When grunge exploded in the early ’90s, bands like the Lemonheads – whose roots in the Boston punk scene gave them crucial indie cred – dialed down the rage. “What we were trying to do, Nirvana fucking nailed,” says frontman and sole constant member Evan Dando.
“We were trying to do a Sabbath, Replacements thing, and when Nirvana came along we were like, ‘Well, I don't think my strengths lie in that direction, and there's someone doing it perfectly now anyway, so they can do it for us and all the while make it easier for bands like us to do better.’”
