Nowhere: Music from the Gregg Araki Movie (1997)

This is the official soundtrack compilation for Gregg Araki’s 1997 cult film Nowhere (the final part of his “Teen Apocalypse Trilogy,” following Totally Fucked Up and The Doom Generation).

Key details

• Released: 1997

• Label: Mercury Records (catalog often listed as 314 534 522-2)

• Type: Various Artists compilation / soundtrack

• Style: Alternative rock, indie, electronic, trip-hop, industrial, and big beat — very much a snapshot of mid-to-late ’90s alternative/underground music.

Track listing

• Intro

• 311 – Freak Out

• Radiohead – How Can You Be Sure

• Elastica – In the City

• Hole – Dicknail

• The Chemical Brothers – Life Is Sweet (Daft Punk Remix)

• Massive Attack – Daydreaming (Blacksmith Remix)

• Coco and the Bean – Killin Time (Qureysh – Eh? 1 Remix)

• Catherine Wheel – Intravenous

• Curve – Nowhere

• Lush – I Have the Moon

• Ruby – Flippin’ Tha Bird (Ceasefire Remix)

• James – Thursday Treatments

• Chuck D – Generation Wrekkked (Danny Saber Rock Remix)

• Marilyn Manson – Kiddie Grinder (Remix)

• Suede (The London Suede) – Trash

Notes

The album mixes well-known acts with rarer B-sides, remixes, and lesser-heard tracks (Araki was known for digging up deep cuts for his soundtracks). The film itself is a chaotic, surreal, queer coming-of-age story set in Los Angeles, and the music matches its energetic, disillusioned, late-’90s vibe.