Touch Me I'm Sick
by Jennie Boddy, Eddie Vedder
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Author: Eddie Vedder, Jennie BoddyPhotographer: Charles Peterson
Introduction: Eddie Vedder
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-07-01
ISBN: 1576871916
Number of pages: 144
Publisher: powerHouse Books
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Book Review: The Real Deal
Summary: 5 Stars
"Touch Me I'm Sick" not only has an incredible visual impact - it tells the important story of a monumental movement in the history of rock music through the eyes of Charles Peterson as a participant in the Seattle music scene and as an artist. In the early days before the world caught on to "grunge", he not only found himself at the core of this groundbreaking new change in rock n' roll, but in a position to communicate it visually for everyone outside of his home city. In the years since the grunge revolution there has not been an unequivocal youth culture movement on this scale and Peterson not only helped to define it, but captured it forever on film. Part of the whole hysterical attraction and one of the aspects that drew an entire generation to Seattle beyond the music is that Peterson's photographs did not just articulate the sound, but expressed the feeling of raw excitement of being at a rock n' roll show in a club. Peterson compelled - and still compels -the viewer to share his experience of the music rather than simply look at a photograph of a musician on stage.
I think it is interesting as a reader/viewer of "Touch Me" that it also tells the story of Peterson's photography over 17 years as a kind of visual notebook during this period in his life. Simply put, there is no pretension or unnecessary commentary here, Charles and his work are the real deal.
Summary of Touch Me I'm Sick
Poised at the epicenter of an explosive underground scene, photographer Charles Peterson witnessed the birth of a brash new era of music that grabbed the world by its throat and refused to let go. Grunge, the bastard child of 60s garage and 70s punk, revived the original, gritty spirit of rock and roll: rebellion ain?t pretty, but it sure is fun.Featuring ninety-two photographs?eighty of them never-before-published?spanning sixteen years, Touch Me I?m Sick, Peterson?s third monograph, documents the raw power of live performances by the soon-to-be-famous artists and their dedicated fans. Yet Peterson?s photographs don?t rely on the cult of celebrity to tell this compelling tale of angst, anxiety, and acoustics. Rather, they capture the cathartic ritual between musician and fan played out in seedy clubs reeking of sweat and stale beer. Bored, alienated youth with nothing better to do than bash their instruments and mosh their bodies in a barrage of sound, song, and furious energy are captured through Peterson?s signature style of wide-angle intimacy, swirling lights, and strange sense of grace. Peterson creates timeless, artistic imagery out of this swiftly passing frenzy, and shatters the godhead of the rock star, revealing the band and audience as co-conspirators in rock?s latest, greatest revival.
Featuring photographs of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Sleater-Kinney, Mudhoney, Sonic Youth, L7, Hole, and Black Flag, among others, as well as excerpts from Your Flesh, Flipside, Melody Maker, B-Sides, Swellsville, and Chemical Imbalance, Touch Me I?m Sick is the perfect mix of art and journalism for music purists and connoisseurs.
?And you know what? I think other photographers secretly want to be like Charles and Charles secretly wants to be like other photographers. And it?s a hard call?would you rather have that street cred, punk rock hipness, and respect from all the cool bands, or industry suave that gets major magazine editors and record exec dorks to fly you all over the world for photo shoots and pay you outrageous amounts of money??
?Jennie Boddy, Your Flesh #25
Picture an image from the grunge movement of the 1990s and odds are it was Charles Peterson who clicked the camera's shutter. As unofficial photographer of the SubPop record label, Peterson put a face on the scene that began in Seattle and shaped the landscape of popular music. With its title taken from Mudhoney's anthemic underground hit, Touch Me I'm Sick is more than a rehash of Peterson's 1995 Screaming Life. This high-quality collection includes an introduction by Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder and over 90 photos of the stars before they became household names, plus many who never reached notoriety beyond the Seattle city limits. There are classic photos that have been seen before--Kurt Cobain sprawled across Chad Channing's drum set, the roiling mosh pit of Seattle's Endfest, the blacked-out teeth of L7's Suzi Gardner--but more than 80 have never been published. Peterson's open shutter technique stretches spotlights and blurs movement, bringing still images to life, while his black-and-white photos abound in texture: from the rubber soles of Converse high-tops to the ripped and frayed knees of worn-out blue jeans and greasy knots of flailing hair. Touch Me I'm Sick is a required title for music fans who wore the flannel as well as those who only watched in awe from the edge of the pit. --Ben Reese
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