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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 lie to me ♪ tell me where did...

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 city was burning. it was smoldering. ♪ sunlight >> vulnerability, anxiety. all this became how the country felt. we needed that sense of defiance, that hubristic sense of possibility and promise that young kids in bands can deliver. >> right now theyre the most important band in the worl...

That angst. ♪ yeah, yeah >> kurt cobain was a great songwriter with an ability to scream almost in tune. it just gave an intensity that was really unique. ♪ i kill you, im not gonna crack ♪ >> 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 butt and bands like screaming ...

♪ welcome to the week in rock. it was week lit up in a large way by the release of "in utero," the 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 wanting to mainta...

It just gave an intensity that was really unique. ♪ i kill you, im not gonna crack ♪ >> 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 butt and bands like screaming trees. it was such a refreshing change from the competitive sort of l.a. hollywood 80s. and it was just sud...

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 city was burning. it was smoldering. ♪ sunlight >> vulnerability, anxiety. all this became how the country felt. we needed that sense of defiance, that hubristic sense of possibility and promise that young ki...

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 in the next decade are already all there by the end of the 80s. college rock, l...

The rules. >> i was 16 when that happened. 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 m...

>> 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 up there? >> whats in the water? ♪ s...

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 especially a...