Now in his late thirties, Ben vividly remembers being introduced to his hero outside of Nirvana’s dressing room. “Kurt had dyed magenta hair and a black-and-white Alice in Wonderland dress on. At some point I said, ‘It’s up to you to bring back punk.’ He looked me dead in the face with those cold blue eyes, and he said, ‘No. It’s up to you to bring back punk.’ He left and came back with a black, long-sleeve Nirvana shirt. He said, ‘I want you to have this shirt. This isn’t for sale. Only the band and crew have these.’ I was stoked! I was thirteen years old and the singer of the biggest band in
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