Why were the Dutch the first to go ga-ga over them?
In 1991 the band played a show at the New York New Music Seminar. Two Dutch journalists (Tom Engelshoven and John van Luyn) were at this show and were so impressed that they asked for a demo tape. They passed the tape onto a promoter in Holland who offered them some club dates in Holland as well as a slot on one of the minor stages at the Rotterdam Festival, sharing a place on the bill with Sonic Youth, Nirvana and Bob Mould amongst others. On the first day they blew the audience away. The festival promoter was so impressed by the crowd’s reaction that he decided to put them on the main stage the following day. Bob Mould watched that show and, according to him, “the place went nuts.” The band themselves were stunned at the reaction. As Linda told Indiecator magazine: “We were completely blown away when we played the festival in Rotterdam. It was just like we’d known them all for ages. They loved everything we did and forgave all the mistakes onstage. It was amazing.” The few dates that
