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3 We were fired from Perry Ellis Marc Jacobs talk, moderated by Patricia Mears, deputy director, The Museum at FIT, March 22, 2010; part of the Fashion Talks series presented by the French Institute Alliance Française.
4 Marc sent me and Kurt his Perry Ellis grunge collection Rachel Strugatz, “Courtney Love on Birkins and Sex,” WWD, July 21, 2010.
CHAPTER 32: Strange Love
1 The 20 words that shook the record business are found Steve Hochman, “POP MUSIC: The Ruckus over the Vanity Fair Profile,” Los Angeles Times, August 16, 1992; copyright © 1992, Los Angeles Times. Reprinted with permission.
2 In a statement by Love and Cobain Ibid.
3 What I wanted to do was drop my pants and pull it out Renée Crist, “The Magnificent 7,” Spin, July 1993.
4 [Reading] was a pretty strange experience Alan Light, “Foo Fighters’ Pilot Roosts with Vultures,” The New York Times, November 13, 2009.
5 Nirvana gets introduced, and we start playing our prank Krist Novoselic, “What Really Happened at the 1992 MTV Music Video Awards,” SeattleWeekly.com, November 18, 2008.
6 It was at that time that Eddie took it over 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.
7 I felt that with any more popularity we were going to be crushed Brian Hiatt, “Eddie Vedder’s Embarrassing Tale: Naked in Public,” RollingStone.com, June 20, 2006.
8 We were slow-dancing on a gym floor Brian Hiatt, “The Second Coming of Pearl Jam,” Rolling Stone, June 29, 2006.
9 Yeah, some kind of fucking summit Eric Weisbard et al., “Ten Past Ten.”
CHAPTER 33: Into the Night
1 I was actually in a store buying some beer Nick Bowcott, “Seattle Do Nicely: Jerry Cantrell,” Guitarist, April 1993.
2 It’s a dark album Katherine Turman, “Digging Out of the Dirt,” Los Angeles Times, August 1, 1993.
3 [“Rooster”] was all my perceptions of his experiences Jerry Cantrell, liner notes for Alice in Chains’ Music Bank box set, Columbia Records, 1999.
4 We were like hog wild, man Jon Wiederhorn interview with Jerry Cantrell, 1995; © Jon Wiederhorn.
CHAPTER 34: Fuck Hollywood!
1 Singles was in the can for a year before it came out 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.
2 They were playing covers, and somebody got into a fight Ibid.
3 Mudhoney has an amazing song on the soundtrack Jeff Gilbert, “The Mouths That Scored: Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder and Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell Reflect on Their Success,” Guitar World Presents Nirvana and the Seattle Sound, 1993.
CHAPTER 35: A Problem with Weights and Measures
1 We were really sad about it, of course Jason Roberts, “A Sound Called Alice,” Guitar, December 1993.
2 We were touring with Nirvana to “You were dead for 11 minutes, Mike.” Loveline with Mike & Dr. Drew, radio interview with Mike Starr, February 16, 2010.
CHAPTER 36: Radio Friendly Unit Shifters
1 Our A&R man at the time, Gary Gersh, was freaking out Phil Sutcliffe, “King of Pain,” Q, October 1993.
CHAPTER 38: All the Rage?
1 I thought a lot of people were gonna be freaked out Jon Wiederhorn interview with Sean Kinney, 1995; © Jon Wiederhorn.
2 The second record, that was the one I enjoyed making the least 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 Recording Vs., there was a lot more pressure on Ed Ibid.
4 There’s a great song we recorded for Vs. Ibid.
5 Maybe I wasn’t ready for attention to be placed on me Ibid.
6 The record-breaking debut week of Pearl Jam’s “Vs.” Craig Rosen, “Sales