There Was No Alternative: Generation X, AIDS, and the Making of a Classic Nineties Record

Contents

• Table of Contents
• Introduction
•   1. That Was Then: Nirvana, AIDS, and the Rise of ACT UP
•   2. Trojan Horses: John Carlin, Leigh Blake, and the Birth of Red Hot
•   3. Opening Doors: Paul Heck, Chris Mundy, Jessica Kowal, and the AIDS Music Project
•   4. Money Changes Everything: Generation X and the Victory of Alternative Rock
•   5. Ready to Fly: AMP Joins Forces with Red Hot and Signs to Arista
•   6. Putting It Together: Naming, Sequencing, and Designing No Alternative
•   7. What Did You Expect? Matthew Sweet, Buffalo Tom, Soul Asylum, Urge Overkill, American Music Club
•   8. Tears of Respect: Goo Goo Dolls, Pavement, Smashing Pumpkins, Bob Mould
•   9. Renegade Good Intentions: Sarah McLachlan, Soundgarden, Straitjacket Fits, Barbara Manning, The Verlaines
• 10. We Must Say Goodbye: Uncle Tupelo, Beastie Boys, The Breeders, Patti Smith, Nirvana
• 11. Sex, AIDS, and Rock and Roll: The No Alternative MTV Special and Home Video
• 12. After the Glow: No Alternative Funds Get Distributed and Dark Was the Night Breathes New Life into Red Hot
• 13. This Is Now: Red Hot and No Alternative at Thirty
• (Hidden Track)
• Chapter Notes
• Bibliography
• Index