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Complexes, just not quite as nice. naposki had played football, but his promising career as a linebacker had fizzled, too many injuries, hours on the bench. by the early 90s he was trying to figure out what to do next. >> i was in seattle with the seahawks when i retired, when i left. and i drove down the coast and it was a great place to land. >> kind of nirvana for a guy like you. >> it was. >> big, good-looking ex-football player like him? it was easy to get work. and women, in southern calif...

Living in a "melrose place" kind of complex, just not quite as nice. naposki had played football, but his promising career as a linebacker had fizzled, too many injuries, hours on the bench. by the early 90s he was trying to figure out what to do next. >> i was in seattle with the seahawks when i retired, when i left. and i drove down the coast and it was a great place to land. >> kind of nirvana for a guy like you. >> it was. >> big, good-looking ex-football player like him? it was easy to get ...

>> 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 being played on mtv or what was being played on radio. ♪ i cant see you every night >> eventually radio and mtv came to them. >> the seeds of what will happen...

Electability. it has been the buzzword for the 2020 democratic primary, a sort of nirvana the candidates are trying to reach to convince voters they are the best to beat president trump. how is that electability factor steering voters decisions? jeff zeleny travel to the all-important state of iowa to find out. >> i identify as a democratic socialist, progressive policies speak to me. thats what i prefer. >> reporter: maggie is a proud liberal. but shes in ra moderate mood. >> i also understand ...

Peroni italia. ♪ welcome to the week in rock. it was week lit up in a large way by the release of "in utero," a much anticipated third album by nirvana. ♪ rape me >> walmart is refusing to sell nirvanas new 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 change the title from "rape me" to "waif me." i dont think kurt was too happy about that. he always had that conflict between want...

Everything. hes throwing the kitchen sink in. ♪ >> out of the ashes of nirvana dave grohl created the foo fighters. >> this is the first time in my life ive ever fronted a band, had to actually stand up and sing. and seem charismatic or whatever, which i cant do. but i need to just keep playing and making music. ♪ looking to the sky to save me looking for a sign of life ♪ ♪ looking for something to help me burn out bright ♪ >> in an era when everything was serious and had a heavy tone ...

Eir ha wrdork and sacrifice. we all sleep easier knowing youre out there keeping us safe. and on a personal note... sfx: jet engines ... i just needed to get that off my chest. thank you. geico: proudly supporting the military for over 75 years. imagine what it was like back when the rolling stones would shock parents everywhere. my, how times have changed. >> i see hustling. i see killing. thats what i rap about. >> you can take me out of the ghetto, but you cant take the ghetto up out of me,...

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

Guts, and now they had to deal with it. >> we decided to lay low and obviously that was -- you know, someone would say, oh, because kurts on heroin the whole time. it was just like -- its been really damaging to us. to tell you the truth. its really affected my personal life a lot. [ applause ] >> i was in the front row of the "unplugged" performance, and it was a serious artistic statement. kurt didnt play the hits. those songs were chosen for a particular reason. ♪ my girl, my girl ♪ dont ...

And if you turned to music for solace in your life, to then see your hero kill himself, it was devastating. it certainly sucked the air out of alternative rock. you know, the best band fell apart after only making a couple records. you know? what do you do after that? ♪ >> oasis, the verve, blur, the britpop thing, it was like the hangover of grunge. oh, my god, my heads pounding. this has been insane. lets turn on oasis. ♪ and after all ♪ youre my wonderwall >> they were the opposite of n...