What started as a Violent Femmes headline tour with Nirvana in support, ended in a one-day music festival with 21 bands.
When Nirvana release Nevermind just before coming to Australia, the Big Day Out find themselves dealing with the biggest band in the world.
You can listen to all five episodes of Inside The Big Day Out in the triple j app or ABC Listen app, or wherever you get your podcasts.
- Host: Gemma Pike
- Producer: Gab Burke
- Supervising Producer: Mike Williams
- Executive Producer: Meagan Loader
- Sound Engineers: John Jacobs, Tim Jenkins
- Theme music: Lindsay McDougall
- Music: Hamish Camilleri
- Artwork: Brad Cook
Digital Team: Dan Condon, Luanne Shneier