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  6. Jenny Bendel, “Diamond Lie—The Show and Beyond,” City Heat, circa January/February 1988. A scanned copy of the article was provided to the author by Tim Branom. The origin of the “Suffragette City” cover was conveyed to the author in an interview with Scott Nutter.

  7. Diamond Lie submission packet to Columbia Records, May 17, 1988. Scans of the packet were provided to the author by Jacob McMurray, the EMP Museum’s senior curator.

  8. Jon R. Zulauf, “Defendant’s Sentencing Memorandum,” July 15, 1991; Randall Hauser, “Re: U.S. v. Hauser,” July 12, 1991. Both documents were obtained by the author through a public records request as part of the United States of America v. Randall C. Hauser case file.

  9. Pearl Jam, Pearl Jam Twenty (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011), 28.

10. Mark Yarm, Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge (New York: Crown Archetype, 2011), 173.

11. Tim Branom’s history of Gypsy Rose, including photos and a flyer for the July 14, 1988, show, can be read at http://timbranom.tumblr.com/gypsyrose.

12. Demri’s signature was seen by the author in a review of the Music Bank guest book, currently in possession of the former Music Bank manager, David Ballenger.

13. Yarm, Everybody Loves Our Town, 178; Richard Bienstock, “Excerpt: Kim Thayil on the Secrets Behind His Tunings,” Guitar World, November 12, 2012, http://www.guitarworld.com/excerpt-kim-thayil-secrets-behind-his-tunings; Richard Bienstock, “Jerry Cantrell Tells How Alice in Chains Buried Their Past with ‘The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here,’” Guitar World, June 18, 2013, http://www.guitarworld.com/jerry-cantrell-tells-how-alice-chains-buried-their-past-devil-put-dinosaurs-here.

14. Yarm, Everybody Loves Our Town, 272.

CHAPTER 7

Sources for this chapter include author interviews with Steve Alley, David Ballenger, Ken Deans, Jack Hamann, Randy Hauser, Scott Hunt, Dean Noble, George Stark, Darrell Vernon, and Diana Wilmar.

  1. On Jerry’s giving Axl Rose a copy of the band’s demo, see the Jerry Cantrell and Duff McKagan interview with Soundwave TV, March 3, 2014, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUKaLN8FcaA; for the date of the Iron Maiden and Guns n’ Roses show in Seattle, see http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/history/history88.php.

  2. King County Medical Examiner’s report, obtained by the author through a public records request.

  3. Ibid.

  4. Author review of Facelift liner notes.

  5. Marian and Von Haartman lease agreement, dated February 3, 1987, obtained by the author through a public records request from Federal Archives in Seattle, where it is archived as part of the case file for U.S. v. Marian.

  6. Mike McKay and Richard A. Jones, “Government’s Response to Defendant Marian’s Motions to Suppress,” April 19, 1991, obtained by the author through a public records request from Federal Archives in Seattle, where it is archived as part of the case file for U.S. v. Marian. For details about the power consumption, see Mac Gordon, “Affidavit for Search Warrant,” July 20, 1988, obtained by the author through a public records request from Federal Archives in Seattle, where it is archived as part of the case file for U.S. v. Marian.

  7. Unsigned, undated affidavit, possibly written by Mike Severance.

  8. Gordon, “Affidavit”; R. Joseph Wesley, “Search Warrant,” July 20, 1988, obtained by the author through a public records request from Federal Archives in Seattle, where it is archived as part of the case file for U.S. v. Marian.

  9. Mac Gordon, “Follow-Up Report,” July 26, 1988, obtained by the author through a public records request from Federal Archives in Seattle, where it is archived as part of the case file for U.S. v. Marian.

10. Greg Prato, Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music (Toronto: ECW Press, 2009), 221–22. The quote about the band members sleeping in Layne’s VW Dasher appears in the Music Bank liner notes.

11. Detective S. J. Ameden statement, date unknown, obtained by the author through a public records request; author interviews with Darrell Vernon and David Ballenger.

12. Author review of police and court documents, obtained through public records requests; Bruce Sherman, “‘$30 Million-a-Year’ Pot Farm Found in Ballard,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 22, 1988.

13. Sherman, “‘$30 Million-a-Year’ Pot Farm”; Terry J. Franklin, “Crime Laboratory Report,” August 8, 1988, obtained by the author through a public records request from Federal Archives in Seattle, where it is archived as part of the case file for U.S. v. Marian.

14. Brad Fridell, “Pot Case Goes to Feds; No Arrest Made Yet,” Ballard Tribune, August 24, 1988.

15. Music Bank liner notes.