Tad, Nirvana: Astoria, London
Edwin Pouncey, NME, 16 December 1989
"CHECK!... CHECK!..." This is one little improvisation that the fans freezing outside were missing as Sub Pop stalwarts Nirvana struggled valiantly to balance the sound to their satisfaction, mere minutes before the doors were about to be flung open.
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