Editing Grunge (section)

=== Local newspapers ===
In 1992, ''Rolling Stone'' music critic [[Michael Azerrad]] called ''[[The Rocket (music magazine)|The Rocket]]'' the Seattle music "scene's [most] respected commentator".<ref name="Azerrad" /> ''The Rocket'' was a free newspaper about the Pacific Northwest music scene which was launched in 1979. Edited by [[Charles R. Cross]], the paper covered "fairly obscure alternative bands" in the local area, such as [[the Fartz]] and others.<ref name="McChesney">McChesney, Robert W.  "Balancing Things Left of Center", ''The Rocket'', Issue #195, December 7–21, 1994, p. 12, 14.</ref> In the mid-1980s, the paper had stories on [[Slayer]], [[Wild Dogs]], [[Queensrÿche]], and [[Metal Church]].  By 1988, the metal scene had faded, and ''The Rocket''{{'s}} focus shifted to covering the pre-grunge local [[alternative rock]] bands. Dawn Anderson states that in 1988, long before any other publication took notice of them, [[Soundgarden]] and [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] were ''Rocket'' cover stars.<ref name="Anderson">Anderson, Dawn.  "Timeline: 1988", ''The Rocket'', Issue #195, December 7–21, 1994, p. 38.</ref>  In 1991, ''The Rocket'' expanded to include a Portland, Oregon edition.