It was a vital, impressive statement of intent, single parented by Sonic Youth. The band signed to Seattle’s Sub Pop label and released their debut ‘Bleach’ LP in 1989. The type of town where 16-year-old youths have been caught abducting new-born babies for satanic sacrifice. Nirvana come from Aberdeen, Washington – Twin Peaks in real life. Yet more Americans are now beating gums over ‘Nevermind’ than Michael Jackson’s upcoming ‘Dangerous’ LP. Our only consistent reminder of Nirvana’s existence has, in fact, been Loz of Kingmaker, who has worn their shirts at almost every bogshed venue in the UK. There were no tanks in Piccadilly Circus delivering ‘Nevermind’ to Tower Records. And ‘Big Shitty Sticks’ (for beating off The Vermin) will no doubt be the top of their Christmas list.īear in mind that this is not a group who have had their label Geffen Records’ marketing machine blowing gaskets on their behalf. Also, that the band are now attracting an unhealthy quotient of squirming herpes-couriers offering backstage sexual services. Their PR tells me that Slash and Axl have been asking nicely to play with the band. And suddenly the whole world wants to pluck at their jumper. In less than two months ‘Nirvana: US underground collegiate contender’, have become ‘Nirvana: American rock phenomenon of 1991’. The band have suddenly found themselves diving on the media trapeze between a thousand grinning interviewers, whose common opening gambit is: “Hi! So, why did you decide to call the band Nirvana?” And Nirvana are not being allowed to forget it. Moreover, ‘Nevermind’ scaled the Billboard US Top Ten in six weeks. Nirvana’s second LP ‘Nevermind’ is as important and iconoclastic and brilliant as Primal Scream’s ‘Screamadelica’, Teenage Fanclub’s ‘Bandwagonesque’ and Ice-T’s ‘OG: Original Gangster’.
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