History of The Band (as told by Krist Novoselic)
"We played for around two years before we released Bleach in June, 1989. At the time, Live shows were our bread and butter (this being prior to the release of Nevermind in 1991). We'd hit the road for months at a time... coming back with one or two grand... to be split three ways. In those days, that was as about as much success as we thought possible.
...Early in 1991, the band signed with Geffen records and aquired professional management, D.I.Y. fell by the wayside.
...Nevermind was recorded in the spring of 1991 following summer tours with Dinosaur Jr. and the Jesus Lizard.
...Nevermind was released in the fall. Immediately following the release, we went on a tour headlining small venues that culminated with a halloween homecoming show at Seattle's Paramount Theatre. This show was filmed and recorded on multi-track.
...Two days later the band left for a european tour... Nevermind was becoming all the rage back home. Though we were kept informed of the momentum, being so far away made us pretty oblivious to the extent of what was happening.
...We ended the year with a brief west-coast tour. The bill included Pearl Jam and Nirvana and was headlined by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
...Early in 1992, we toured Australia and Japan. Later in the summer, we traveled to europe to make some Scandanavian shows we had to cancel on the previous tour. The touring highlight of the year, however, was headlining a slot on England's Reading Festival. I have to say that hearing tens of thousands of people singing along with Lithium was a very cool moment in the history of the band. We were having fun playing and decided to stretch the set out a bit- enter Tourette's, a song which had been around for a few years (and eventually found it's way onto In Utero).
... Following the release of In Utero in 1993, we once again hit the road. Using left over props from the Heart-Shaped box video shoot as set dressing (our first foray into the world of stage props), we concentrated on working up a set that spanned the band's entire career and gave the audience a longer show than we had done on past tours. In that we were playing in the big halls in this tour, we had to bring along a big sound... ladies and gentlemen please welcome Pat Smear.
... Scentless Apprentice was filmed and recorded by MTV for their 1993 New Year's special... recorded at a show at a pier in Seattle.
I know this is a shitty history, but that's all for now... I'll have better shit when I'm not so tired... I have to type this shit, the fucking geocities thing won't let me paste... |
