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Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989

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There are several ways to get Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989. The print book contains never-before seen photographs from Steve Double. The iPad version has an incredible interactive map and digital playlist. The choice is yours.

 

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Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989

Rare and unseen photos of Nirvana, TAD and Mudhoney from 1989.

The e-book, Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989, is both a photo journal and a grunge rock microhistory – an
 inside look into a crucial eight-day period in the touring life of Nirvana, and two other Seattle bands, as seen through the eyes of Bruce Pavitt, the founder of Sub Pop, the Seattle label that first signed Nirvana in 1988.

The dramatic eight days covered in this book, from November 27 through December 4, 1989, represent a turning point for Nirvana. In this brief period, the young band goes from breaking up in Rome to winning over the influential music press in London at Sub Pop’s LameFest UK showcase, setting the stage for their imminent popularity.

On November 27, 1989, when Pavitt and business partner Jon Poneman arrived to meet the band in Rome, they were almost finished with a grueling six week tour of Europe. Although determined to promote their grungy, riff-heavy debut album, Bleach, their travels with fellow Sub Pop act Tad had left them exhausted. Providing label support, Pavitt and Ponemon did their best to revive the spirits of a frustrated and downcast Kurt Cobain, who then managed to continue to London where Nirvana played the biggest and most important show of their career to date.

LameFest UK, held at the 2,000-capacity Astoria Theatre, featured three Seattle Sub Pop acts: Nirvana, Tad and popular headliners Mudhoney. Although Nirvana opened the show, their heart-pounding performance won over the crowd as well as the powerful British press, who went on to proclaim that Nirvana was, “Sub Pop’s answer to The Beatles.” It was then that the world’s attention began to focus on the band that would become the biggest rock act of their generation.

Praise for the Book

"Pavitt tells the story of a six-week concert tour many historians cite as one of popular music's most legendary — the winter 1989 tour of Europe by the Seattle bands Tad and Nirvana."
- The Seattle Times

Related Links

  • Bazillion Points
  • BrucePavitt.com
  • Pavitt on Wikipedia


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