Nirvana - Triple J Radio Interview, ABC Studios, Sydney, AU 01/24/1992 

Blast from the past. I just looked her up and the article also mentioned Mikey Robins and the Sandman - I'd almost forgotten listening to them!

We forget how young they were here. Dave was like 23. If I suddenly and unexpectedly became hugely famous at that age I’m sure I would say a bunch of stupid shit and on a really bad day be a bit of an obnoxious tool to interviewers.

@@bigbowlowrong4694 Let's not overlook the professionalism that bands like The Beatles showed when they were interviewed at a young age, too. I know it was customarily different back then, but they used humour and intelligence in all their interviews. Not once did they act like stunned mullets or gee-golly children. They were always intelligent with a very sly Northern sensibility to them. And professional

it probably felt like shit at the time, without the historical context to know that this band were going to be over in 2 years and the arguably last of the really big rock bands

The 10,000 capacity gig was a music festival and they were not the headline act. The other shows they played were in pubs with a few hundred in the audience.

@@rageingrhino Not true. They played Surfers Beer garden (which is a big venue) with Violent Femmes. It wasnt Big Day Out Festival. Just the two bands, outdoor and was far more than a few hundred people. Kurts voice was shot but it was good none the less.

given the amount of people that went to gigs in the early 90s, 10,000 isn't a huge crowd. this is when the 'underground' hit mainstream attention

yeah, 'love will tear us apart' used to win the hottest 100 every year (when it was from songs from every year) before 'smells like teen spirit' won in '92

Not in the mainstream. Triple J was/is more an alternative scene station.

haha yeah. I live in Australia and this radio station, triple J, are stupid when they talk about bands such as Silverchair and stuff. btw I love your channel

Melody Maker was HUGE in the UK, anything but an underground magazine. It was one of the main music publications there.

you mad bro?

They were intentionally being difficult like pretty much every other interview, it’s their fault if it ended up shit

She did a fantastic job considering she was dealing with three immature assholes whose mission was to ruin her day.

yea honestly

I don't agree... I think she did just fine. They may have been a bit tired from the tour, and a bit flippant, but I think she handled it great.

I think she did a great job. Not Dave, but Kurt and Krist in particular were doing something that bands do sometimes which is dissolve into their own little world where they find their in jokes to be insanely hilarious and show little consideration for anyone else around them. I love Nirvana but I can understand how this woman may have been left feeling that Kurt and Krist were jerks.

Correction: Nirvana was obnoxious.

They were going to behave how they were going to behave with whoever was interviewing them

@@punt2263 Plenty of pun intended I will punt that question.