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Facts about the musicians of the band "Nirvana" in his youth
In the new book «Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989" presents photographs Sub Pop Records co-founder Bruce Pavitt made during the eight-day tour with the band. The book contains stunning photography Nirvana from the scene just over a month after the release of their debut album Bleach, two years before the band entered the history of rock with their album Nevermind.
"One day I was looking through the pictures with his friend and wanted to share them with the public" .- says Pavitt. "And the more I looked at them, the more I realized that this is not just some pictures. Behind them lies a story and an impressive history. This is the story of a young, rebellious artist who is outside the system, struggling with difficulties and finally succeeded in his case. ».
Photo: Kurt Cobain in the Piper Club, Rome, 1989
On tour in Europe before the first show in Seattle was then as the moon. Pavitt and his colleague Jonathan Pounmen were the only visitors that concert. "They did not have a single viewer, the material was very weak, but Cobain was a great voice," -vspominaet Pavitt. "I was able to observe the growth of the group, with each month they become better.»
«Nirvana learned a lot from Mudhoney, which was the most popular band of the time in Seattle. They were in her opening act during a tour in Europe. Mudhoney was very expressive group on their work was greatly influenced by Iggy Pop and The Stooges », says Pavitt.
Photo: Kurt Cobain and Jonathan Pounmen
"When I first saw Nirvana on stage, Krist and Kurt constantly looked down at his feet, no expression was in sight. But after 2-3 months after their first gig I went to their concert at Club Vogue in London, when Kurt rushed off the stage into the crowd of people and the crowd caught him. Typically, Mark Arm of Mudhoney performed such tricks ».
Krist Novoselic, Kurt Cobain and Ted Doyle in Zurich. November 30, 1989
In the center of the book, the story of how a group of nearly collapsed in just a few days before the concert in London, played a significant role in their career. "When Cobain group disbanded in just a few days before the show LameFest in London, we have done everything possible to prevent this. "
Photo: Mark Arm of Mudhoney during LameFest / December 3, 1989.
Bruce Pavitt looks at Krist Novoselic about to break a guitar
Mark Arm in the London club Astoria, December 3, 1989
Ted Doyle in Astoria. December 3, 1989
The crowd at the English club at their concert
Kurt Cobain gives an autograph to Rough Trade Records in London. December 4, 1989
"Kurt was nervous exhaustion after a month he traveled in a van across Europe. He needed a vacation, so we left him in Rome, where he could recuperate. I think this is the break allowed him to come back with even more energy. He broke his guitar during a show in Rome, microphone and sound system. He was a real nervous breakdown, but after we gave him a new guitar, he returned to life ».
"One day I was looking through the pictures with his friend and wanted to share them with the public" .- says Pavitt. "And the more I looked at them, the more I realized that this is not just some pictures. Behind them lies a story and an impressive history. This is the story of a young, rebellious artist who is outside the system, struggling with difficulties and finally succeeded in his case. ».
Photo: Kurt Cobain in the Piper Club, Rome, 1989
On tour in Europe before the first show in Seattle was then as the moon. Pavitt and his colleague Jonathan Pounmen were the only visitors that concert. "They did not have a single viewer, the material was very weak, but Cobain was a great voice," -vspominaet Pavitt. "I was able to observe the growth of the group, with each month they become better.»
«Nirvana learned a lot from Mudhoney, which was the most popular band of the time in Seattle. They were in her opening act during a tour in Europe. Mudhoney was very expressive group on their work was greatly influenced by Iggy Pop and The Stooges », says Pavitt.
Photo: Kurt Cobain and Jonathan Pounmen
"When I first saw Nirvana on stage, Krist and Kurt constantly looked down at his feet, no expression was in sight. But after 2-3 months after their first gig I went to their concert at Club Vogue in London, when Kurt rushed off the stage into the crowd of people and the crowd caught him. Typically, Mark Arm of Mudhoney performed such tricks ».
Krist Novoselic, Kurt Cobain and Ted Doyle in Zurich. November 30, 1989
In the center of the book, the story of how a group of nearly collapsed in just a few days before the concert in London, played a significant role in their career. "When Cobain group disbanded in just a few days before the show LameFest in London, we have done everything possible to prevent this. "
Photo: Mark Arm of Mudhoney during LameFest / December 3, 1989.
Bruce Pavitt looks at Krist Novoselic about to break a guitar
Mark Arm in the London club Astoria, December 3, 1989
Ted Doyle in Astoria. December 3, 1989
The crowd at the English club at their concert
Kurt Cobain gives an autograph to Rough Trade Records in London. December 4, 1989
"Kurt was nervous exhaustion after a month he traveled in a van across Europe. He needed a vacation, so we left him in Rome, where he could recuperate. I think this is the break allowed him to come back with even more energy. He broke his guitar during a show in Rome, microphone and sound system. He was a real nervous breakdown, but after we gave him a new guitar, he returned to life ».
