ITV Chart Show Indie Chart (11th November 1989)

I still remember this chart, especially the Nirvana track. This was the first time Nirvana appeared on the Chart Show and what a sound it was. During 1989, the ITV Chart Show used to display the Top 20 specialist charts on Teletext. I remembered one week before this chart, I went on Teletext and looked up the indie chart and saw a name called Nirvana below the Top Ten. I was intrigued about what the sound of Nirvana would be like. When I heard their music, it definitely wasn't "enlightenment", it was in fact very punk and noisy. Although the song was only played for 6 seconds on the indie chart, I never really heard the full version until 10 years later.

Another act that was also influenced by Nirvana was Mudhoney. The band was also from Seattle and were very good friends with Sonic Youth. Both bands made very punk and noisy music, but it was the right kind of noise. Nirvana on the other hand in 1989 didn't really reach their full potential until around 1991, when they released the single "sliver" and later on their famous album "Nevermind", which is still a classic.

Butthole Surfers as with Nirvana and Mudhoney were from America, but not from Seattle. They were in fact from Texas. I really couldn't understand their music. It was so disorganised, even listening to this number 1, I always felt, who in the hell buys their records. I certainly wasn't one of them. Surprisingly they seem to get away with chart show censors, when their name "butthole" was openly displayed on the chart show. Fortunately they didn't show their real butthole, which certainly wouldn't please little tommy with his mum and dad !!!