Paul Brannigan - This is a Call

‘I said “Hallelujah. Go”…’ Donna St George, ‘For These Stars, Mom Rules’, Washington Post , 11 May 2008.

‘Even then, she knew me well enough…’ Donna St George, ‘For These Stars, Mom Rules’, Washington Post , 11 May 2008.

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‘He’d say, “That sounds too good… ”’ Pat Kearney, ‘Let’s Get Ready to Rumble’, The Stranger , 25 April 2002.

‘Though they don’t want you to know it…’ Robert Christgau, ‘Consumer Guide Reviews: Big Black’, www.robertchristgau.com.

‘It’s still essentially wilderness country up here…’ Martin Aston, ‘Freak Scene’, Nirvana and the Story of Grunge , 2005

‘I looked at those photos, and I immediately knew…’ Jason Crock, ‘Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman’, www.pitchfork.com, 7 July 2008.

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‘Basically, this is the real thing…’ Everett True, ‘Sub Pop, Seattle: Rock City’, Melody Maker , 18 March 1989.

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‛We were uptight…’ Dawn Anderson, ‘It May Be the Devil and It May Be the Lord… But It Sure as Hell Ain’t Human’, Backlash , August 1988.

‘In our press releases we would announce…’ Jason Crock, ‘Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman’, www.pitchfork.com, 7 July 2008.

‘The Lamefest show was what really put Nirvana…’ Ian Winwood, ‘Nirvana: The Day They Changed the World’, Kerrang! , 26 October 2002.

‘I feel like we’ve been tagged as illiterate, redneck, cousin-fucking kids…’ Nils Bernstein, ‘Berlin Is Just a State of Mind’, The Rocket , December 1989.

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‘I felt I had something to prove…’ Craig McLean, ‘Dave Grohl: Grohl with It’, Independent , 11 June 2005.

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‘I remember going “This is a really good song”…’ Carrie Borzillo, Nirvana: The Day by Day Eyewitness Chronicle , Thunder’s Mouth Press, 2000.

‘As we were mixing the album…’ David Fricke, ‘Nevermind 10 Years on’, Rolling Stone , September 2001.

‘Kurt had a mystical and powerful connection…’ Danny Goldberg, Bumping into Geniuses , Gotham Books, 2008.

‘I saw this movie Over the Edge …’ The Stud Bothers, ‘Dark Side of the Womb’, Melody Maker , 21 August 1993.

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‘One day we were this virtually unknown…’ Ian Winwood, ‘Nirvana: The Day They Changed the World’, Kerrang! , 26 October 2002.

‘We were playing before Nirvana…’ Eric Weisbard with Jessica Letkemann, Ann Powers, Chris Norris, William Van Meter and Will Hermes, ‘Ten Past Ten’, Spin Online , August 2001.

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‘I remember thinking, “Wow, it’s on now,’ Eric Weisbard with Jessica Letkemann, Ann Powers, Chris Norris, William Van Meter and Will Hermes, ‘Ten Past Ten’, Spin Online , August 2001.

‘We got to the point where we could…’ Anon, sleevenotes to With the Lights Out , Geffen, 2004.

‘Everyone’s been saying that…’ Anon, ‘Kurt OD in Belfast: Nirvana Star Rushed to Hospital with “Mystery Stomach Bug”’, Melody Maker , 4 July 1992.

‘You had to say and do…’ Andrew Perry, ‘Anarchy in the UK’, MOJO , May 1998.

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‘We rehearsed once, the night before…’ Alan Light, ‘Interview: Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters Frontman’, Scotsman , 24 November 2009.

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‘The hype about us cancelling was…’ Anon, ‘Sky’s Icon of 1992: Dave Grohl’, Sky , 1997.

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‘I think people who glamorise drugs…’ The Stud Brothers, ‘Dark Side of the Womb’, Melody Maker , 21 August 1993.

‘Humping our own gear into CBGB’s…’ Phil Sutcliffe, ‘Something in the Way’, Nirvana and the Story of Grunge , 2005.