A kung fu fighter in a disco

Here's a theory of that Select cover: it had a lot to do with internal politics. Collins, Maconie and Steve Lamacq, recently arrived as a package deal from the NME, had no particular love for Cypress Hill, who were the office faves of the day. What they shared with boy editor Andrew Harrison is that they weren't really rock fans, and thus had no great love of the wave of sludge that surrounded (rather than followed) Nirvana. The flag-waving followed from that, rather than being the starting point.