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The Nirvana frontman, who was her husband, died in 1994.

These songs rocked, then rolled over into the mainstream.

The former Hole frontwoman claims she got fired from Fight Club after she went nuclear on Pitt and Gus Van Sant, who approached her about a project based on her late husband.

>> i like to say my early influence was nirvana, and then sex pistols and ramones, and stuff like that. >> what american bands do you hate? >> definitely creed. >> yes. >> yes. >> they are like the worst band in the history of, like, the world. so whats it like having an indie band in myanmar? is it difficult? >> for sure, for sure. yeah. before you record a song, so, you know, like, when youve got the lyrics, youve got to submit the lyrics. so theyre going to censor it, theyre going to check it...

Its really affecting my personal life a lot. >> i was in the front row of the unplugged performance and it was a serious artistic statement. he didnt play the hits. those songs were chosen for a particular reason. >> i remember watching him covering a song and it was emotional for me because i love nirvana and i felt this connection to kurt cobain and even when i was young i was just so worried about him. in that era there was always the speculation that hes not doing well. nirvana unplugged was...

90s and that was as much as an alt rock hit as any of the nirvana or pearl jam songs but it was hardly extraordinary. >> we have two wait to see whether we have the chance to prove ourselves. >> i remember vividly listening to radioheads record. i was seriously geek out on every part. the baseline, percussion, every tiny little nuance. >> this week the band released a new album, okay computer which has critics chipping with praise. >> the computer is like dark side of the moon of the 90s.

Generation coming in and saying what you have for us? >> the so-called slackers and generation x were not being paid attention to and that pressure was building up in the music industry for something that actually spoke to them. >> this is the first american generation that will make less than their parents will. its a tough time to grow up and and i think the band and kurt cobain in particular reflect that angst. >> kurt cobain was a great songwriter. with his ability to scream almost in tune. ...

With all the attention, no one has ever asked us that before? >> so tell me about the seattle sound. whats in the water? >> bands like nirvana and pearl jam wanted no part of the music industry machine and yet there they were. >> we are used to playing small clubs and we want to go back to playing small clubs.

Is a weak lit up in a large way with the third album released by nirvana. >> walmart is refusing to sell nirvanas new release which includes a song called rape me. they said they want to be sensitive to their customers moral standpoints. >> to get into walmart they had to change the title of the song from rape me to waste me. >> he wanted to be popular but also maintain that punk rock authenticity. >> the star making machine has sucked nirvana up into its evil guts and now they had to deal with ...

The best band fell apart after only making a couple records. what do you do after that? >> oasis, the verve, blur. the brit pop thing was like the hangover of grunge. this has been insane. lets turn on oasis. >> they were the opposite of nirvana because they wanted fame. >> we know we are the best band in the country and its as simple as that. >> creep came out in the early