Remembering Nirvana's gig in Cork after 25 years

The 25th anniversary of Nirvana’s famous gig in Cork provides the perfect excuse to remember the city’s vibrant youth culture in that era, writes Des O’Driscoll

ALMOST exactly 25 years ago, a future member of rock music’s royalty got a grand tour of Cork city. Not that anyone realised it at the time. Siobhan Bardsley, an 18-year-old music fan from Turners Cross, thought it might be fun to take pictures as she and Evening Echo journalist Shane Fitzsimons showed a young American drummer around the city’s record shops.

The longhaired 22-year-old was named Dave Grohl, and he had arrived in Cork on September 20, 1991, to play with his little-known band, Nirvana, for the first gig of a European tour as support act for Sonic Youth.