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.