City Heat Magazine (April 1991)
Sounds of Seattle
by Michael Edward Browning
We asked each of the groups we interviewed to first describe their sound, whether they considered themselves as part of the "Seattle Sound" and finally, if currently, the "Seattle Sound" is more descriptive of a musical style or an attitude shared amongst musicians in the city... They Replied:
Kristen Barry
"I guess it would be categorized as pop rock, but it's not really like typical pop rock. It's not straight forward rock. I guess people call it alternative, that's what the record companies have classified it as even if I don't think it is all that alternative. I get a lot of my influence from the old jazz and blues singers. It's more mainstream than a lot of stuff out there. It's like accessible alternative, I guess you can say."
"Actually, probably not. I don't think so."
"Well, I'm having a hard time with that one right now because the 'Seattle Sound' isn't like one thing any more. It used to be predominantly that grunge kind of thing but I think it is growing. What used to be called the 'Seattle Sound' I think is still a major part but now there is a lot more beyond that too. A lot of different styles are coming out again. Some of the attitude of the region definitely contributes to the music because I think this region is really individualistic and the people up here are really artistic with their music. I think it's expanding so the term doesn't even fit any more. That was a term for two years ago. It's outdated and I think it's time for people to start looking at what that spawned. So let's move on and find another term, shall we?"
Kristen
