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Cobain cited this performance as one of the first moments he realized he was famous. Yet rather than comfort him, this realization set off something just short of a panic. Though he had always wanted to be famous, the actual culmination of his dreams deeply unnerved him. Bandmate Krist Novoselic would recall this particular show, a free show in a record store a week before the album’s official release date, as a turning point in Kurt. “Things started to happen after that,” Krist said. “We weren’t the same old band. Kurt, he just kind of withdrew. There was a lot of personal stuff that was going on. It got complicated. It was more than we bargained for.” Photograph by Charles Peterson.
Print sizes and editions
8.5" x 11" - Open edition
11" x 14" - Edition of 25 or 75
16" x 20" - Edition of 25 or 75
20" x 24" - Edition of 25
24" x 36" - Edition of 15
30" x 40" - Edition of 10
Print type
Archival pigment print
Paper type
Archival papaer
Signature
Hand signed by photographer
About the photographer
Charles Peterson is an American photographer renowned for documenting the Seattle grunge music scene in the late 1980s and early 1990s. As the primary photographer for Sub Pop Records, his dramatic, black-and-white, flash-heavy style captured bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden, shaping the visual aesthetic of the era.
© Charles Peterson. All rights reserved. Not to be reproduced without permission.
Print Details
About this photograph
Cobain cited this performance as one of the first moments he realized he was famous. Yet rather than comfort him, this realization set off something just short of a panic. Though he had always wanted to be famous, the actual culmination of his dreams deeply unnerved him. Bandmate Krist Novoselic would recall this particular show, a free show in a record store a week before the album’s official release date, as a turning point in Kurt. “Things started to happen after that,” Krist said. “We weren’t the same old band. Kurt, he just kind of withdrew. There was a lot of personal stuff that was going on. It got complicated. It was more than we bargained for.” Photograph by Charles Peterson.
Print sizes and editions
8.5" x 11" - Open edition
11" x 14" - Edition of 25 or 75
16" x 20" - Edition of 25 or 75
20" x 24" - Edition of 25
24" x 36" - Edition of 15
30" x 40" - Edition of 10
Print type
Archival pigment print
Paper type
Archival papaer
Signature
Hand signed by photographer
About the photographer
Charles Peterson is an American photographer renowned for documenting the Seattle grunge music scene in the late 1980s and early 1990s. As the primary photographer for Sub Pop Records, his dramatic, black-and-white, flash-heavy style captured bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden, shaping the visual aesthetic of the era.
© Charles Peterson. All rights reserved. Not to be reproduced without permission.