OK Hotel

The OK Hotel was a bar and music venue located under the viaduct in Seattle's Pioneer Square district. The club's 15-year-plus life span came to an end with the Nisqually earthquake of March 2001, which damaged numerous buildings in the historic district.

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Seattle - Pioneer Square - Nisqually earthquake

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Most widely recognized as a prominent location in the movie Singles (1992), the OK Hotel was one of several acive rock venues during the celebrated local scene of the late eighties. Local bands such as Mudhoney, Tad, Mother Love Bone, Soundgarden and Nirvana played at the OK Hotel, as well as touring punk, rock and jazz artists from around the country. Sub Pop Records celebrated its 11th anniversary at the club in 1999, shortly after Kurt Cobain's suicide.

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Singles - Mudhoney - Tad - Mother Love Bone - Soundgarden - Nirvana - Punk - Rock - Jazz - Sub Pop Records - Kurt Cobain

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In its final years, the OK Hotel had become a treasured home for Seattle's lively creative music scene, featuring such artists as Bill Frisell, Wayne Horvitz and Zony Mash, Robin Holcomb, the Living Daylights, Amy Denio and the Black Cat Orchestra.

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Bill Frisell - Wayne Horvitz - Zony Mash - Robin Holcomb - The Living Daylights - Amy Denio - Black Cat Orchestra

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