Through his role in the band Hüsker Dü, Bob Mould is considered one of the key influences on the genre of Alternative Rock. But what happens if the genre you helped inspire disappoints you? If you’re Bob Mould, you write a fierce track that voices your disappointment and call it “I Hate Alternative...
Tired epileptic charade
Get on the plane and fly away
I knew you when
I knew you when
You had something to say
The Twentieth Century
Has not been particularly kind to me
So when asked to define
You feign the benign
And decline to answer properly
You feel threatened now
There's other icons flying higher now
As you grab for the past
You know it won't last
There's no need to describe it
I hope someone else is driving you
I hope someone else intelligent
Is driving you
Now the myth disintegrates
Nothing else is permanent
I Hate Alternative Rock was written by Bob Mould.
I Hate Alternative Rock was produced by Bob Mould.
Bob Mould released I Hate Alternative Rock on Tue Apr 30 1996.