Stephanie plays Reverb Fest’s Salmon Bay Eagles stage at 4 p.m. on Saturday, October 8.This post is a part of special Reverb Questionnaire series in which we ask local bands to discuss the legacy of the Seattle music explosion of 1991, as well as the class of 2011.What do you think the legacy of the 1991 grunge explosion is for the Seattle scene?Stephanie’s Ian Judd: The “grunge explosion” laid the groundwork for what could be a long history for productivity in the Northwest. Additionally, all of the exposure from grunge transformed Seattle into a place where one could run a band successfully and “make it” without having to move to New York or Los Angeles. And everyone in Seattle still loves Nirvana, no matter how much they’ll try to deny it.Do you hear many influences of the sound in today’s bands?Again, everyone in Seattle still loves Nirvana. So probably. In what ways is your band influenced by the 1991 sound?We’re ’90s babies. Many of the bands that we loved as adolescents were related to grunge in one way or another. Also, we think distortion sounds “cool.”How do you describe the Seattle sound today?From the most far-out no-wave and weirdo sound collage to swirled-out pop and futuristic H.A.M. hip-hop, Seattle’s sound is a buffet of good shit, comprised of a ton of inspired and inspiring people.What were you doing on October 8, 1991?Getting ready to play a festival that wasn’t happening for another 20 years.Follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
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