Nirvana
BRISTOL–LONDON
“We could have sold every show three or four times over...”
Lips sync: Eugene Kelly with Kurt at Reading
PAUL THOMSON (Midway Still): I got a call from the record label. Captain America had broken down on the M5 and did we want to take their place? Nevermind had been building steadily and this was the first gig of the tour in the UK. The Bristol Bierkeller was rammed. We made a hell of a lot of noise and then had the joy of standing on the side of stage to watch Nirvana. They were pretty fired up and everybody knew it was building into something massive. We had to walk through their dressing room to leave and they were shattered. They looked like they’d been in a boxing match.