"I'm not proud of the fact that we have tons of MTV junkies and Guns N' Roses lugheads at our shows now. These are the kinds of people who are screaming out 'Do Teen Spirit!' during Polly. How are these pinheads going to appreciate the subtleties of something like 'Territorial Pissings' when they're doing it themselves out in the hallways? It's about a violent female revolution based on Valerie Solanas's book, The Scum Manifesto. How are these typical, macho American males gonna appreciate that?"

-Kurt, Propaganda Magazine, Spring 1992

Archivist's note: Read the lyrics to Territorial Pissings here.

It's nice to see that Kurt took The Scum Manifesto literally, as I believe it was intended to be read. Both Valerie and Kurt experienced some of the worst horrors of male violence in their lives, Kurt as child watching his mother being beaten (and probably sexually assaulted) by her horrible boyfriend(s) and Valerie, of course, through her economically-coerced involvement in prostitution.