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January 9,
1995 TO: Craig Marks at Spin mag Hey
Craig - Michael
Azzerad asked me to write something.
Best, We
were playing the Reading festival in 1991 (th'Year Punk Broke...). Nirvana was on early in the day. This was before Nevermind went ballistic, they were still just
another cool American band on a bill of cool, mostly American bands. But on this tour across Europe, you could feel the surge of
recognition from audiences night after night that this was something
more than just another cool American band.
At Reading, 2 pm, towards the end of an absolutely raging set,
Kurt leapt over the monitors and into the photo pit where Dave Markey
just happened to be, shooting our tourfilm.
Hundreds of arms are reaching out to grab him as Kurt, still
playing, makes his way over to Markey and sticks his mouth to the camera
mike to say "This is a blues scale in 'E'...", poking fun
at himself and ev'ry gtr hero ever.
Watching the film back was hysterical; they was on the verge
of so much and everyone could feel it.
It was a fun and exciting time.
Moments later, back onstage, he executed what appeared to be
the most painful backflip ever right on top of Dave Grohl's drumkit,
and then got up and walked off with a small wave of thanx at the crowd.
Something special was happening...
Lee Ranaldo |