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♪ >> this music that was bubbling out of places like portland and seattle and bands like nirvana that werent looking to fit in to what was being played on mtv or what was being played on radio. ♪ i can see you every night ♪ >> eventually radio and mtv came to them. >> the seeds of what will happen in the next decade are already all there by the end of the 80s. college rock like r.e.m. was something new entirely. ♪ follow me ♪ ♪ yeah follow me ♪ ♪ i got my spine ♪ ♪ i got my o...

Would say back in fashion. anyone who feels awkward at school will be encouraged by that. as frontman of the foo fighters, dave grohl is no stranger to the rock n roll�* lifestyle. but, during lockdown, he was forced to step away from the stage and turned his attention to writing a memoir. from drumming with nirvana to juggling touring with fatherhood, its a poignant insight into his life in the spotlight. hes been sharing some more of his stories with our music correspondent mark savage. dave...

Is suspended from the legal arrangement that gave him control of her life. ronaldo to the rescue. the manchester united star hits a last—minute winner to seal a champions league victory over villarreal. good morning. after a brief respite in the weather yesterday, low pressure will be in charge of the weather right away into the weekend. it will remain unsettled, especially at weekends. all details coming up. dave grohl speaks to us about nirvana, life in lockdown and his love of abba. its thu...

♪ >> why dont you tell me what the biggest misconception about the so-called seattle music decent is. >> everybodys a grunge band. >> all these bands that sound different from each other were being lofted up to the mainstream as this is what grunge is. >> tell me about the seattle music scene. >> with all the attention, no ones ever asked us that before. >> never heard that question. >> tell me about the seattle sound. whats going on up there? >> whats in the water? ♪ ♪ i got a little stor...

Connection to kurt cobain. even when i was young i was so worried about him. ♪ my girl ♪ that era there was the speculation of kurts not doing well, kurt has drug problems. and nirvana unplugged was like the clouds parted, you know. and it seemed like everything was going to be okay. ♪ [ applause ] >> from seattle tonight, word of an untimely death. >> the lead singer of nirvana shot and killed himself at his home in seattle, washington, today. >> it didnt come as a major surprise, but it ...

...paid her claim... ...and we even pulled a few strings. making it easy to make things right: thats what were made for. usaa. what youre made of, were made for. get a quote today. welcome to the week in rock. it was lit up by the release of in utero, the much anticipated third album by nirvana. >> walmart is refusing to sell nirvanas release which includes a song called "rape me." the chain says it wants to be sensitive to its customers moral standards. >> to get into walmart, they had to cha...

♪ wave me ♪ >> the star-making machine had sucked nirvana up into its evil guts, and now they had to deal with it. >> we decided to lay low, and obviously that was, you know, some would say thats because kurts on heroin the whole time. its been really damaging to us, to tell you the truth. its really affected by personal life a lot. [ applause ] >> i was in the front row of the "unplugged" performance. kurt didnt play the hits. those songs were chosen for a particular reason. ♪ my girl my ...

Songwriter with this ability to scream almost in tune. it just gave an intensity that was really unique. ♪ >> nirvana gave the record industry a wake-up call and said "here is your new audience." so start looking for the people with the clothes with the holes in the knees, and you better run to those clubs to buy up the next one. >> i would go to the clubs and see bands like cat and screaming trees. it was such a refreshing change from competitive sort of l.a./hollywood 80s, and it was suddenl...

The room pretty much anywhere else in the country. new york was just a place where rock n roll was thought of as dead. >> in the 2000s the predominant music generally is hip-hop. and thats the case in new york. no ones thinking about new york as a center for interesting rock music anymore. but after 9/11 you had all these bands who were kind of bubbling beneath the surface who start popping up and it really starts with the strokes. ♪ last night she said i feel so down ♪ >> after 9/11 the cit...

>> def leppard. fantastic record. ♪ pour some sugar on me ♪ >> and that begins to bring that kind of music back. ♪ pour your sugar on me ♪ >> at the end of the 80s, everybody came to the same conclusion simultaneously. something new needs to happen here, and its got to be real-sounding, more garage, less produced. ♪ ♪ i need an easy friend ♪ >> this music that was bubbling out of places like portland and seattle, and bands like nirvana that werent looking to fit in to what was bein...