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Poetry in motion. and there it is, the "baby bird". breathtaking. a sumo wrestler figure skating? surprising. whats not surprising? how much money heather saved by switching to geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. ♪ 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...

>> yeah. >> in that he was writing very much from the heart, 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. ...

At the going to. a lot of the plane was a sukhoi twenty five a single seat jet designed to attack targets on the ground. a jihadist group linked to the former syrian branch of al qaeda says one of its fighters hit the russian warplanes with a portable anti-aircraft missile one of the thats not been confirmed but russian officials say they promptly launched an airstrike on the area killing at least thirty militants. if you look at a freelance journalist lot of nirvana this following the events in...

Close early, but not here on 19th street, where you can eat barbecue late into the night. wow. what do we have here? what, uh -- grilled tofu? >> darko: yeah. and this is a porkail. >> anthony: pork tail, oh. >> darko: yeah. >> anthony: this barbecue is awesome. these young men show exactly how determined youve got to be to rock, especially in burma. >> darko: i like to say my early influence was nirvana. and then, sex pistols, ramones, and stuff like that. >> anthony: what american bands do you...

>> laura: for me, talking the b. the other stuff is fun, you talking about politics. but putin did pretty well in the obama years. went into crimea, obviously, the ukraine, obviously grew his popularity at home. the idea that trump would be a "nirvana" for putin i didnt get that. he did really well in the obama-clinton era, didnt dot reset, it failed. >> but obama did, know, whether or not you think they were effective, did have sanctions after they invaded crimea. theres been a lot of talk abou...

His water and power have been shut off. but he insists, hes going nowhere. >> anthony: brazil is supposed to be about what, music, dancing, sun, hot women, does he reject those things? does he think its -- thats bull --? >> carlos: hes in the wrong country he tells. i am in the wrong country. >> anthony: where would the perfect place be? >> carlos: the rock city. >> anthony: rock city. thats detroit. >> carlos: detroit. >> anthony: detroit, rock city. what music inspires him? >> jayme: iron maid...

>> 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 iz 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 >> i would go to the clubs and see bands like cat butt and bands like screaming trees. it was such ...

♪ my girl, my girl >> in that era there was always the speculation kurts not doing well, kurt has drug problems. and nirvana unplugged was this kind of thing like the clouds parted. you know? and it seemed like everything was going to be okay. ♪ night through [ cheers and 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 was devastating bec...

Thats all. >> i think he was the closest that his generation came to a john lennon. >> yeah. >> in that he was writing very much from the heart, 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? �...

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...