Kim Salmon and the Formula for Grunge

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A tribute to Kim Salmon's life-long pursuit of artistic mastery. This book follows Australian musician Kim Salmon, from bands The Scientists, Surrealists and Beasts of Bourbon, from childhood in Perth through his many bands, albums, tours, family upheavals, triumphs, disappointments and examines the characters of the music business he collaborates with along the way. The book explores the forces that shaped his style to create an idiosyncratically Australian sound that went on to spark a worldwide music & cultural movement-Grunge. It's a tribute to the life-long pursuit of artistic mastery, and celebration of the growing international recognition, well overdue for this unique Australian artist.

Douglas Galbraith is a senior advisor with the Victorian government. He is an accomplished researcher, writer and aspiring guitarist.

"Kim is obviously wired into a signal very strong and strange. One of his great strengths is that he has evaded definition for decades. The only way to describe one of Kims records is to put it on... Hes the real thing. You know it when you hear it." -- Henry Rollins "Kims music has a purity, a singularity, a primal, gritty energy which inspires me incredibly when I put it on to write my stories even today." -- Andy Griffiths, best-selling author