1991: The Year Punk Broke

1991: The Year Punk Broke
VHS box cover of 1991: The Year Punk Broke
Directed by	Dave Markey
Produced by	We Got Power Productions Sonic Life
Music by	Sonic Youth Nirvana Dinosaur Jr Babes in Toyland Gumball The Ramones
Distributed by	Tara Films
Release date	1992
Running time	95 mins.
Country	USA
Language	English

1991: The Year Punk Broke is a 1992 documentary directed by Dave Markey. It showcases a number of punk and alternative rock bands on tour in Europe in late 1991. The documentary focuses primarily on Sonic Youth and Nirvana but also gives attention to bands Dinosaur Jr, Babes in Toyland, Gumball and The Ramones. Also featured in the film are Mark Arm, Dan Peters and Matt Lukin of Mudhoney, Courtney Love, and Joe Cole, who was killed in a robbery three months after the tour ended. The film is dedicated to him.

Songs

Sonic Youth

• "Schizophrenia"
• "Brother James"
• "Teen Age Riot"
• "Dirty Boots"
• "I Love Her All the Time"
• "Mote"
• "Kool Thing"
• "Expressway to Yr Skull"

Nirvana

• "Negative Creep"
• "School"
• "Endless, Nameless"
• "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
• "Polly"

Dinosaur Jr

• "Freak Scene"
• "The Wagon"

Babes in Toyland

• "Dust Cake Boy"

Gumball

• "Pre"

The Ramones

• "Commando"

Cast

• Mark Arm ... Himself (Mudhoney)
• Lori Barbero ... Herself (Babes In Toyland)
• Kat Bjelland ... Herself (Babes In Toyland)
• Nic Close ... Himself
• Kurt Cobain ... Himself (Nirvana)
• Joe Cole ... Himself
• Don Fleming... Himself (Gumball)
• Kim Gordon ... Herself (Sonic Youth)
• Dave Grohl ... Himself (Nirvana)
• Mike Johnson... Himself
• Dave Kendall ... Himself
• Michelle Leon ... Herself (Babes In Toyland)
• Courtney Love ... Herself
• Matt Lukin ... Himself (Mudhoney)
• Dave Markey ... Himself
• J. Mascis ... Himself
• Craig Montgomery ... Himself
• Thurston Moore ... Himself (Sonic Youth)
• Bob Mould ... Himself
• Murph ... Himself
• Krist Novoselic ... Himself (Nirvana)
• Dan Peters ... Himself (Mudhoney)
• Dee Dee Ramone ... Himself
• Joey Ramone ... Himself
• Johnny Ramone ... Himself
• Marky Ramone ... Himself
• Lee Ranaldo ... Himself (Sonic Youth)
• Susanne Sasic ... Herself
• Steve Shelley ... Himself (Sonic Youth)
• Jay Spiegel ... Himself
• Peter Vanderbilde ... Himself
• Eric Vermillion ... Himself (Gumball)

External links

• 1991: The Year Punk Broke at IMDb
• Dave Markey's 1991 tour diary