Like Nirvana was going to succeed: 10 previously unpublished photos Bashny.Net

Only a few musicians can boast that fame came to him at a young age. For example, the path to fame the band Nirvana took several years and eventually brought them wide popularity.





The website publishes rare photos of Kurt Cobain and his band, taken during their concerts in Europe. The author is Bruce Pavitt, who visited with the group on a tour of Europe, which wrote the book "Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989".

Cobain on the stage of the club "Piper" in Rome, 1989



Bruce of Pavitt said that during the concerts in Rome he and his friend Jonathan Ponman was perhaps the most loyal audience and the only audience. About Nirvana then, almost nobody knew.

Kurt Cobain together with Jonathon Ponmana



Bruce Pavitt: "During the first performances of Kurt and Krist just looked at the floor and played, not paying attention to the few spectators. But then they became more confident, and when the day Cobain was rushed off the stage right into the crowd, he was immediately picked up."

Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Ted Doyle. November 1989, Zurich



Cobain was actually going to disband a couple of days before one of the principal London concerts, but he managed to dissuade. At the time, Nirvana were the opening act before the show's more famous Mudhoney.

The leader of the "Mudhoney" mark Arm in one of the London concerts



Bruce Pavitt from behind the scenes is horrified that Krist Novoselic is going to destroy the guitar



Mark Arm from Mudhoney in the club "Astoria", London, 1989



One of the participants Mudhoney at the club "Astoria"



Fans at one of the London concerts



Cobain signing autographs, December 1989, London



Twenty-two year old Kurt Cobain during visits to the Colosseum, 1989



Bruce Pavitt wrote in the book that "these tours were given to Kurt and his band members is incredibly difficult. The Cobain lost his nerve, he smashed his favorite guitar pieces, and then broke an expensive microphone and other equipment. In the end, we invited Cobain to remain in Rome, where he gained strength and inspiration for the next album."

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