Below, she opens up about hitting the road with Nirvana and how she feels about the album today.
Sonic Youth did a summer tour [in Europe in the summer of 1991].
We did club dates and festivals.
Credit: Ebet Roberts/Redferns; Ian Dickson/Redferns
We thought they were amazing.
It was so funny, because not many people knew who they were and they were playing first.
Its so hard to play in the daylight and be the first band.
But at all those gigs, Nirvana would go wild and Kurt would go down into the audience.
ThenNevermindcame out and it was amazing.
We had a tape of [Nevermind] before it was released.
I remember talking to the Geffen Records A&R person, Mark Kates, about it.
I dont know if [Neil] ever listened to them.
But Nirvana was a band that was more commercial.
And it just set the stage for Nirvana, they solidified that idea.
So there were other bands from Seattle…you know, people get lumped in.
There was Bush and bands that had this big sound.
Every kid wanted to be Kurt Cobain for a while.
Its too sad to listen to Nirvana, for me, sometimes.
ButNevermindis a record thats just become so popular.
I have this mix CD that Bill [Nace, Gordons partner in Body/Head] made me.
It has a Nirvana song on it.
When that comes on, its great to listen to.
