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In some ways, I feel like I was | In some ways, I feel like I was [[Nirvana|Nirvana's]] biggest fan in the Nineties. I’m sure there are a zillion people who would make that claim, but I was just so passionately in love with the music that it made me feel sick. It made my heart hurt. I can tell you the exact moment when I became aware of Nirvana: I was working at Tower Records on Sunset Boulevard in 1990, undergoing my year-long transformation from being a speed-metal guitar player from New England to being an alternative songwriter and singer. The other, far-hipper employees at Tower kind of educated me. I remember they played ‘[[Sliver]]’ for me, and I was immediately in love. It had the aggression that I needed from my upbringing as a metalhead, but paired with strong, major-key chord progressions and catchy, emotional melodies and lyrics that felt so nostalgic and sweet and painful. It just sounded like it was coming from the deepest part inside of me – a part which I hadn’t yet been able to come close to articulating in my own music. | ||
A little later, I was in a band called [[Fuzz]] with [[Pat Wilson]] from Weezer. We would listen to ''[[Bleach]]'' every night on the way to band practice. That’s when I started singing – up until then, I had just been a lead guitar player – and I sounded a lot like [[Kurt Cobain|Kurt]], very Seattle. It’s really difficult to listen to now. Kurt was the greatest singer ever, for my taste, but I was just trying to sing in a voice that I don’t have at all. | A little later, I was in a band called [[Fuzz]] with [[Pat Wilson]] from Weezer. We would listen to ''[[Bleach]]'' every night on the way to band practice. That’s when I started singing – up until then, I had just been a lead guitar player – and I sounded a lot like [[Kurt Cobain|Kurt]], very Seattle. It’s really difficult to listen to now. Kurt was the greatest singer ever, for my taste, but I was just trying to sing in a voice that I don’t have at all. | ||