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Beostie Boy Aoam Houwtfit?:, better known as AD-ROCK, croons at a concert in Michigan during the summer of ' 92. The Beasties played three shows in the area in support of their neu 1 album , as well as a New Year ' s Eve bash. Their concerts included traditional rap performances in addition to songs played with live instruments. Photo by Molly Stevens Chris Come ! of Soundgarden , one of the first bands to emerge from the Seattle scene , performs at the Lollapalooza 2 festival. Cornell also appeared in the film Singles as a performer and in a small cameo. Soundgarden ' s fusion of grunge rock and traditional metal have been very popular with alternative music fans. Photo by Molly Stevens story by greg emmanuel 20 Michigan Life from grunge to industrial to hip-hop, the 90 ' s saw the rise of so-called alternative music into mainstream popularity. Alternative groups such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Nirvana hit the charts alongside Whitney Houston. Lead by the garage band-turned-supergroup Nirvana, the city of Seattle became a hot- bed for music and culture. In an issue of Rolling Stone, the city was described as the forefront of the country ' s musical consciousness. Flannel shirts, ripped jeans, and Doc Marten shoes, all associated with the Seattle scene, became the uniform for the youth culture. The movie Singles, a comedy-love story directed by Cameron Crowe (Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Say Anything) also helped to promote the stardom of Seattle as the soundtrack broke the top ten with music from Mudhoney, Screaming Trees, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains and Smashing Pump- kins. Because of the popularity of these bands, the major labels scrambled to sign the next Nirvana offering contracts to young, virtually unknown groups like Helmet and Pavement. The Lollapalooza tour also helped to promote alternative music. The second year of the tour, headlined by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, who received tremendous commercial success with their ballad Under the Bridge , remained as popular as the first tour featuring the now-defunct Jane ' s Addiction. As the most successful tour of the summer, Lollapalooza 2 proved that the alternative genre ' s popularity was here to stay. Russell Levine, a U of M student who attended this summer ' s concert, said that it was the musical diversity as well as the festival atmosphere that lended to the day ' s excitement. The hard-core industrial act Ministry was widely believed to be the best act on the Lollapalooza bill. Ice-Cube, commented to Rolling Stone reporters concerning Ministry, I love this shit. Anything hard edged, anything parents want to ban and get rid of, I ' m with that. Combined with the success of Nine Inch Nails from a year ago, the loud angry beats of industrial music, previously listened to mostly by college students and alternative music fans, found its way onto mainstream radio air-play and
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Blood samples are tested for HIV at the Medical School. Signs warning, Caution , Biological Hazard hang throughout the lab. Greg Emmanuel Michigan Life 19
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