Here are the 25 best.
Hunter moved the mosh-ready 4/4 into a swinging 6/8.
“When Nirvana came out …
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I was happy for the kids to have Nirvana,“Smith toldRolling Stone.
“I didn’t know anything about Kurt’s torments or personal life.
I saw the work and the energy, and I was excited by that.”
They toured like crazy but their two major-label albums didn’t make much of a mark.
EMA made a career out of harnessing the Technicolor noise of songs like “Nameless.”
I can get into that.”
Thurston Moore reportedly pushed Cobain to put the explosive, yowling, and Swans-like original onIn Utero.
Apart they’ve accompaniedNorah Jones,Tom Waits, Al Di Meola, John Zorn, and more.
Kitschy, loungy, and super cool.
Leif Garrett, “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (2000)
An absolute conceptual triumph.
Leader Roger “Buzz” Osborne said the intention was to draw parallels between the two artists.
“Especially with Leif’s obvious drug past and Kurt’s public drug use.”
“Yes, ballsy to have covered Nirvana,” leader Tim DeLaughtertold BlogCritics.
The whole thing sounds like it may fall apart at any minute.
His Nirvana cover is breezy and minimal until the dive-bombing string section creaks in towards the end.
The loose and sloppy feel is responsible for some of its charm.
