Did you know the original Sub Pop version of Nirvana's video for "In Bloom" was filmed at South Street Seaport? The video, filmed in 1990, features Kurt, Krist and Chad (Channing, the band's original drummer) goofing off inside the South Street Mall... and Wall Street, too.
In June's issue of GQ, the magazine looks back at the band 20 years after the release of Nevermind. Alan Mintz, Nirvana's lawyer, adds to the oral history they've compiled, saying, "I was a music attorney, and they came up to my office. I asked them, 'What’s our goal here? Is it to do another record for Sub Pop?' Kurt leaned forward and said, 'Get me off this blankin’ label—I want to sell millions of records.' They left me a cassette of their demo. The next day I was walking down the street, singing to myself and racking my brain: 'What is that song?' It hit me that it was the chorus to 'In Bloom.' I called the band and said, 'Let’s do this.'”
Love also added this gem: "Kurt had more presence and more beauty than Brad Pitt—who wanted to play Kurt, by the way. He was a leader, he was strong, in fact he was well fucking hung, if you really want to know." (Jonesing for more of those Love-isms? She talked to The Fix recently.) [via 4Knots Twitter]
