Various Artists - You're No Big Deal: Grunge, The U.S. Underground and Beyond 1984-1994 (2025)

Exploring Grunge And The American Alternative Underground 1984-1994. During the late 1980s, whilst pop, rap and glam metal dominated the American airwaves, underground musicians sought an antidote. During the middle of the decade, from Seattle in the west to New York in the east, bands immersed in a less highly polished, raw and more powerful sound began to emerge, fusing punky garage band attitude with meaningful, often disenchanted lyrics and lashings of distortion to create something new. The "grunge" tag quickly took hold, absorbing bands from all over the States and becoming a social phenomenon, drawing countless other underground and college circuit bands into it's orbit in the process. Overnight, macho rock was dead. Featuring an embarrassment of key bands and classic tracks, alongside lesser-known nuggets and a hand-picked selection of Australasian artists who were inadvertently feeding into the scene, 'You're No Big Deal' explores a vital period in post-punk American musical history, the rebirth of rock music and it's new place among the underground elite.

Tracklist:
1-1 Dinosaur Jr. - The Wagon [4:56]
1-2 NUBBIN - Macaroni [3:16]
1-3 CRUNCHBIRD - Subway Circle [2:25]
1-4 Poison Idea - Feel the Darkness [6:03]
1-5 KILL SYBIL - Olympia (Single Version) [4:23]
1-6 Bam Bam - Villains (Also Wear White) [3:09]
1-7 Sleep Capsule - Eat It's Tongue [2:22]
1-8 Toadies - I Hope You Die [5:21]
1-9 feedtime - curtains [4:26]
1-10 Treepeople - Ballard Bitter [3:18]
1-11 Girl Trouble - Riverbed [3:49]
1-12 HELLTROUT - Smoking Lounge [2:21]
1-13 Feast - Look For The Light [4:22]