LIVE NIRVANA INTERVIEW ARCHIVE November ??, 1991 - ??, UK
Personnel
- Interviewer(s)
- Trevor Pake
- Interviewee(s)
- Krist Novoselic
Sources
| Publisher | Title | Transcript |
|---|---|---|
| The Edinburgh Evening News | A Sweet Smell Of Success | Yes |
Transcript
THE Calton Studios play host tomorrow night to the biggest band ever to come out of Aberdeen.
Not Aberdeen, Scotland, but Aberdeen, Washington, the town which is home to American rockers Nirvana — who look set to become one of the year's most phenomenal success stories. At the start of this year the band were virtually unknown on both sides of the Atlantic. But all that changed three months ago when they released their second album, Nevermind, on an unsuspecting American public. To the surprise of everyone — not least the band's record label Geffen, who had initially pressed only 40,000 copies of the record — Nevermind sold a million copies in just six weeks, rocketing the band straight into the American Top 10. And now they look set for similar success on this side of the Atlantic where their latest single, Smells Like Teen Spirit, burst straight into the Top 10 this week. Bass player Chris Novoselic admits that he is unsure how this overnight success will affect the band or their long-standing fans. "I'm not sure how our original fans will cope with us suddenly being a popular act: hopefully they'll still come listen to us," he says, in a rare serious moment. "What we do means a lot to me, it's not just some kind of fashion thing." Support for tomorrow night's show comes from two of Nirvana's own favourite acts — Japanese trio Shonan Knife and Scotland's own Captain America — the latest band fronted by Eugene Kelly, formerly of The Vaselines.© Trevor Pake, 1991