Nirvana: Incesticide (Geffen Records)
Ian Christe, Warp, June 1993
ORIGINALLY INTENDED for release by their former label under the name Cash Cow, this collection of fifteen tight and tuneful Nirvana rarities has one of 1992s few American economic success stories retreating in haste from the smell of teen heartthrob sell-out.
Total word count of piece: 204
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