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2 When we were auditioning [Jason] Mike Gitter, “Soundgarden: Behold, the Grunge Messiahs,” RIP, January 1992.
CHAPTER 23: Good Luck in Your Future Endeavors
1 The first phone call that I had with Kurt Foo Fighters, Skin and Bones DVD, CA, 2006.
2 This girl sits down and she plays Ibid.
CHAPTER 24: Sick of Crying
1 I was sitting around at a party with Pete Droge Jeff Gilbert, “Alive: Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready Says Goodbye to Drugs and Alcohol and Is a Better Man for It,” Guitar World, April 1995; © Jeff Gilbert.
2 I was going through a major identity crisis Eric Weisbard with Jessica Letkemann, Ann Powers, Chris Norris, William Van Meter, and Will Hermes, “Ten Past Ten,” Spin.com, August 2001. Reprinted with permission from Spin. All rights reserved.
3 Jack sent me three of their songs Jennifer Clay, “Pearl Jam: Life After Love Bone,” RIP, December 1991; used with author’s permission.
4 I’d never been in a situation where it clicks Weisbard et al., “Ten Past Ten.”
5 The minute we started rehearsing Ibid.
6 I never knew my real dad Cameron Crowe, “Five Against the World,” Rolling Stone, October 28, 1993.
7 I had written “Say Hello to Heaven” Weisbard et al., “Ten Past Ten.”
8 Within our own community, there was Charles R. Cross, “Chain Reaction,” Classic Rock, July 2006.
9 I was trying out the camp counselor thing Jonathan Bernstein, “Crowe’s Feat,”
10 Spin, September 1992.
11 Acting was really uncomfortable Phil West, “Insiders Wonder Whether Movie Will Change Seattle’s Music Scene,” The Seattle Times, September 17, 1992.
12 Recording Ten, we probably did “Even Flow” 30 times Weisbard et al., “Ten Past Ten.”
13 The first time I mentioned Pearl Jam [as a band name] Ibid.
CHAPTER 25: The Final Countdown
1 In August of 1990, I found myself laying on my stomach Comments during performance at Joe’s Pub, New York, December 15, 2010.
2 You open the cell door and boom Michael Azerrad, Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana, Main Street Books/Doubleday, 1993, p. 178.
3 “More low end!” Nathaniel Penn, “The Moment We Found Nirvana,” GQ, June 2011.
4 Originally we wanted L7 to be the cheerleaders Videos That Rocked the World, episode one, aired on Fuse, November 26, 2007.
5 I go, “Well, why don’t we have the cheerleaders” Ibid.
CHAPTER 26: Punk Breaks
1 In 1990, RIP magazine comes out David Peisner interview with Chris Cornell, 2010; © David Peisner.
2 [Axl] was always hidden somewhere having a personal crisis Austin Scaggs, “Q&A: Chris Cornell,” Rolling Stone, July 28, 2005.
3 February 1, 1992, was our last show with Soundgarden Slash with Anthony Bozza, Slash, It Books/HarperCollins, 2007, p. 347.
CHAPTER 27: On the Corner of Dopey and Goofy
1 Nirvana pulls off an astonishing palace coup Paul Grein, “Nirvana Achieves Chart Perfection,” Billboard, January 11, 1992.
2 I remember walking into their hotel room Michael Azerrad, “Territorial Pissings: The Battles Behind Nirvana’s New Album,” Musician, October 1993.
3 I remember after the New Year’s Eve 1991 show Eric Weisbard with Jessica Letkemann, Ann Powers, Chris Norris, William Van Meter, and Will Hermes, “Ten Past Ten,” Spin.com, August 2001. Reprinted with permission from Spin. All rights reserved.
4 In San Diego we were playing with Nirvana and the Chili Peppers Ibid.
CHAPTER 29: Bile Hog!
1 It made us feel like playing those huge shows Cameron Crowe, “Five Against the World,” Rolling Stone, October 28, 1993.
2 We had to hide him in the dressing room Stevie Chick, “Where to Start with … Screaming Trees,” Kerrang!, December 10, 2005.
3 Just looking for attention, I guess Eric Weisbard with Jessica Letkemann, Ann Powers, Chris Norris, William Van Meter, and Will Hermes, “Ten Past Ten,” Spin.com, August 2001. Reprinted with permission from Spin. All rights reserved.
CHAPTER 30: The Emperor’s New Flannel
1 All subcultures speak in code Rick Marin, “Lexicon of Grunge: Breaking the Code,” The New York Times, November 15, 1992.
2 I wore