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- its a tough time to grow up in, anand nirvanaa and kukurt cobain,n, in particular, reflect that angst. - i learned how to write for myself, and its pretty ironic that most people related to it. - boom, there it is. platinum record. - country music has taken over the airwaves and the record charts. - the honeymoooons over.. now were getting down to real commerce. [fans screaming] - arent these girls just crazy? - yeah, they are. [stirring instrumental music] ♪ ♪ [poisons "unskinny...

imagine what it was like back when the rolling stones would 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, though. >> its a tough time to grow up in. and nirvana and kurt cobain in particular reflect the angst. >> i learned how to write for myself, and its pretty ironic that most people related to it. >> boom, there it is, platinum record. >>...

>> 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 cobain in particular reflect the angst. >> i learned how to write for myself, and its pretty ironic that most people related to it. >> boom, there it is, platinum record. >> country music has taken over the airwaves and the record charts. >> the honeymoons over. now were getting down to real commerce. >> arent these girls just crazy? >> yeah, the...

>> yeah, they are. ♪ ♪ ♪ you may think of it as the channel that rattles your china, occasionally your teeth, and hypnotizes your children. but what you may want to know is that mtv is responsible for a complete revolution in the music business in this country. ♪ unskinny bop just blows me away ♪ >> mtv makes the hits. its as if there were just one national radio station for new songs. >> ending the 80s in terms of rock music, youre getting a lot of hair bands. youve got po...

My, how times have changed. I see hustling, i see killing. Thats what i rap about. You can take me out the ghetto but you cant the ghetto up out of me, though. Its a tough time to grow up in. Nirvana and kurt cobain particularly reflect the angst. I learned how to write for myself, and its pretty ironic that most people related to it. Boom there it is, platinum record. Country music has taken over the airwaves and the record charts. The honeymoon is over. Now we are down to real commerce. Arent ...

- 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. - well, you can take me out the ghetto, but you cant take the ghetto up out of me, though. - its a tough time to grow up in, and nirvana and kurt cobain, in particular, reflect that angst. - i learned how to write for myself, and its pretty ironic that most people related to it. - boom, there it is. platinum record....

The chain says it wants to be sensitive to its customers moral standards. - to get into wal-mart, ththey had to o change the titlee of the s song "rape e me" to "waif me." i dont think kurt was too happy about that. he always had that conflict between wanting to maintain that kind of punk authenticity, but also wanting to be popular. - ♪ rapape me ♪ - the star-making machine had sucked nirvana up into its evil guts. [laughs] anand now, thehey had to deal witith it. - - we decideded to lay lo...

Nirvana have just released a 30th anniversary deluxe edition of 'In Utero'. We chat with Krist Novoselic as he reflects on making the record.