December 15, 1992: Incesticide, a collection of B-sides and rarities, is released.April 1992: Nirvana appears on the cover of Rolling Stone.January/February 1992: Nirvana tours Australia, Japan and Hawaii.MTV airs “Smells Like Teen Spirit” video constantly the song is hailed as an anthem for a generation. November 1991: The band starts a six-week European tour as Nirvanamania sweeps the United States.October 12, 1991: Nevermind is certified a gold album.September 24, 1991: Nevermind is released.The tour is documented in the film 1991: The Year Punk Broke. August 1991: Nirvana opens for Sonic Youth on a European festival tour, which includes a landmark performance at the Reading Festival.Winter 1991: Nirvana signs with DGC Records.October 1990: Nirvana briefly tours England with L7. September 25, 1990: Dave Grohl, former drummer for Washinton, D.C.’s Scream, joins Nirvana.June 1989: Bleach is released on Sub Pop.October 30, 1988: Kurt smashes his first guitar.Sub Pop co-honcho Jonathan Poneman hears the tape and offers to put out a Nirvana single. January 23, 1988: Nirvana records a 10-song demo with the “Godfather of Grunge,” legendary Seattle producer Jack Endino.December 1987: Kurt, Krist and drummer Aaron Burckhard form the original lineup of Nirvana in Aberdeen, Washington.They play in several bands together, including Stiff Woodies. February 20, 1967: Kurt Cobain is born. MTV Unplugged is out on 1 November and can be bought here. In a break with traditional practice on the television series, Nirvana mixed up key tracks from their own catalogue with lesser-known material and cover versions of songs by the Vaselines, David Bowie, Lead Belly, and Meat Puppets, whose Cris and Curt Kirkwood joined Nirvana onstage. The show was directed by Beth McCarthy and aired on the cable television network MTV on 16 December 1993. MTV Unplugged In New York features the Seattle grunge icons widely-acclaimed acoustic performance recorded at Sony Music Studios in New York City on 18 November 1993, for the television series MTV Unplugged. Hailed a one of the 10 best live albums of all time by the prestigious Rolling Stone, Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged in New York will be reissued on vinyl in celebration of the 25th anniversary of its 1994 release on 1 November.Įxpanded to include five rehearsal performances previously only available on DVD, the anniversary release also features an exclusive gatefold jacket including anniversary silver foil detail on the front and back cover. In fact, I had to use duct tape to hold the tuning keys in place.” “I didn’t bother changing the strings,” Cobain told Jeff Gilbert in a 1992 Guitar World interview. The Nevermind recording of ‘Polly’ features Cobain playing a five-string Stella guitar that he said he purchased from a pawn shop for $20. The session was originally broadcast on November 22, 1989. On October 26, 1989, the band recorded a version during their first BBC Peel Session, at Maida Vale Studios in London, England. It was first recorded in the studio in August 1989 by Steve Fisk at Music Source in Seattle, Washington. The song was first performed live on Jat Rhino Records in Westwood, California. The earliest known version is a home demo featuring Cobain on vocals and guitar. Originally titled ‘Hitchhiker’ and later ‘Cracker,’ ‘Polly’ dates back to at least 1988.
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