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♪ rape me ♪ >> the starmaking machine had 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. tell you the truth. its really affected my personal life a lot. [ cheers and applause ] >> i was in the front row of the "unplugged" performance, and it was a serious artistic statement. kurt didnt pl...

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Difference by nominating them to be a cnn hero. thats our salute to those using the power of their platforms to help others. thank you so much for watching. and good night. ♪ ♪ imagine what it was like back when the rolling stones could shock parents everywhere. my, how times have changed. >> i see hustling. i see killing. thats what i rap about. >> you can take me out of the ghetto, but you cant take the ghetto up out of me, dog. >> its a tough time to grow up in. and nirvana and kurt cob...

Outshined outshined outshined outshined ♪ >> why dont you tell me what the biggest misconception about the so-called seattle music scene is? >> everybodys a grunge band. >> all 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? ...

>> kurt cobain was a great songwriter with this 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 trees. it was such a refr...

Robb Justice always loved music, from repeatedly listening to Summer of 69 by Bryan Adams, learning Beatles songs in elementary music class, and performing at venues across the country.

Record. that begins to bring that kind of music back. >> at the end of the 80s, everyone came to the same conclusion. something new needs to happen here, and it needs to be real sounding. less produced. >> at this music that was bubbling out of places like portland and seattle and dancelike nirvana that were looking to fit in with what was being played on mtv or played on radio -- eventually, radio and mtv came to them. the seeds of what will happen in the next decade are all there by the end of...

Kirk Hammett reveals the conversation that occurred trying to get Nirvana to join the tour.

Rock. soundgarden, nirvana, alice in chains and pearl jam from seattle, washington. >> why dont you tell me what the biggest misconception about the so-called seattle music scene is? >> everybody is a grunge band. >> every band sounds different from each other are being lofted up to the main stream as being this is what grunge is. >> no one has ever asked us that before. so tell me about the seattle sound, what is going on up there? whats in the water? >> hands night, bands like nirvana, they di...

And i think the band and kurt cobain reflect that angst. kurt cobain was a great songwriter. with his ability to scream almost in tune. it just gave an intensity that was really unique. >> nirvana gave the record industry a wake-up call and said here is your new audience. so start looking for the people with the close 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 screaming trees and it was a refreshing change ...