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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, 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 ...

>> your involvement or relationship? >> nanette is a pretty good friend of mine. >> and thats how they found eric naposki, who they learned was living in a studio apartment in one of those southern california melrose place sort of complexes, just not quite as nice. naposski had played football but his promising career as a linebacker had fizzled too. many injuries. too many 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, wh...

Authority that has never built anything. and depends on a large network of consultants and contractors for advice." even after five years of effort to buy property, the rail authority selects 25% of the parcel for a 29-mile stretch from majuro to fresno and just over half the parcel needee central valley. and another fun fact. he keeps getting better. to achieve their nirvana of high-speed rail, democrats were even willing to throw their other religion under the bus: environmentalism. huge oppos...

Never built anything! and depends on a large network of consultants and contractors for advice. even after five years of effort to buy property the rail authority still lacks 25% of the parcels for a 29 mile stretch from madera to fresno and just over half of the parcels needed for the 118 miles in the central valley. and another fun fact, it keeps getting better, to achieve their nirvana of high speed rail, democrats were even willing to throw their other religion under the bus, environment his...

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 ♪ ive never been so down >> after 9/11 the city was burning. it was smoldering. ♪ sunlight >> vulnerability, anxiety. all this became how the country felt. it needed that sense of defiance, that hubristic sense of possibility and promise that young kids in bands can deliver. >> ...

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...

Shined 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 up there? >> what...

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...

Much from the heart, very directly, 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...

Hes mixing electronic, country, rap, rock and roll, everything. 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 �...