In late 1993, Meat Puppets achieved mainstream popularity when Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, who became a fan after seeing them open for Black Flag, invited Cris and Curt to join him on MTV Unplugged for acoustic performances of " Plateau ", " Oh Me " and " Lake of Fire " ( all originally from Meat Puppets II ).

One notable citation as an influence was by Kurt Cobain, on influencing Nirvana's " Smells Like Teen Spirit ", which he admitted was a conscious attempt to co-opt the Pixies ' style.

Noel Gallagher stated in a 1996 interview that Nirvana's Kurt Cobain was the only songwriter he had respect for in the last ten years, and that he felt their music was similar enough that Cobain could have written " Wonderwall ".

Parklife continued the fiercely British nature of its predecessor, and coupled with the death of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain in April of that year it seemed that British alternative rock had finally turned back the tide of grunge dominance.

In the book Journals, Kurt Cobain wrote about wanting to release Nirvana's last studio album, In Utero, as an 8-track tape, but this never happened.

* A drawing of the horse appears, along with several other ' occult ' symbols, on the cover artwork of the US rock band Nirvana's final album In Utero designed by Kurt Cobain in 1993.

" and " Debaser ") received praise and citations from contemporaries, including Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Nirvana's Kurt Cobain.

In particular, Rossdale's forced, raspy singing voice and random, stream of consciousness-style lyrics were dismissed by some as an imitation of Nirvana's lead singer, Kurt Cobain.

* Nirvana's performance on Unplugged was one of the last televised performances by Kurt Cobain, recorded on November 18, 1993, about five months before Cobain's death.

* In Nirvana's only performance on Top of the Pops, frontman Kurt Cobain " played " his guitar with his fingers inches away from the frets ( and occasionally clutched the microphone to make it obvious that he was not playing ), drummer Dave Grohl danced around in his seat for most of the performance, and bassist Krist Novoselic waved his instrument around his head.

Many alternative rock artists, including Billy Corgan and PJ Harvey, have cited the album as inspirational ; Nirvana's Kurt Cobain frequently acknowledged that Surfer Rosa was a strong influence on Nevermind, and in 1993 hired the album's producer Steve Albini to produce his band's album In Utero.

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* Although she did so unintentionally, Hanna came up with the name for Nirvana's 1991 breakthrough single, " Smells Like Teen Spirit ", when she wrote " Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit " on Kurt Cobain's wall.

The song " Something in the Way " on Nirvana's album Nevermind refers to the experiences of its lead singer Kurt Cobain living under a bridge on the river, during a period of homelessness after dropping out of high school and being kicked out of his mother's home.

The band gained momentary fame after Kurt Cobain was seen at Nirvana's MTV Unplugged concert wearing a Frightwig T-shirt.

Kurt Cobain wore a self-made Flipper t-shirt seen in the booklet pictures of Nirvana's In Utero and on the band's first performance on Saturday Night Live in 1992, and also for the music video for " Come as You Are.

At 7 p. m. on August 29, 1991, WFNX DJ Kurt St. Thomas gave Nirvana's album Nevermind its world premiere by playing the album from start to finish.

Nirvana's 1993 Nevermind It's an Interview limited-edition promotional release on Geffen Records was produced and engineered at the station by Kurt St. Thomas and Troy Smith.

* Nirvana's international television debut performance of " Smells Like Teen Spirit ", with Kurt Cobain declaring Courtney Love to be " the best fuck in the world.

** Nirvana's second live album From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah to be released after lead singer Kurt Cobain died in 1994.

Although Fender has many signature Stratocasters and Telecasters designed in conjunction with famous players and the first signature Jazzmasters were introduced in 2007, Kurt Cobain's signature Jaguar was introduced in 2011 ( 20th anniversary of release of Nirvana's Nevermind album ).

America, however, was still spellbound by the grunge revolution and Anderson's grim yodellings clashed with the raw anger of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain and Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder.

It has been credited by Nirvana's Kurt Cobain as being one of the most influential albums of his life.

Albini later produced Nirvana's 1993 In Utero at the request of Cobain.

At the end of Nirvana's performance, while Cobain was trashing the band's equipment, Dave Grohl ran to the microphone and shouted " Hi, Axl!

However, beyond the criticism, the book contained many details about Cobain and Nirvana's career that had otherwise gone unnoted.

It was shipped back to Fender for repairs before Cobain brought it with him on the European leg of Nirvana's In Utero tour in 1994, where the guitar was seldom played live.

In 1991, for instance, no awards were given to best selling and critically lauded albums like Nirvana's Nevermind or U2's Achtung Baby, but instead lesser known artists like The Riverdogs, Michael Lee Firkins, rapper Paris and instrumentalist Jean Marc Zelwer got the prizes.

* Nirvana's logo is written with Bodoni.

As opposed to Nirvana's previous live album, MTV Unplugged in New York ( 1994 ), which features an acoustic performance, From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah is a compilation of live electric performances.

He is listed as being second guitarist on Nirvana's Bleach and appears on the cover, but did not actually play on any of the tracks.

This 30 second clip of Nirvana's " Come as You Are " is used for the purposes of criticism and comment on the article Come as You Are ( Nirvana song ).

This 30 second clip of Nirvana's " Come as You Are " is used for the purposes of criticism and comment on the article Nevermind.

** Nirvana's last performance in the UK is released on DVD and CD Live at Reading

Along with the DVD that comes with Nirvana's With the Lights Out, it is one of the few films to contain video footage of Nirvana's first performance of their breakthrough hit, " Smells Like Teen Spirit ".

A combination of the R & B vocals from this song and the grunge rock music of Nirvana's " Smells Like Teen Spirit " is one of the best-known examples of the " bastard pop " or " mashup " genre, where elements from seemingly incompatible songs are mixed together.

On Weezer's 2008 Troublemaker tour, Wilson played drums and sang lead vocals first on a three part lead vocal with Scott Shriner and Rivers Cuomo on " My Name is Jonas "; sang lead vocals and played lead guitar on " Automatic " and covers of Nirvana's " Sliver ," Oasis's " What's the Story ( Morning Glory )," and Pink Floyd's " Time "; and played drums and sings back-up vocals on " The Greatest Man That Ever Lived.

Singles is a box set released in Europe featuring singles from the grunge band Nirvana's two biggest studio albums, Nevermind and In Utero.

This 22 second clip of Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit is used for the purposes of criticism and comment on the band Nirvana.

In addition to " I Feel Fine ", feedback was used on the introduction to songs including Jimi Hendrix's " Foxey Lady ", the Beatles's " It's All Too Much ", Hendrix's " Crosstown Traffic ", the Strokes's " New York City Cops ", Ben Folds Five's " Fair ", Midnight Juggernauts's " Road To Recovery ", Nirvana's " Radio Friendly Unit Shifter ", Jesus And Mary Chain's " Tumbledown " and " Catchfire ", Stone Roses's " Waterfall ", Porno for Pyros's " Tahitian Moon ", Tool's " Stinkfist ", and the Cure's " Prayer For Rain ".

While signed to Lookout !, the band continued to release an album a year: 1995's Pile Up ( notable for its various cover songs, including Ned Sublette's " Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other " and Nirvana's " Smells Like Teen Spirit " ( covered as " Smells Like Queer Spirit ")), 1996's Wish I'd Taken Pictures ( featuring the single " I Really Wanted You ", the music video of which played once on MTV ) and the 1997 B-sides compilation More Lovin ' From Our Oven.

While MiG got off to a shaky start with his version of Nirvana's " Smells Like Teen Spirit ", he quickly recovered and became a front runner with versions of " Live and Let Die " and " Baby, I Love Your Way ", receiving third place in the world-wide competition.