"The hostile publicity campaign that the record label, in particular [Nirvana's A&R rep]..."

"The hostile publicity campaign that the record label, in particular [Nirvana's A&R rep] Gary Gersh, had waged against me actually did have an effect on my business. They made me seem like I was poisonous, so none of the bigger mainstream bands, certainly no one on Geffen, considered using me for their records. On the other end of the spectrum, all the smaller bands that had been my bread and butter started to associate me with this mainstream culture that had been creeping into the undergrou...