Video: Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit Live Top of the Pops

In Bloom: The Nirvana Nevermind Exhibition es un evento dedicado al importante disco que cumple 20 años de haber sido lanzado. La exposición estará abierta al público a partir del 13 de septiembre y hasta el 25 del mismo mes en el Loading Bay Gallery en Londres y es una muestra enfocada en mamorabilia basada en el material publicado en Inglaterra durante el lanzamiento y la gira del disco. Lo que los fans de ese país podrán apreciar, será además de una colección de fotografías raras tomadas por Steve Gullick, Steven Double y Martyn Goodacre, réplicas de los instrumentos [...]

17 years ago, to the day. Some choice performances, and some words from Krist, for your remembrances.

Filed under: News Mark Allan, WireImage The BBC are set to revive their flagship music show 'Top of the Pops '. Reruns of the show will appear on BBC4 from April 7 in its original Thursday night slot, starting with the earliest archived recordings from 1976. It first aired in 1964, but according to Metro , poor archiving standards meant they didn't start keeping tapes until two years later. The leading [...]

Sharp cover of the Cobain jam here by the soul pop tag team of J*DaVeY. via the Evil Christian Cop EP. J*DaVeY - Smells Like Teen Spirit via 2dopeboyz Purchase / Info Rating: 8.0

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TV shows can often be a nightmare for bands and 'The' Muse found a recent Italian appearance less than pleasant. Forced to mime latest single 'Uprising', they responded in their own way.... They're not the only band to find themselves in an incongruous situation of course... Related Muse release video for 'Uprising' VMAs 09 - The Brand leading the Bland Video round-up: The Very Best, DJ [...]

Top of the Pops used to insist that bands that played on the show perform to backing tracks, not really play their instruments, and in the really olden days of yore, lip-synch their songs. Morrissey rebelled by using a bouquet of flowers as a microphone when the Smiths debuted "This Charming Man" on the show. By the time Nirvana were to play "Smells Like Teen Spirit", the show had progessed to live singing to a backing track. Kurt does his best Morrissey tribute while the band "plays"... [...]

</center. Bloc Party consummate professionals that they are, simultaneously embarrassed themselves and enraged fans when they performed to a backing track at the Video Music Awards in Brazil... The reasons for their decision are ambiguous but needless to say, they have now cemented a place in the "backing track hall of fame" right next to Nirvana and Ashlee Simpson. Figure 1 shows that with a healthy dose of cynicism playing to a backing track can be as big a "fuck you" as any protest song, Figure 2. shows that if you're a talentless, vacuous performer you [...]

By FLANNERY CASHILL The Architects play two CD release shows this weekend, both at the Record Bar . The first, this Friday, is an 18 and over show featuring Outlaw , the Beautiful Bodies and the Dollhouse Rumor . The second, this Saturday, features the Life and Times , the Throttlers , and the Sixteens : sorry, no kids allowed. All paying attendees get a new copy of the Architects CD "Vice", now out on [...]