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And one of the newest phones included for just $35 a month. ♪ 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 t...

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...

And he didnt play according to 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...

>> 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 you slee...

Scene is? >> everybodys a grunge band. >> all of these bands that actually 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? ♪ son, have i got a little story for you ♪ ♪ what you thought was your dad...

And nirvana "unplugged" was this kind of thing like the clouds parted. you know? and it seemed like everything was going to be okay. ♪ the whole night through ♪ >> 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 was devastating because of the way it happened. >> i pulled over and i was there for like 20 minutes, half an hour just crying right there. >>...

Obviously that was -- you know, someone would say, oh, thats 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 you sleep last night ♪ >> i r...

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 hubris and promise that young kids and bands can deliver. >> abandoning the rules for what they may inspire other people ...

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 suddenly so cool to be from seattl...

Shoot. welcome to the week in rock. it was a 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 m...