Hype!

Hype! (

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in a satirical way while acknowledging that it was media hype that helped propel some of these obscure bands to fame.

Release

The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 1996. It opened to general audiences on November 8 of the same year.

The film holds a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 27 reviews with an average rating of 7.5/10.^[1]

Hype! includes interviews and performances from bands (primarily oriented with the

Supersuckers, Zipgun, Seaweed, Pearl Jam, 7 Year Bitch, Hovercraft, Gas Huffer, and Fastbacks. It also features interviews with band manager Susan Silver, record producers Jack Endino and Steve Fisk, and photographer Charles Peterson.^[2]

Along with the DVD that comes with Nirvana's With the Lights Out, it is one of the few films to contain video footage of Nirvana's first performance of their breakthrough hit, "Smells Like Teen Spirit".

In the film, Seattle producer/engineer Jack Endino is humorously referred to as "the godfather of grunge."^[3]

Sub Pop released a soundtrack to the film in 1996 on CD and a limited box set on colored 7" vinyl. AMG entry

Chart (2017)	Peak position
US Top Music Video Sales (Billboard)^[4]	11

^ "Hype! (1996)- Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
^ "Hype! Film". hypethemovie.com. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
^ "Jack Endino at allmusic.com". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
^ "Nirvana - Chart History - Music Video Sales". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 7, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.

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