October 30/93
Holy shit, we saw Nirvana last night! They were totally awesome. It was at the Michigan State Fairgrounds. We missed some of the opening bands cause Luke's mom kinda got lost getting us there, we had to stop at a gas station and ask for directions, I was scared a little bit, I know that's dumb but I've grew up hearing bad things about Detroit and all the gangs there. There were a few shady people hanging around there so we just locked the doors.
But oh my God, so we finally get there and we are watching the end of the opening band's set and Marie noticed this group of people standing over in this sound booth. She kept staring over there and I was like what the hell, what's up? There were a few people in there and it was way towards the back of the grass and she told me she swore she spotted Dave Grohl! I got so excited! She pointed out this dude who had this black hoodie on with the hood up trying to be all incognito, but she thought it was him for sure! So we moved back closer to the booth and stood there for awhile keeping an eye on him. Sure enough, before the set was over he and a couple of girls start walking out to leave, so we kinda power walked over to them and we approach him (stalked, cornered him) and asked for an autograph, he said he didn't want anyone to recognize him, so I asked him for a hug and he gave me one! Holy fuck!
Nirvana went on next and the crowd went crazy! People were body surfing everywhere! They played lots of old tracks which was cool. We tried to make our way closer but we ended up having to watch closer to the left side of the stage. Jen body surfed!! She is crazy.
So they played awesomely, it was surreal at times watching them, and then some assholes started throwing shit on stage, first it was just water bottles and shit but then someone threw a shoe and it hit Kurt like pretty much in the face. He got soooooooo pissed off, he walked off stage, no encore, no nothing! But at least they had already played for a good hour or more.
I bet that guy got his ass kicked, the shoe thrower, if not by strangers then his friends probably laid into him all night. Fucker.
Until Later