
EXPERIENCING NIRVANA: GRUNGE IN EUROPE, 1989 BOOK
PAGES: 208DIMENSIONS: 9 x 11 x 1 1/4 Inches FORMAT: HardcoverAUTHOR(S): Bruce Pavitt, Foreword by Keith Cameron (Mojo) At last, a Nirvana story with a happy ending. This intimate photo journal captures eight days in Europe with Nirvana, Tad, and Mudhoney in 1989. Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989, is a photo journal and a grunge rock micro-history; an inside look into a crucial eight-day period in the touring life of Nirvana, and two other Seattle bands, as seen through the eyes of Bruce Pavitt, the co-founder of Sub Pop Records, the Seattle label that first signed Nirvana in 1988. The dramatic eight days covered in this book, from November 27 through December 4, 1989, represented a turning point for Nirvana. In this brief period, the young band went from breaking up in Rome to winning over the influential British music press at Sub Pop’s LameFest UK showcase in London, setting the stage for their looming leap in popularity. On November 27, 1989, when Bruce Pavitt a