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A look at the diverse music of the 1990s, from Nirvana to Dixie Chicks to Tupac. 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 wakeup 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....

- ♪ my girl, my girl ♪ ♪ don't lie to me ♪ ♪ tell me when did you sleep ♪ ♪ last night ♪ - i remember watching him play a cover of a lead belly song, "where did you sleep last night?" and it was emotional for me, because i love nirvana, and i felt this connection to kururt cobain,, and i i was alwaysys-- evenen when i wawas young--- just so worried about him. - ♪ my girl, my girl ♪ - in that era, there was always the speculation of, you know, kurt's not doing well, kurt has drug problems. and "nirvana: unplugged" was this kind of thing, like...the clouds parted. you know? a...

Of an untimely death. >> the lead singer of nirvana shot and killed himself at his home in seattle, washington, today. >> it didn't come as a major surprise, but it was devastating because of the way it happened. >> pulled over, and i just, i was there for, like, 20 minutes, just crying right there. i just don't understand it, that's all. >> i think he was the closest that his generation came to a john lennon, in that, you know, he was writing very much from the heart, very directly, and he didn't play according to the rules. >> i was 16 when that happened, and if you turned to music for solac...

♪ the whole 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 didn't come as a major surprise, but it was devastating because of the way it happened. >> i pulled over and i was there for like 20 minutes, half an hour just crying right there. >> i just don't understand it. that's 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, very directly, and he didn't play...

An untimely death. >> the lead singer of nirvana shot and killed himself at his home in seattle, washington, today. >> it didn't come as a major surprise, but it was devastating because of the way it happened. >> i pulled over and i was there for like 20 minutes, half an hour, just crying right there. i just don't understand it. that's 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, very directly, and he didn't play according to the rules. >> i was 16 when that happened. and if you turned to music for so...