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‘I felt this big…’ Phil Sutcliffe, ‘Something in the Way’, Nirvana and The Story of Grunge , 2005.

‘I don’t listen to records like that at home…’ Jon Savage, ‘Kurt Cobain: The Lost Interview’, Guitar World , 1997.

‘Our AR man at the time…’ Phil Sutcliffe, ‘King of Pain’, Q , October 1993.

‘We’d never met Albini before…’ Ben Mitchell, previously unpublished excerpt from ‘My Brilliant Career’, Q , November 2007.

‘When we talked to him before recording…’ Phil Sutcliffe, ‘Something in the Way’, Nirvana and the Story of Grunge , 2005.

‘We knew that Albini didn’t wanna…’ Keith Cameron, ‘This Is Pop’, MOJO , May 2001.

‘We went out of our way to say things…’ Brendan Mullen, with Don Bolles and Adam Parfrey, Lexicon Devil , Feral House, 2002.

‘Krist, Dave and I have been working on this formula…’ David Fricke, ‘Kurt Cobain’, Rolling Stone , 27 January 1994.

‘I woke up at, like…’ Craig Marks, ‘Endless Love’, Spin , February 1995.

‘After Kurt’s death I was about as confused…’ Anon, Foo Fighters’ press release, 1995.

‘My first reaction was, “What the fuck?”…’ Clark Collis, ‘Dave Grohl QA’, www.music-mix.ew.com , 15 April 2011.

‘Right when the thing with Stan Lynch…’ Matt Snow, ‘Learning to Fly’, MOJO , December 2009.

‘At one point Dave phoned me…’ Jacob McMurray, Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind , Fantagraphics Books, 2011.

‘I wanted to fucking murder him…’ Dorian Lynskey, ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’, Arena , 2002.

‘This was exactly the big…’ David Daley, Magnet , November/December 1998.

‘I approach every song trying…’ Anon, ‘Hey, What’s that Buzz’, Guitar World , May 2011.

‘No one has ever said anything…’ Tom Doyle, ‘I’ll Stick Around’, Nirvana and the Story of Grunge , 2005.

‘I’ve made punk rock records…’ Kim Hughes, ‘Dave Grohl: From Punk Pounder to Foo Fighter’, NOW , 1997.

‘I love it for the way…’ Anon, ‘Rebellious Jukebox’, Melody Maker , 1997.

‘Dave had me do 96 takes…’ Michael Roberts, ‘Bring Back That Sunny Day’, Miami New Times , 3 December 1998.

‘I knew it was a cool song…’ Morat, ‘How to Write a Rock Anthem’, Kerrang! , 17 June 2006.

‘I had no idea what I was doing and I faked it and it worked…’ Anon, ‘Foo for Thought’, Raygun , August 1997.

‘It’s important to break out from…’ Mike Rubin, ‘So Happy Together’, Spin , July 1997.

‘Had Franz not been in Wool at the time…’ Lisa Johnson, ‘The New Model Army’, Kerrang! , 18 October 1997.

‘Of course he’ll be writing with us…’ Lisa Johnson, ‘The New Model Army’, Kerrang! , 18 October 1997.

‘We waited about a year for him…’ Michael Roberts, ‘Bring Back That Sunny Day’, Miami New Times , 3 December 1998.

‘Nothing seems sacred here…’ Ben Myers, ‘I’m Still Standing’, Kerrang! , 18 September 1999.

‘This place is like our own little boot camp…’ Joshua Sindell, ‘We Have Lift Off!’, Kerrang! , 19 May 2001.

‘There’s freaky time signatures, it’s fucking fast…’ Joshua Sindell, ‘We Have Lift Off!’, Kerrang! , 19 May 2001.

‘It doesn’t matter what they were…’ Ian Winwood, ‘Courtney. Kurt. Drugs. Rehab’, Kerrang! , 30 March 2002.

‘So in 2000, as we were touring with Queens…’ Ben Mitchell, unpublished excerpt from ‘My Brilliant Career’, Q .

‘Being in Queens was one of the greatest…’ Ben Mitchell, unpublished excerpt from ‘My Brilliant Career’, Q .

‘Playing drums in Queens was like ESP…’ Austin Scaggs, ‘On a Honor Roll’, Rolling Stone , July 2005.

‘I had a profound revelation…’ Austin Scaggs, ‘On a Honor Roll’, Rolling Stone , July 2005.

‘We rushed into it and we rushed…’ Austin Scaggs, ‘Foos Reclaim Their Honor’, Rolling Stone.com, 25 April 2005.

‘Those bands were something…’ Ian Winwood, ‘Metal God’, Kerrang! , 29 November 2003.

‘I really avoided talking to the press…’ Anon, ‘James Hetfield: I Don’t Like Talking Politics’, WENN, 1 August 2002.

‘All the hot air coming…’ Ian Winwood, ‘I Put My Faith in the Cult of Elvis Costello’, Guardian Online, 12 July 2007.

‘I felt like I was being challenged by…’ Tom Doyle, ‘Let Me Entertain You’, Q , June 2008.

‘I went back and forth to Los Angeles for years…’ Ian Gittins, ‘Dave Grohl’, Man about Town , April 2011.

‘I was personally offended…’ Andrew Beaujon, ‘QA: Dave Grohl’, Spin , July 2005.

‘Every day before Kerry got up to speak…’ Andrew Beaujon, ‘QA: Dave Grohl’, Spin , July 2005.

‘There was a moment when I thought…’ Morat, ‘Riders on the Storm’, Kerrang! , January 2005.

‘About what it meant for us…’ Ian Winwood, ‘I’m a Geek. I’m the Guy Next Door…’, NME , May 2005.

‘It didn’t make a lot of sense not to try…’ Ian Winwood, ‘I’m a Geek. I’m the Guy Next Door…’, NME , May 2005.

‘I tried to be cool…’ Dom Lawson, ‘Into the Void’, Kerrang! , May 2005.

‘It didn’t feel like the most important show…’ Dan Gennoe, ‘Monster of Rock’, Mail on Sunday , 16 September 2007.

‘We don’t usually jump…’ Anon, ‘It’s Like Being Knighted’, Uncut , 2006.

‘The next project that I’m trying to initiate…’ Stevie Chick, ‘“Everyone Has Their Dark Side”: Dave Grohl – The MOJO Interview’, MOJO , May 2005.

‘How could it get any bigger or better?’ Anon, ‘Summer Rocks!’, Kerrang! , 31 May 2008.

‘I’m not at liberty to talk about it…’ Johnny Firecloud, ‘24 Minutes with Brody Dalle of Spinnerette’, www.antiquiet.com , 3 July 2009.

‘The first song we recorded, we get a drum…’ Ken Micallef, ‘The Foo Fighters Take a Low-Tech Approach to High-Intensity Rock’, Electronic Musician , May 2011.

‘ Days change at night, change in an instant… ’

X, ‘Los Angeles’, written by John Doe and Exene Cervanka, published by Billy Zoom Music BMI, from the album Los Angeles (Slash, 1980).

‘ last year I was 21 / I didn’t have a lot of fun ’

The Stooges, ‘1969’, written by Dave Alexander, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton and Iggy Pop, published by Paradox Music BMI, from the album The Stooges (Elektra, 1969).

‘ I’m about to have a nervous breakdown / My head really hurts / If I don’t find a way outta here / I’m gonna go berserk… ’

Black Flag, ‘Nervous Breakdown’, written by Greg Ginn, published by SST Music, from the EP Nervous Breakdown (SST, 1979).

‘ Never mind the Stars and Stripes, let’s print the Watergate tapes ’

The Clash, ‘I’m So Bored with the USA’, written by Joe Strummer and Mick Jones, published by Nineden Ltd./Riva Mus. Ltd., from the album The Clash (CBS, 1977).

‘Chaotic Hardcore Underage Delinquents! Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers! ’