NO ALTERNATIVE IS A LANDMARK 1993 ALTERNATIVE ROCK COMPILATION ALBUM PRODUCED BY THE RED HOT ORGANIZATION TO RAISE MONEY FOR & AWARENESS OF AIDS RELIEF. FEATURING 1990’S ICONS LIKE NIRVANA, SMASHING PUMPKINS & SONIC YOUTH, IT IS KNOWN FOR SHOWCASING ORIGINAL, EXCLUSIVE, & RARE TRACKS, INCLUDING NIRVANA'S "SAPPY". THE ALBUM WAS CERTIFIED GOLD & BECAME A COMMERCIAL & CRITICAL SUCCESS. A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE EARLY 90’S ATTRIBUTE THEIR DISCOVERY OF THESE ARTISTS TO THIS COMPILATION. IT CAME OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF WHEN GRUNGE & ALTERNATIVE WERE PEAKING AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH.

NO ALTERNATIVE WAS THE THIRD RED HOT PROJECT. IT WAS PRODUCED BY PAUL HECK & CHRIS MUNDY, CLASSMATES AT BROWN UNIVERSITY. MUNDY WAS WRITING FOR ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE AT THE TIME & HECK JOINED RED HOT TO OVERSEE THE PROJECT. THE TWO CURATED SOME OF THE BEST CONTEMPORARY ROCK ARTISTS WHO WERE CREATING THE ALTERNATIVE MUSIC SCENE AT THE TIME INCLUDING NIRVANA, THE BEASTIE BOYS, SMASHING PUMPKINS, SOUNDGARDEN, PAVEMENT, UNCLE TUPELO, THE BREEDERS & MANY OTHERS.  THE ALBUM ALSO FEATURED A LIVE TRACK BY PATTI SMITH MEMORIALIZING ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE, WHO HAD DIED OF AIDS-RELATED CAUSES A FEW YEARS EARLIER.

FOR LEGAL REASONS, RED HOT COULD NOT LIST THE HIDDEN NIRVANA TRACK ON ALBUM PACKAGING ALTHOUGH IT WAS AN EXCLUSIVE ORIGINAL (“VERSE, CHORUS, VERSE” ALSO KNOWN AS “SAPPY” IN OTHER VERSIONS OF THE SONG). THE ALBUM BECAME POPULARLY KNOWN AS THE ONE “WITH THE HIDDEN NIRVANA TRACK” TO GREAT ACCLAIM.

THERE WAS ALSO A COMPANION LONG FORM TV PROGRAM BROADCAST ON MTV & AVAILABLE ON HOME VIDEO, WHICH FEATURED THE FINAL FILM BY DEREK JARMAN SET TO PATTI SMITH’S PERFORMANCE. THE SHOW ALSO HAD PERFORMANCES BY ARTISTS ON THE ALBUM AS WELL AS LOU REED & DAVID WOJNAROWICZ & SHORT FILMS BY DIRECTORS SUCH AS HAL HARTLEY, TAMRA DAVIS (A SEMINAL SUPER 8 DOCUMENTARY FEATURING COURTNEY LOVE, LUSCIOUS JACKSON & BIKINI KILL), JIM MCKAY, MICHAEL STIPE & JENNIE LIVINGSTON.

ANOTHER BRANCH OFF SHORT FILM, TAMRA DAVIS’ NO ALTERNATIVE GIRLS IS A 6 MINUTE DOCUMENTARY FOCUSED ON FEMALE ALTERNATIVE MUSICIANS, ASKING THEM QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR IDENTITIES AND SEXUALITY. THE RESULT IS A POWERFUL PIECE THAT LOOKS AT FEMINISM THROUGH A GRITTY & HONEST LENS. 

A VERY SICK TEE WITH A LOT OF HISTORY. LEFT IN ORIGINAL OWNER CONDITION, MINOR MARKS CAN BE TREATED & WASHED OUT IF DESIRED.

SIZE: XL (FITS L)

MEASUREMENTS: 22.5 x 27.5

YEAR: 1993

TAG: BROCKUM

STITCHING: SINGLE STITCH SLEEVES | DOUBLE STITCH HEM

LICENSING | COPYRIGHT: COPYRIGHT BY RED HOT AND BLUE | LICENSED TO BROCKUM

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