Episode 585: Andy Nowicki on the Grunge Psyop
Update: 2025-09-03
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Description
Andy Nowicki returns to Our Interesting Times to discuss his recent article "the Grunge Psyop."
Andy Nowicki is the author of several books including The Insurrectionist, Muze, and Love and Hidden Agendas, and The Rule of Wrath. You may support Andy's work at his Substack page.
In Channel
By and large they’re right about grunge eclipsing heavy metal in ‘91. However that year was also the break out year for Metallica with their self titled album,popularly referred to as the “black” album. Many of their hardcore fans called them sell outs because the songs were more formulaic and radio friendly than their previous work. To this day Metallica reign supreme in the “metal” genre.