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King Foo: Foo Fighters: King's College, London

Keith Cameron, New Musical Express, 10 June 1995

TRUE, THE FACT THAT the hall is christened "Tutu's" is something of a giveaway, as indeed are the alarmingly generous bar tariffs. But if this quaintly named group of transatlantic insurgents harboured any lingering doubts as regards the identity of their hosts, they were dashed the minute our wicked in-house DJ segues the global smash by renowned grunge pioneers Bush into 'Smells Like Teen Spirit', a minor hit years back for grasping opportunists Nirvana… only to abort the latter after its laughably generic intro. Ha!

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