OT: From Nirvana to Soundgarden to Special Forces hero- an incredible read
Seattle Grunge has a place in my heart since its emergence coincided with my time in AA so I personally find these stories a bit more interesting. However, regardless of perspective, this is one of the absolute craziest stories of a man who went from touring as a guitarist in two of the biggest bands to a war hero on multiple tours of duty in the Special Forces. It is honestly hard to get your head around his journey.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/02/magazine/evermans-war.html?pagewanted=all
This was a great article and I am glad that you thought to post it here.
(I too was in AA as an undergrad during the whole grunge scene. Still love listening to it.)
talk about a strange journey that most musicians will never make!
That is a journey most people will never make.
I knew the gist of this but never the details. Great article.
good article about a great American. What a life.
As a huge fan of former bands Nirvana and Sound Garden I have to say this was a cool read. Thanks for the link.
Great read
The author totally missed the opportunity to find out how Courtney Love killed Kurt Cobain. That's the information I REALLY want to know.
Oh well. I guess it was a good article, anyway.
It's definitely more convenient, today, to be able to download MP3s of an album on the day of the release, but I'm glad I got to go to midnight releases at the long-gone record stores that were on South U 15-20 years ago.
Wait in line with fellow geeked up fans for an hour or so about why you think the record will be great/suck, buy 'Superunknown' or 'BloodSugerSexMagick,' and then listen it to it for a few hours into the wee hours while you played Sega Genesis hockey. Good times.
...Everman is not an "everyman". Incredible story.
Awesome story I had no clue about this guy.
but I had to sign in and say thanks for the article. It was an awesome read. Pretty inspirational... not many people would rebound the way he did from being bounced out of two of the biggest bands of the 90's.. and nirvana obviously being the monster that it is still.
to attend for family next month. i know the drill with those guys, but i've never heard any of them tell me they were band members before service. that is definitely a unique story, glad he's still around to tell it.
as a humorous aside, rangers are fond of listing their occupation as 'seal rescuer', commenting about getting the seals out of tough spots they didn't properly plan for.
the real tough asses who do the dirty work and get none of the credit. Everman is an inspiration.