It was just under five months from Nirvana’s taping of Unplugged until Kurt killed himself.
Nirvana honored their influences that night in a special way and even brought up Cris and Curt Kirkwood for three of their group’s, the Meat Puppets, songs to the disappointment of MTV executives. The group’s appearance on MTV Unplugged was unlike any in the show’s history as instead of playing the hits, they delivered an instant classic performance that combined lesser-known gems from the band’s repertoire with a batch of covers from a group of acts that ranges from David Bowie to Leadbelly to Meat Puppets. Cobain had no patience for convention and would routinely call audibles in concert, lead the group through noise jams and even throw in impromptu covers, like the take on The Cars’s “My Best Friend’s Girl” they opened their final concert with on March 1, 1994. Nirvana is among the most important acts of the ’90s and Kurt’s death did little to dispel that notion.Īnd let’s not sleep on Nirvana as a live band. Kurt, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic will be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame later this month based on a career of just seven years and three full-length albums, but you’ll be hard-pressed to find anyone of sound mind who doesn’t believe they deserve their spot in the institution. It’s impossible to pigeonhole the band’s music as displayed by the unbelievably diverse list of acts that have covered Nirvana’s songs over the years: Robert Glasper to Phish to Tori Amos to Lana Del Rey to the Flaming Lips to Ben Gibbard to the Disco Biscuits to Herbie Hancock to Miley Cyrus to Deer Tick to Polyphonic Spree to Amanda Palmer to Best Coast to The Bad Plus. Nirvana were the rare act that cut through the notion of genre. Kurt and Dave Grohl’s harmonies in “All Apologies,” especially the version from MTV Unplugged, hit like a lyrical gut punch. Nirvana were the masters of dynamics as there was so much power and strength even in the slower sections of their songs. There’s a phrase I love, “all killer, no filler,” that adequetely describes Nirvana’s last two albums -it’s tough to pick out a weak track on either.
Two years later In Utero came out and showed a different side of Cobain’s musical genius. Soon after that initial taste I purchased Nevermind and couldn’t get enough of the album. There was such angst and emotion in “Smells Like Teen Spirit” wrapped up in a tight and dynamic musical package, it was unlike anything I had ever heard. Yes, before Jersey Shore and Jackass MTV used to play music videos regularly. I first experienced their music like many, by watching the video for “Smells Like Teen Spirit” on MTV. Nirvana only put out three full-length albums before Cobain’s death, yet the impact of those songs is still felt today. It was a hard situation to wrap your head around. This man who had made such a drastic impact on music in a short period of time and was beloved by so many, died alone by his own hands. A coroner eventually issued a report stating that Kurt had killed himself days earlier. The Aberdeen, WA native was found dead at his home in Seattle on Apby an electrician. Yet Cobain did push through, but about one month later he was gone.
There was a point when it wasn’t clear whether Cobain would survive the Rome ordeal, giving fans like me their first thoughts of life without Kurt and Nirvana. It’s hard to call what happened a surprise as just about one month earlier Kurt was rushed to a hospital in Rome after overdosing on a combination of alcohol and drugs.
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For me, I was in the kitchen of a friend’s house when we turned on the TV to see a report that Cobain had committed suicide. One such event for many children of the ’80s and ’90s was the death of Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain in 1994. There are some events for which you’ll never forget where you were when you first heard the news.
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