A review by nictendo64
Whatever Happened to Alternative Nation? by Steven Hyden

dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

I’ll admit, when I first read the introduction, I was apprehensive about delving into this book cause I thought “oh no he’s going to trash a lot of my favourite bands.” And to some degree he did, but not in a way that made me feel defensive. 

However, the further I got into it, I really appreciated his candid approach to big, and quite often, morbid events of the 90s. He didn’t dance around specific events, he just discussed them as they happened. 

I also really appreciated the different approaches to the very popular topics you tend to hear about when talking about 90s alternative rock.