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Hype!

Movie·1996·Documentary, Music·1h 24m·7.4 (59)·Directed by Doug Pray

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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.

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