Explosion

The true, inside story of how a bunch of punk kids changed the world with music.
The only true, first-hand account of Grunge, by musician Steve Turner, traces the beginning of it back to Seattle where he grew up and became a founding member of Mudhoney, the band that made it all possible. Featuring a foreword by Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard, as well as never before seen illustrations, band posters, photographs and memorabilia throughout, his memoir shares stories from the messy, muddy and tight-knit grunge scene that grew in Seattle basements and went on to circle the globe.

Steve Turner, guitarist of Mudhoney, has inspired countless musicians and bands from Kurt Cobain to Pearl Jam. In Mud Ride, Turner offers an inside look at growing up surrounded by music, and touring with the likes of Nirvana and Courtney Love. From the beginnings of grunge to the come-down from the highs of success and stardom, this is the story of what happens when drugs, fame, and untold wealth wreak havoc.

Mudhoney was one of the first American grunge bands to tour Europe and the UK, laying the groundwork for the worldwide explosion of grunge. In the tradition of Gillian McCain's Please Kill Me, and John Doe and Tom DeSavia's Under the Big Black Sun, Steve Turner's Mud Ride: A Messy Trip Through The Grunge Explosion illuminates the '80s and '90s pop culture scene, taking readers on the turbulent and entertaining ride through the early days of Grunge.
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Published 2023-05-09 by Chronicle Books

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Published 2023-05-09 by Chronicle Books

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Mudhoney's Steve Turner packs a life of music tales into 'Mud Ride'... the new book is equal parts memoir and passenger-seat ride-along with one of the genre's chief architects, chronicling his youth as a skateboarding Seattle teen and White House invitations during peak grunge mania through the making of Mudhoney's predictably ripping new album, "Plastic Eternity." Read more...

UK: Omnibus Press ; Spanish: Redbook Ediciones

[Mud Ride], with its insider's perspective, takes music fanatics on an enjoyable romp through the grunge heyday.

Mud Ride is an essential document - a history of the aesthetic, style, and language of what came to be known as grunge from one of its spiritual and intellectual founders.

The Sydney Morning Herald ran a great interview with Steve Turner, in which he talks about MUD RIDE. Read more...

Part memoir. Part blueprint. All heart. Mud Ride is a doozy. Read more...

...the memoir shares not only Mudhoney's history and their rightful place within Seattle's underground lexicon, it proudly celebrates several overlooked bands and trailblazers that impacted Turner. Deviating from standard rock & roll memoirs that may glorify drug abuse and irreverent self-destruction, Turner seems reluctant to step into any rock star spotlight and instead, focuses on the Seattle community's dynamics that still inspire him... Mud Ride is an engaging document of just how intimate the original Seattle music community was, and how its creativity remains impactful. Read more...

Mud Ride is a roller coaster of a music memoir... An insider's account of the genesis of the Seattle sound and ethos, full of humor, pathos, and the sort of historical nuggets music fans cherish.

If you're a musician or love the grunge scene, then Mud Ride is the book for you. Written by the lead guitarist of Mudhoney, a legendary alternative rock band, this book will take readers through the birth of grunge in 80's and 90's Seattle with stories of key moments, musicians, and albums that led to its global success. A music memoir full of humor and history, this is a one-of-a-kind insider's perspective on the heyday of grunge music. Read more...

Honest, smart, wry, and filled with a deep musical detail and analysis you won't get from anyone else.