Hype!

Hype!

1996 · 84 min · ★ 7.4 · Documentary, Music

This documentary examines the Seattle scene as it became the focus of a merging of punk rock, heavy metal, and innovation. Building from the grass roots, self-promoted and self-recorded until break-out success of bands like Nirvana brought the record industry to the Pacific Northwest, a phenomenon was born.

Directed by Doug Pray

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