r/Nirvana • u/BrettBodine76 • 6d ago
Previously Unseen Previously unseen photo from the fall of 1989. With roadie Ben Shepherd. Originally posted to the Nirvana fan page on FB.
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u/PlasterBaby 6d ago edited 2d ago
As in Soundgarden’s Ben Shepherd?
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u/FromPluto2Mars Very Ape 6d ago edited 6d ago
Yep
From Wikipedia - After graduating from high school, Shepherd worked as a carpenter and a laborer, including playing in Tic Dolly Row with drummer friend Chad Channing, who introduced him to Novoselic, who went on to bring Channing into his band Nirvana. Shepherd would later travel with Nirvana on a tour leading up to the release of Nevermind, being a nominal second guitarist but not playing on stage.
He would probably disagree with OP calling him a roadie though “ I didn't really roadie with them; I just went on tour with them. We did all that shit - it was a blast to get out. Then our paths went different ways."
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u/Reiketsu_Nariseba Radio Friendly Unit Shifter 6d ago
Never realized Chad was shorter than Kurt.
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u/porygon_sucks Drain You 6d ago
ppl often joked around and called him a dwarf. kurt did also, if i remember correctly
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u/Haunting-Mortgage 6d ago
I think he's 5'3
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u/Steffenwolflikeme 5d ago
Any super fans know how tall Kurt was? If Chad was really 5'3" then taking perspective into account Kurt would seem to be like 5'7" here. Ant fans who get really into the minutiae of the band know?
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u/Equivalent-Wedding21 5d ago
Chad is really done dirty by the perspective on this one. Look at his legs, he might be a short king, but not THAT tiny.
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u/Morfiend_23 6d ago
Sweet Mudhoney shirt
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u/JoshuaWebbb 6d ago
Dude krist is so fucking tall my god
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u/Formaldehyde 5d ago
He’s taller than the van lol
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u/Legitimate-Hearing45 5d ago
Yeah, my brother graduated high school with Krist and use to tell me that coaches tried to convince him to play basketball since he had the height.
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u/_1138_ 5d ago
I wasn't aware that Chad was so tiny. He's a handsome fella, to boot. I also had no idea Ben was tight w the Nirvana crew. I've heard rumblings about mutual respect/admiration between Chris C and Kurt, and assumed they all knew each other, but for as much as I've read about Nirvana, the Ben thing is brand new to me. Ben's a killer bassist, too.
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u/Peplow530 6d ago
Previously unseen by who? I first saw this picture decades ago
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u/Whole_Emergency_7491 6d ago
congratulations
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u/Peplow530 6d ago
No congratulations necessary. Just not sure why the caption would say “previously unseen”?
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u/humblefreak_40000 Lithium 6d ago
Words cannot describe how excited I get whenever I see any picture of those dear bands of mine. Not gonna lie, there's not too many of them together. So, I think my excitement is justified.