Andrew Harrison

Because Smash Hits is one of the greatest achievements of the English language to my mind.

The enemy was full of people writing about themselves.

Some of them were very interesting and great fun, like Stephen Wells and Stuart McConey.

And actually, he didn't really write about himself too much.

But some of them just wanted to crap on about themselves and their own political and art ideas.

And it was, you know, I'm reading an interview with Madness and I'm not finding out anything about Madness.

Yeah.

Also, I mean, obviously it's existing in an environment where there's no internet and also conventional media is barely touching pop culture anyway.

I think when Kurt Cobain shot himself, it was like a page three story with a little column.

Do you want to hear the story about when Kurt Cobain killed himself?

Right.

So...

We were very nearly going to press.

I forget what was going to go on in the cover.

And it was the night I'd gone to see Primal Scream at the Brixton Academy with Sonia from Echo Belly.

Oh, that's a hot date.

Well, it was just chums and pals going out to see Primal Scream.

And it's going around the room that Kurt Cobain has shot himself.

Kurt Cobain has shot himself.

I get home the next day.