Soaked in Bleach Page #4

Metal Church lived in

the house next door.

We had examples of people who made it.

I used to see him with

his drum sticks beat

On the stop signs, on the

fences, and his dad had

A old Ford pickup, he

used to beat on that.

When he first saw the Melvins

live for the first time,

He just knew that that

was what he wanted to do.

The day that changed his life.

Before Nirvana, we were called Skid Row,

And then we went from

Skid Row and we played live

On the radio, a midnight show on Chaos.

The very next day, I showed up at Kurt's

And Kurt had his easel

and he was paintin'

This picture, and I

looked at it and I go,

"What the hell?"

It was a painting of a giant pen

With its cap all chewed up.

From that day on, we

were called Pencap Chew.

We did some shows as Pencap Chew,

And Kurt tired of that,

so we're Ted Ed Fred.

They don't like that no

more, so we're gonna be Bliss.

The fourth name was Bliss,

And then the fifth name was Nirvana.

I didn't see him as being particularly

Different emotionally from any of us.

I think people tended to read him wrong,

Just because he was a quiet person.

I don't see Kurt as

being depressed at all,

I see him as being optimistic.

He gave me a lotta hope,

To hopefully, some

day, get outta this area

With my music.

Nirvana, Mudhoney and the

Melvins was doing something.

It was proactive.

To me, that takes courage,

and he had that courage,

And that was the big difference.

He had so much talent

and tremendous amount

Of creativity to give,

so it's unlimited,

What he could've done.

It would be nice to,

eventually, start playing

Acoustic guitars and be

thought of as a singer

And a songwriter rather

than a grunge rocker.

Because then I might be able

to take advantage of that

When I'm older and sit down on a chair

And play acoustic guitar

like Johnny Cash or something,

And it won't be a big

joke, but who knows?

My last real memory of Kurt

And it's not a good thing

for me, but I was on my way

To work and I had to get gas.

I stopped in at one

of my former employers

And I was gettin' gas for

my car, and they actually

Had the radio playing.

They overheard it on

the radio and stuff,

Standing, paying for my

gas, and it was like...

I can't forget that day.

I called the credit card company

Like you said, and

They told me he also bought two tickets

On United Airlines.

Where to?

They don't know, or they won't tell me.

All they told me was

how much he paid for 'em.

So, I dunno.

Maybe he's going to hang

out with Michael again.

Michael.

Stipe.

Lead singer of R.E.M?

Anyway, I figure he

flies up, gets his guitar

From Seattle and then

he flies down to Atlanta,

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