I Found My Friends
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Napalm Sunday
Naubert, Brian
Naz, Dave
Nelson, Monica
Neoboys
New Hope Records
New Music Seminar (NMS)
New Radiant Storm King
New Zealand
Nicholls, Mike
Nirvana:
“About a Girl”
“All Apologies”
Asia/Pacific tour of
“Beans”
“Been a Son”
“Beeswax”
Bleach
Blew
demo recordings of
“Dive”
“Downer”
“Dumb”
in Europe
first performance of
first release of
first tour of
“Floyd the Barber”
gay rights and
“Heart-Shaped Box”
“In Bloom”
Incesticide
In Utero
In Utero tour of
“Lithium”
“Love Buzz”
“Mexican Seafood”
“Molly’s Lips”
“Mr. Moustache”
name of
Nevermind
“On a Plain”
“Pennyroyal Tea”
“Sappy”
“Scentless Apprentice”
second tour of
“Sliver”
“Smells Like Teen Spirit”
social activism of
“Something in the Way”
in South America
“Spank Thru”
“Stain”
“Stay Away”
success and fame of
in United Kingdom
women and
“You Know You’re Right”
Nirvana Live Guide
Nisqually Delta Podunk Nightmare
Nomeansno
No More Wars
No On 9
Not Bad for a Girl
Novoselic, Krist
Novoselic, Robert
Noxious Fumes
Nubbin
Nunbait
Off Ramp
Oily Bloodmen
OK Hotel
Ong, Dana
Orth, Lisa
Osborne, Buzz
Outhouse
Palace
Palladium
Pansy Division
Paperclip
Paradogs
Pavitt, Bruce
Pavlovic, Steve
Pearl Jam
Pele
Pen Cap Chew
Peringer, Robin
Perry, Seth
Peters, Dan
Peterson, Charles
Peterson, Cole
Peterson, Ed
Peterson, Erik
Pickerel, Mark
Pinkerton, Peyton
Pirata Industrial
Pixies
Plaster, Carl
Poirier, Glenn
Poison Idea
Poison-Tete, Victor
Polygram
Poneman, Jonathan
Pop, Iggy
PopLlama
Porn Orchard
Posies
Poukkula, Tony
Preston, Joe
Primus
Proton Energy Pills
Prowse, Ian
Psychlodds
Psycho Samaritan
Public News
Pugh, Chris
Pukkelpop
Purkey, Bruce
Purkey, John
Pyramid Club
Quinn, Chris
Rainbow Tavern
Raincoats
Ramones
Ranaldo, Lee
Rape Relief
Rat at Rat R
Rawhead Rex
Razor’s Edge Recording
Reading Festival
Reagan, Ronald
Reciprocal Recording
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Reid, Larry
Reko/Muse
REM
Rice, Anne
Rich, Dana
Riddle, Daniel
Riot Grrrl
Rizzo, Rick
Robinson, Geoff
Robinson, Mark
Rock Against Rape
Rocket
Rock for Choice
Rogers, Neil
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stones
Rollins, Henry
Romero, Damon
Room Nine
Rose, Axl
Rose, Kevin
Roseland
Rosemus, Rich
Rosenfelder, John
Roth, Rob
Rough Trade
Roy, Jim
Rubin, Vadim
Rudzitis, Ron “Nine”
Rutmanis, Kevin
SABA
St. Thomas, Kurt
Saltpeter
São Paulo
Saturday Night Live (SNL)
Satyricon
Saucer
Schemel, Larry
Schemel, Patty
Scientists
Scratch Acid
Scrawl
Scream
Screaming Trees
Seattle, Wash.
Sebba, Jardel
Second Child
Seven Year Bitch
Sex Pistols
S.G.M.
Shark Sandwich
Shepherd, Ben
Shipman, Charles
Shocking Blue
Shonen Knife
Silent Treatment
Silly Killers
Silva, John
Silver, Susan
Silver Jews
Simmons, Tracy
Sims, Rick
Sinder, Josh
Singer, Shambie
Singles
Sin Hipster
Sister Double Happiness
Sister Skelter
Skid Row
Skin Barn
Skin Yard
Slapshot
Slaughter Shack
Smashing Pumpkins
Smear, Pat
Smith, George
Smith, Lisa
SNFU
Snyder, Jon
Social Distortion
Solyan, Tim
Sonics
Sonic Youth
Sons of Ishmael
Soria, Jose
Soul Asylum
Sound City Studios
Soundgarden
South America
Soylent Green
Spin
Sprinkler
SST Records
Stahl, Franz
Stahl, Pete
Staley, Layne
Steel Pole Bath Tub
Stella, André
Stephen, Rod
Stereolab
Steuben, Fred
Stomach Pump
Stone by Stone
Stooges
Sub Pop
Sub Pop Singles Club
Sub Pop 200
Subvert
Sugar
Sun City Girls
Surgery
Swallow
Swanson, Dave
Swaziland White Band
Sweek, Brad
Sweet Lickin’ Honey Babes
Sympathy for the Record Industry (SFTRI)
Szankiewicz, Henry
Tad
Tafoya, Tim
Takino, Chris
Team Dresch
Teenage Fanclub
Television Personalities
Tennis, Whiting
Terror Bull Ted
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
Thomson, Paul
Thornucopia
Thorstensen, Gary
Thrasher, Lindsey
Three Merry Widows
Thrown Ups
Top of the Pops
Treacherous Jaywalkers
Treacy, Dan
Treeclimbers
Tree House
Treehouse
Tremeni, Warren
Tribe 8
Triebwasser, David
Triple J
Tropicana
Trosper, Justin
Trower, Jennie
True, Everett
Truell, Lynn
Truly
Trusnovic, Tom
Tumbleweed
Turner, Steve
24-7 Spyz
U-Men
United Kingdom
University of Washington
Uno, Conrad
Unrest
Unwound
Urge Overkill
Vail, Tobi
Vampire Lezbos
van de Geer, Chris
Vanderhoof, Kurdt
Vanderpool, Scott
Varnum, Matt
Vaselines
Vedder, Eddie
Vegas Voodoo
Velvetone
Verbal Abuse
Victim’s Family
Vig, Butch
Vogue
Voivod
Vomit Launch
von Balthazar, Troy
von Bargen, Ryan
von Ohlerking, David
Wahl, Jon
Walkabouts
Walker, Bill
Walker, Brett
Walsh, Lloyd
Warby, Russell
Warner Bros. Records
Was, Don
Washam, Rey
Waterfront Records
Watson, Pat
WBCN Rock ’n’ Roll Rumble
Western Washington University
WFNX
Whiting, David
Whittaker, Bob
Whitworth, Kevin
Wilcox, Kathi
Willman, Ty
Wipers
Witchypoo
WNUR
Wongs
Wood, Crispin
Wood, Jeff
Wool
Wright, Blake
X
Yamano, Naoko
Yammer, David
Yankovic, “Weird Al”
Yellow Snow
Young, Neil
Young Fresh Fellows
Young Pioneers
Your Flesh
Youth of Today
Yow, David
Zapata, Mia
Zedek, Thalia
Zed Records
Ziede, Elias
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thank you to the following bands, musicians, and individuals for their support throughout this work—I always wanted to say more and more about each of you!
24-7 Spyz (Forrest), 3 Merry Widows (Charles Shipman, Alice Spencer, Sean Garcia, Marc Enger), Nirvana/Under Sin (Aaron Burckhard), Adam Kasper, Alex Kostelnik, Amorphous Head (Joe Goldring), André Stella, Jux County (Andrew Monley), Anxiety Prophets (Josh Kriz), Arm (Danielle Mommertz, Stephan Mahler, Marcus Grapmayer), Bad Mutha Goose (Tim Kerr), Barb Schillinger, Bayou Pigs (David Yammer), Becca Jones-Starr, Bhang Revival (Lori Joseph), Bible Stud (Glen Logan), Biquini Cavadão (Bruno Castro Gouveia), Björn Again (Rod Stephen), Black Ice (Duke Harner, Tony Poukkula), Blank Frank and the Tattooed Gods (Bill Walker), Blood Circus (Geoff Robinson), Bruce Pavitt, Butthole Surfers (Paul Leary), Calamity Jane (Lisa Koenig), Calamity Jane/Sister Skelter (Gilly Ann Hanner), Captain America (Andy Bollen, Gordon Keen), Carl Chalker (the Twist), Cat Butt (James Burdyshaw), Caustic Soda (Renée Denenfeld), Nirvana (Chad Channing), Charmin’ Children (JB Meijers), Cheater Slicks (Dana Hatch), Chemical People (Dave Naz), Chemistry Set (Scott Vanderpool), Chokebore (Troy von Balthazar), Claw Hammer (Jon Wahl), Cliffs of Dooneen (Lex Lianos, Flynn), Coffin Break (Peter Litwin), Come (Chris Brokaw, Thalia Zedek), Conrad Uno, Cordelia’s Dad (Peter Irvine, Tim Eriksen), Cows (Kevin Rutmanis), Crash Worship, Crow (Peter Fenton), Crunchbird (Jaime Robert Johnson), Cynthia Bergen, Cypress Hill (B-Real), D.O.A. (Joe Keithley), Dangermouse (George Smith), Nirvana/Helltrout/Mico de Noche (Dave Foster), David Von Ohlerking, Death of Samantha (Doug Gillard), Defalla (Castor Daudt, Edu K), Dickless (Lisa Smith), Distorted Pony (Ted Carroll), Dominic Davi, Dr. Sin (Ivan Busic), Eleventh Dream Day (Janet Beveridge Bean, Rick Rizzo), Enas Barkho, Fitz of Depression (Ryan von Bargen), Flor de Mal (Marcello Cunsolo), Gillian G. Gaar, Girl Trouble (Bon von Wheelie), Gobblehoof (Tim Aaron), God Bullies (Mike Hard), Grinch (Billy Alletzhauser), Grind (Ben Munat, David Triebwasser, Pete Krebs), Gumball (Don Fleming), Half Japanese (Jad Fair), Haywire (Vadim Rubin), Heavy into Jeff (Robin Peringer), Hell’s Kitchen (David Chavez), Helltrout (Jason Morales), Herd of Turtles (Shawn Lawlor), Hitting Birth (Daniel Riddle), Hole (Eric Erlandson, Jill Emery), Holy Rollers (Joseph Aronstamn), I Own the Sky (Joseph Hayden), Industrial Pirata (Elias Ziede), Inspector Luv and the Ride Me Babies (Ty Willman), Skin Yard (Jack Endino), Jacob’s Mouse (Hugo Boothby, Jebb Boothby, Sam Marsh), Jardal Sebba, Jello Biafra, Jesse Harrison, Jim Merlis, JJ Gonson, Jonathan Burnside, Happy Dogs (Jose Soria), Kai Kln (Neil Franklin, Scott Anderson), Kaptain “Scott Gear” Skillit Weasel, Kevin Kerslake, Kill Sybil (Larry Schemel), King Krab (Nathan Hill), Knife Dance (Tom Dark), Leaving Trains (Falling James), Lisa Sullivan, Lonely Moans (J. M. Dobie, Shambie Singer), Loop (Robert Hampson), Los Brujos (Gabriel Guerrisi), Love Battery (Kevin Whitworth), Machine (John Purkey, Ryan Loiselle), Yellow Snow (Brian Naubert and Pat Watson), Sleeper Cell (Bobby Delcour), Hell Smells (Maria Mabra), Meat Puppets (Cris Kirkwood), Medelicious (Henry Szankiewicz), Hole (Melissa Auf der Maur), Mexican Pets (Patrick Clafferty), Midway Still (Paul Thomson), Monkeyshines (Tom Trusnovic), Mousetrap (Craig Crawford), Mudhoney (Steve Turner), My Name (Abe Brennan), Napalm Sunday (Ed Farnsworth), Nardwuar, New Radiant Storm King (Peyton Pinkerton, Matt Hunter), Nubbin (Timo Ellis), Nunbait (Shaun Butcher), Oily Bloodmen (Seth Perry), Pansy Division (Jon Ginoli), Paradogs (Eric Jeevers), Paul Harries, Helltrout/Landsat Blister (Paul Kimball), Pele (Ian Prowse), Pirata Industrial (Elias Ziede), Kill Rock Stars (Portia Sabin), Power of Dreams (Keith Walker), Psychlodds (Ryan Aigner), Rat at Rat R (John Myers, Victor Poison-Tete), Rawhead Rex (Eric Moore), Rhino Humpers (Brian Coloff), Roger Nusic, S.G.M. (Cole Peterson, Rich Credo), Saucer (Beau Fredericks, Fred Stuben, Scott Harbine), Screaming Trees (Mark Pickerel), Second Child (Damien Binder), Seven Year Bitch (Valerie Agnew), Shawna at Cosmic Primitive, Shonen Knife (Naoko Yamano), Sister Double Happiness (Gary Floyd, Lynn Truell), Sister Skelter (Chris Quinn), Slaughter Shack (Colin Burns, Dana Ong), Nisqually Delta Podunk Nightmare/Lush/Witchypoo/Kill Rock Stars (Slim Moon), Sons of Ishmael (Tim Freeborn, Mike Canzi, Paul Morris, Glenn Poirier, Chris Black), Soylent Green (Bruce Purkey), Sprinkler (Steve Birch), Steel Pole Bath Tub (Mike Morasky), Stone by Stone (Chris Desjardins), Strange Places (Xavier Ramirez), Sun City Girls (Alan Bishop), Surgery (John Leamy), Swallow (Chris Pugh, Rod Moody), Swaziland White Band (Lloyd Walsh, John Farrell, Dennis Fallon), Sweet Lickin’ Honey Babes (Jim Roy), Tad (Tad, Josh Sinder, Kurt Danielson), Teenage Fanclub (Gerard Love), Television Personalities (Dan Treacy), Terry Lee Hale, the Bags (Crispin Wood), the Bombshells (Siobhan Duvall), the Boredoms (Yamantaka Eye), Buzzcocks (Steve Diggle), the Cateran (Cam Fraser, Murdo MacLeod), the Derelicts (Duane Lance Bodenheimer), the Didjits (Rick Sims), the Doughboys (John Kastner), the Dwarves (Blag Dahlia), the Fluid (Matt Bischoff), the Gits (Steve Moriarty), the Guttersnipes (Andrew Rice, Mark Hurst, Michael McManus, Paul Brockhoff), the Jesus Lizard (David Yow), the Thrown Ups (John Leighton Beezer), the Wongs (Kevin Rose), Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 (Anne Eickelberg and Mark Davies), Thornucopia (Jed Brewer), Tracy Marander, Treacherous Jaywalkers (Josh Haden), Treehouse (Ronna Myles-Era, Damon Romero), Tumbleweed (Richard Lewis), Unrest (Mark Robinson), Unwound (Justin Trosper), Vampire Lezbos (David Whiting), Vegas Voodoo (Kevin Franke, Marc Bartholomew), Victim’s Family (Tim Solyan), Volcano Suns (Peter Prescott), Vomit Launch (Lindsey Thrasher), Wool (Al Bloch, Franz Stahl), and Youri Lenquette.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Nick Soulsby is the author of Dark Slivers: Seeing Nirvana in the Shards of Incesticide. He blogs about the band on his Web site Nirvana-Legacy.com. In 2014, Nick helped arran
ge the release of No Seattle: Forgotten Sounds of the North-West Grunge Era, a compilation of bands featured in I Found My Friends. He is currently preparing Cobain on Cobain for the Musicians in Their Own Words series. You can sign up for email updates here.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Preface
1.0 First Fruit
February to December 1987
2.0 The First Album: Nirvana in Studio
January 1988
3.0 The Lost Drummer
February to May 1988
4.0 Becoming a Seattle Band
April to June 1988
5.0 Sub Pop and Bleach
June 1988 to January 1989
6.0 First Tour, First Lessons
February to July 1989
7.0 Still Broke: Second Tour
September to October 1989
8.0 Young Band in New Land: Europe
October to December 1989
9.0 Home Soil
January to February 1990
10.0 Nobody Knows We’re New Wave
March to May 1990
11.0 Intermission
June to September 1990
12.0 New Blood
October to December 1990
13.0 Corporate-Rock Whores
January to July 1991
14.0 Takeoff
August to December 1991
15.0 Falling Apart in Asia/Pacific
January to February 1992
16.0 Festival Season
June to September 1992
17.0 Politics, Pressure, and South America
October 1992 to January 1993
18.0 In Utero
February to September 1993
19.0 Creaking: The In Utero Tour
October 1993 to January 1994
20.0 One More Solo? The Curtain Falls
February to April 1994
Timeline
Index
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Also by Nick Soulsby
Copyright
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