“I followed them like a missile launcher.

I just knew.”

– John Brennan

Brennan first met Nirvana in January 1992, in the lobby of NBC when they were at the Thursday music rehearsal for a “Saturday Night Live” performance. He wasn’t familiar with the soon-to-be superstars, but he had a feeling about them.

After that first meeting, Brennan followed them everywhere, before they were famous: “I just knew.”

He met them a total of 8-12 times, as they became the pioneers of the Seattle grunge sound. The ride was short, but powerful. He followed Nirvana all of 1992 and 1993. “In just under two years, it was all over.”

Drummer Dave Grohl can be seen wearing a “Secret Sounds” t-shirt on the album cover for “Muddy Banks of Wishkah,” which Brennan gave him.

“Dave was always difficult to deal with; Kurt was the easy one.”

