If you believed everyone that reminisced, there were at least 100,000 people at the original Big Day Out, instead of the 10,000 or so ticket holders.

Whilst Violent Femmes were possibly at their most popular at the time of the initial BDO, nothing would compare to Nirvana’s show, which was played in the 6000 capacity Hordern Pavilion, whilst 10,000 people tried to cram into it.

Meanwhile, on an outside stage, rising local popsters the Clouds played to a few hundred people, coming on after the also-rising Died Pretty.

The Hard-Ons and Ratcat suffered similarly, playing against the Femmes. In addition to these rising acts, there was also the Falling Joys, and a swampy act known as Beasts of Bourbon, fronted by wild man Greg ‘Tex’ Perkins.

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