Susie Tennant — longtime member of the Seattle music community, promotions and marketing legend, and early supporter of Nirvana, Sonic Youth, and others — has died of early onset dementia. She was 61 years old.
News of Tennant’s passing was confirmed by the Friends of Susie Tennant Facebook page on Friday, with a post stating that she was “calm and at peace,” and “surrounded by family and love.” For several years, Tennant had suffered from several ailments; first ovarian cancer, which was in remission for the last years of her life (though she did suffer from “chemo brain” as a result of the treatment); and then frontotemporal degeneration, a type of dementia.
Over the course of Tennant’s career, she made waves — and, ultimately, an impact on global music history itself — as a champion of the Seattle music scene. As publicist for a then-ascendant Nirvana, she advocated for the band, won them opportunities,...
News of Tennant’s passing was confirmed by the Friends of Susie Tennant Facebook page on Friday, with a post stating that she was “calm and at peace,” and “surrounded by family and love.” For several years, Tennant had suffered from several ailments; first ovarian cancer, which was in remission for the last years of her life (though she did suffer from “chemo brain” as a result of the treatment); and then frontotemporal degeneration, a type of dementia.
Over the course of Tennant’s career, she made waves — and, ultimately, an impact on global music history itself — as a champion of the Seattle music scene. As publicist for a then-ascendant Nirvana, she advocated for the band, won them opportunities,...
- 1/22/2024
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
When Danny Goldberg started managing Nirvana in 1991, the band was just a promising underground act from Seattle. But, as chronicled in Goldberg’s upcoming memoir, Serving the Servant: Remembering Kurt Cobain, things would change quickly and decisively. The book is a fascinating portrait of the life, music and inner workings of Cobain, who died 25 years ago next month, and who once said Goldberg was like a “second father” to him. In this chapter, Goldberg recalls in vivid detail the months and days leading up to Nevermind and the complex emotions...
- 3/26/2019
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
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