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It sure is weird for me seeing someone wearing a Nirvana shirt. I'm thinking... how did you ever get to hear of them? I remember watching Sliver and the Sub-Pop version of In Bloom on MTV's 120 Minutes (Sundays at 8pm) hosted by Paul King , long before Nevermind came out. I bought my first copy of Nevermind on vinyl, but it was pressed on cheap vinyl and jumped all over the place. If you look at the back of the UK 7" of Smells Like Teen Spirit, it lists the date at Leicester I had tickets for but never took place. I got my £4.50, but had to give up my Nirvana ticket. I never saw them.

And then I remember... Nirvana were huge, and to kids of 17, they're as cool as any band that disappeared when they were 3 and are showing their classic rock roots. Go back the same amount of time - 16 years - from from 1991, and it's 1975. Punk hadn't even happened, and Joy Division were two years away from forming.

But how did kids get to hear about Nirvana? They're mine, and my secret.
- posted by Mark @ 11:15 pm