When Nirvana Came to Britain *NEW 2021 BBC DOCUMENTARY*
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2021
- Between 1989 and 1994, Nirvana introduced a new and exciting brand of rock music to the UK - one that changed the musical landscape and influenced a generation of British youth.
Thirty years on since the release of their seminal album Nevermind, this documentary examines the special relationship between Nirvana and the UK - including the role Britain played in paving the way for their global success.
Featuring rare and unseen archive footage - as well as home movies shot by the band themselves - the film charts Nirvana’s rise from their very first British tour, performing in pubs and tiny gig venues, through to legendary (and infamous) TV appearances on The Word and Top of the Pops that helped cement their status as one of the biggest rock bands on the planet, taking ‘grunge culture’ from the underground to the mainstream.
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GOD BLESS US ALL 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
Kurt's trolling of TOTP was perfection
That’s what Kurt was all about 👌 Fuck the system 😎
I’m remember watching it back then, I was in my mid-teens & thinking wtf are they doing! It was so funny!
Dave and Kurt playing acoustic guitar together in a pub in Scotland? Best Nirvana story of all time.
It was the southern .and I was there tidy
@@Crosshatch1212 used to go to the Southern all the time, missed this night though but we really had our pick of great bands back then. Saw RHCP for 6 quid in Tollcross
Nice !
I absolutely loved this doc for focusing not on Kurt's later health, but the pure excitement of Nirvana tearing through the UK at the end of 91. I'd been a shy, bullied 13 year old kid at a new school, actually fairly clued up about music, listening to John Peel's show and pirate dance stations, but figured that was for kids cooler than me and hid in my shell. Hearing Teen Spirit and seeing Nirvana's TV appearances blew me away, I didn't know what 'grunge' was, but whatever Nirvana was, I wanted to be that. Next few weeks had me build a rudimentary grungy wardrobe (I'd earlier put up with what my mum bought me), schooling myself in other music that was like Nirvana, making new schoolfriends through music and standing up to the bullies. Half a year later I was bored of Nirvana, the press overkill had worn me out, and I was more interested in hearing some of the other new loud bands coming from the US. What an influence they had on me at that time though, the band that kicked my timid arse and gave me the confidence that I'm sure Oasis a few years later never would have done.
such terrible problems, wooo...
I was so upset when John Peel died. That man was a legend!
I remember asking my father why Kurt Cobain killed himself and my father just couldn't figure out a way to explain it at the time. He knew it was depression but he just said "I do not know son" was of course my favorite band at the time. I was 10 years old. My grandmother committed suicide so I think it really shook my father then. Nirvana and Tool my favorites!
I’m so glad they interviewed dancing Tony he’s part of the family
Right! Was so pleased to see that.
Good to see he's alive and looking fit too for a man of his age
Yes, he wrote all the songs
Yeah he really made the reading 1992 concert. Physicalized the music
what?
The way he came across, I feel like Kurt saved dancing Tony. The dude clearly has some depression issues of his own yet his friendship with Kurt has given his life a whole other meaning.
Kurt saw a bit of himself in Tony
I didn't care for the dancing freak on stage, but it's a bittersweet part of the U.K. story. Glad to see it gave Tony some purpose and I can't say I'd have had done differently than Kurt. 🙏
Kurt has saved many
@@MrBleworchid can’t be understated.
Kurt got me into writing music again and I haven’t stopped since. 1992. Thanks Kurdt!!!
Nirvana got me through some difficult times in my life, to this day never heard anyone with as much emotion in their voice. I will cherish their music and the memories they gave me forever.
I can definitely identify with this. Even after Kurt left us, his music heled me cope with the loss.
This was beautiful . A documentary about the music, not an intrusive investigation on Kurt's private life. The joy of Kurt singing with Eugene warms my heart with a glaze of underground music.
Look at Kurt at 31:17. He's so happy to have his idol sing along with him. Pure bliss.
I thought the same thing. A really lovely moment that obviously meant a lot to him.
Yup legit happy smile
that is the pure moment for the fan clearly moment inoubliable at life
Nirvana gave a voice to those of us struggling to understand that we are not the weirdos, its the perfect people who play along with the broken twisted system who are odd. Embrace your individuality, your originality, your creativity, be happy with your imperfections, make as much noise as you can.
Great comment!
And it was that universal theme that he spoke to. So simple yet so classic.
Yep.
What about the Ramones?
Well said
Kurt’s response to playing mollys lips at reading 91 warms my heart.
The thing I remember about that time ('89-91) is that you could feel the culture changing very subtly and dramatically if you stopped and thought about it. You'd go to parties and see people dancing to Jane's Addiction and Nine Inch Nails right alongside Public Enemy and NWA as well as groups like The Cure and pop stuff like George Michael. So when Nirvana broke through, it was surprising only in that it wasn't surprising. People were ready for something new, and had been ready for some time.
Beatles comes to America. Nirvana to Britain. Two bands that will still be talked about centuries later.
And their music loved just as much centuries later. It's impossible to forget Kurt or Nirvana, At the time, i bet none of them realized how timeless their music was, although they probably felt something special was happening, but were perhaps oblivious to the fact that they were such a large part of it.
Surely you are not comparing the influence of Nirvana to that of the Beatles. LOL
@@Kaiserbill99 how is that even possible?
Many centuries from now these two bands will be Mozart and Beethoven of the 1900's.
@UCYnOYkkEHfXM8m-QmtBlMsg Yes they are. For one, they were more real and genuine. Like the Beatles, Nirvana changed culture and music forever and were known worldwide. Few have reached the stratosphere of superstardom and mania as Beatles, Michael Jackson and Nirvana. The better thing about Nirvana is they were the PEOPLE'S working-class band. There will NEVER be a movement nor sound nor voice of a generation like Kurt Cobain again. He was cooler, more authentic and nicer than John Lennon who was also a heroin addict before you start to slag off Cobain for drugs. Lennon was hooked on heroin too and was a woman beater. Cobain was the purest of the songwriters. Give me Unplugged in New York any day over boring Beatle Solo albums and give me Nirvana over Beatles albums.
@Imix Muan Is that so. So a band that lasted about 3 years with just about 2-3 tunes I could remember is as influential as a band that dominated the charts, both sides of the Atlantic, for the best part of a decade with a never ending list of hits and who are universally accepted as changing the face of popular music. And I was around for Nirvana but not for the Beatles.
David Grohl would be embarrassed at the very suggestion.
To this very day, no band has had an impact on me like Nirvana did
It's surreal to revisit this music 30 years later
They've gotten me through some rough times over the years and they still do to this very day.
the same
As an american, I really appreciate seeing the UK side of the things. I remember when I first discovered Nirvana, they were new here in the states, but I kept hearing how they were huge in the UK. To me, that made sense, since that is where all the good music came from already. I am glad that Kurt got that time, he got to enjoy being appreciated for a small pocket of time. Once they blew up, it had to be so hard for him, a man who needs alone time and a drug addict to boot. He must of been extremely lonely, in a sense. At the end of this doc, all the feelings I had in 94 came rushing back for a moment. It sort of hurt to relive that misery again. The shock, the feeling of hopelessness, and the feeling of betrayal, but I am happy to remember how much I truly loved the man and the music. As mentioned in the doc, I, too, couldn't listen to Nirvana for a long time. It has only been the last few years that I have been able to put on one of their albums and enjoy like I enjoyed it when i was young. I missed the happiness in being sad.
Nice comm mate. I would hate to be famous. So many people desire fame nowadays. I couldn't think of anything worse.
America is very large compared to UK so it doesn't have that concentrated huge number of fans of a band they're kinda scattered all over and I also think that Americans lost interest in rock/metal and moved on to hip hop and pop quickly
@@raihantahmid7272 no way-rock and shows were HUGE till '01, it's just that there was too many. It's after 2001 that pop killed off rock just like how upbeat Beattles were needed to respond to Kennedy.
@@raihantahmid7272 Guns n Roses and Metallica were HUGE in the early 90s
I was sobbing at 14 years old 😫
I'm 44 years old . Back in the day in my teenage years, I knew a lot of rock music from my brother. He is a huge fan of Guns & Roses, Skidrow.. but when I first heard a Nirvana song, I immediately fell in love with it. They are so amazing punk rock band. Until now I'm still listening to their songs. For me their songs will live for another 1000 years
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Undoubtedly one of the best bands that has stepped on this earth
True!True
Bril punk freedom for the nineties
no theyre not lol
@@joshuafreeman3775 yes they are lol
Why stop there🥰
Greatest band ever!!!
This is the best documentary I've seen about Nirvana so far 🙏
I assume you haven't seen "Montage Of Heck"? That's the only official documentary that includes Kurt's home videos and in depth interviews with Kurt's relatives and is a phenomenal movie overall. Ironically the only person who isn't in it much is Dave because he was busy touring at the time or something.
Agree, very special.
It's the BBC after all theyre known for being very thorough with their documentary
@@adonaiyah2196
I wouldn’t say That’s what the bbc are known for 😜
That's the BBC for you
I was in my late teens just at the right time to be engulfed by the amazing energy that Nirvana brought to the UK. I will be eternally grateful to all of the folk involved in reviving music from its 80's, stale, near death experience. They didn't just change the face of music, they applied the defibrillator to its fading heart.
I remember the moment I heard that Kurt cobain had died I was driving my girlfriend who's my wife now home and I heard it on the radio and I just sat at the traffic lights and just cried. Their music got me through the worst times in my life from being abused at home to moving out and living in a dingy flat all alone I never felt so depressed and lonely but I'd put a nirvana album on or play the recording of unplugged on vhs and all that would wash away. But then sat in that car it felt like the comfort I found was taken away from me and I was this awkward 18 year old kid feeling completely lost in the world again, so yeah I cried.
So many of us felt alienated as youths at that time and took refuge in their music. To this day no band has ever had the emotional impact on me that Nirvana had. Thirty years later and Kurt's melodies still play in the background of my mind.
@@rexx9496 if my life came with a soundtrack it would be a blend of nirvana, seether and slipknot.
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Yeah, a lot of us cried with you mate. 💜
Lots of great moments in this doc. Ana Da Silva reading Kurt's words about the first Raincoats album, The interpretive dancer Tony (of course), and Kurt so happy on having Eugene Kelly (The Vaselines) on stage with them doing "Molly's Lips", in Reading Festival 1991.
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@@pezelbuda jaja, grande pez! :)
I love that Nirvana did a Vaselines song in their famous MTV unplugged session. I'd never heard of the band until then and it really introduced me to them.
one thing which was missed out which was vitally important was when they was on the Jonathon Ross teatime chat show. They was booked to play Lithium but instead they played territorial pissings . I think that was their Bill Grundy moment.
totally agree!
I was hoping to see that in the show here aswell. Its a fantastic storm thru' Territorial Pissings to begin with, and it would have been an incredible thing to have seen on the telly at that heightened time of their initial success. I wonder why it was'nt mentioned? Its an incredible performance, and one of their best television appearances.
Same goes for their Peel.Sessions
@@MrMookRecords Rights and clearances
@@rbaygirl I would have thought a BBC documentary would have few complications discussing BBC sessions. Surely it's the same as talking about fish and chips in the local chipper 🤣
I first heard nirvana on my 18th birthday in 92. My whole DNA changed from that moment. Now 48 still putting out vinyl. Thanks kurt/krist/Dave/chad/dale.
Fact: Kurts' songwriting, voice and let me be TRUTHFUL, his physicality/aura was what drew me in initially and there's never been another man walk this planet remotely in the same universe as he was and never will be - that shit can't be bought or taught no matter how much or how long...
I love how his voice would change with the tone of the guitar too, was really unique
Unquestionably the most revolutionary band since The Beatles.
I think the same!
Them or Radiohead imo
I'd have to say it was The Beatles, then the sex pistols then Nirvana.
Radiohead are of my favorite bands of all time and I think musically they're at least as influential (if not more so) on todays rock music as Nirvana is. From The Bends to In Rainbows is probably the longest slew of consistently great records I can think of, from any band. I also think Nirvana were much more of a phenomenon though. For a few years there, they were just everywhere all the time. I don't think there ever was a regular Radiohead-mania in that same sense.
@@inanedane Radiohead are a damn good band but they didn't influence an entire subculture like the Beatles, sex pistols or Nirvana. Don't get me wrong I love the band but they were nowhere near as experimental as those bands i mentioned, I mean if we are going to put Radiohead up there you'd have to include bands like R.E.M, stone roses, Oasis, Blur, I am not prepared to say those bands were anywhere near as Influential. Nirvana have 3 damn near perfect albums not a phenomenon just damn good writer and creator.
Finally Tony the dancer get some credit, yes, such an enigmatic and loving character in the Nirvana community.
Yeah, he wrote all of nirvana’s songs so it’s good to see him getting credit
@@rebeccaellsbury73 did he wow that surprised me ???
Anthony Mitchell no lol it’s just an inside joke
@@rebeccaellsbury73 I'm British I'm only joking myself he came from Nottingham my home city ha ha ha ha ha
@@rebeccaellsbury73 I mean the geezer dancing not k.c
The Beatles of Grunge, very few can scream in tune like Kurt did, one of the greatest bands of all time.
Nirvana's music is highly authentic. Kurt, Dave, Krist, Chad, Pat, all kept it 100%
Real, raw, rare,,unique, one of a kind gem, original, organic, epic, iconic, magic, classic, aesthetic, not basic, not mediocre, not cheap quantity, etc. High quality sound, based asf, legend band, grunge, punk rock, badass songs, kickass dudes.
I can remember walking past the Riverside club back in '89 and being called over by a friend to tell me he had a ticket for me to see Tad and Nirvana.. It was, like, £4. That was literally 3-4 drinks at the time. A lot of money for student. I remember just being overwhelmed and timid by the whole experience but also thinking these bands were pretty good but they wouldn't ever get on Top of the Pops.. Not that I liked Top of the Pops much at the time.. The club was always pretty dark and you were always bumping into people.. I bumped into this short, blonde dude. I apologised and he was very gracious, which surprised me. I was used to people being dicks. My friend pulled me over and asked, ''did I know who that was?' I was none the wiser. He then told it was Kurt Cobain... I was like, wow, cool. He wasn't famous at the time and I was, ah.. nice... This was a time where there was no social media and I couldn't afford rock magazines so it was all word of mouth for me.. I hadn't seen any pictures of the band. I had heard a very poor quality demo and thought they had something... I really miss that element of discovery without any pressure...
awesome story
Really cool man!
"Discovery without any pressure" is one of the most beautiful moments in any lifetime. So real and unpretentious.
@@joleneloveland2942 yes thats life
@@soundofmusic94 No offence but wasn't either a beautiful moment or life. There wasn't quite the focus we have now on facking social media or mobile phones or computers. It was being able to meet people and creating a decent rapport because of music and attitude. It's truly horrendous now with all woke bs and people being warned or banned on Facebook for saying stuff that would have been considered humourous banter on a fantastic evening with mates at a gig. Unless you were there at that time... There was no zen moment or realisation. I personally think things were good back then and it's declined into a fascist, Orwellian nightmare... I'm glad I got to see Nirvana because music is finally over...
The best Nirvana documentary I've watched. It's refreshing to see Nirvana documented in such a positive way. Beautiful
I miss Kurt. He changed history. Still mourn his loss. Grateful to Britain for waking up we Yanks about how terrific Nirvana was. Heard them for first time in 1991in New Jersey with my BFF from College and I said "Who the hell is this?" Incredulous that such Incredible music was actually playing that resonated with our generation. Nirvana was closest America has to an equivalent of what it must have been like for Liverpool to have The Beatles. That cataclysmic a change in music and culture forever!!!
its true in facts it's the britishs are the revealed the band nirvana to eyes of the worlds exactly
the way they overlayed that kurt interview on the footage almost made it feel like he was still alive and being interviewed for the documentary. really great filmmaking, really powerful stuff.
I'm going to play my nirvana vinal all day all night to celebrate 30 years.loved you Kurt 🇮🇪😎🤐💋
Amen to that. In 30 years I hope I'm still here playing it until my eardrums bleed.
A great documentary, probably one of the best Nirvana documentaries I've seen
Welcome back, John.
disrespectful.
Can’t thank the European friends enough for actually making a good & not depressing Nirvana documentary.
Kurt said he loved the music scene here in Scotland. He was even planning to buy a castle here. I'm probably just hearing what I want to but there a bit of a Scottish soul to his music. 2 of his favourite bands The Vaselines and BMX Bandits are from Glasgow like me and there's a really melancholic sound to them. It was actually through Nirvana I discovered them. Despite living in Glasgow my whole life. They're still fairly unknown bands. The club/ EDM scene is big in Scotland but I've always felt like an outcast because I've never really been that into it. Like Kurt and so many others I feel alone and like an outsider in my own community. Even though he grew up thousands of kilometres away I feel like he's the person that understands me the most. I first started getting into music at 14 and I'd heard Nirvana before, who hadn't but I started listening and even though I had no idea what the lyrics were or what they meant I felt an emotional connection to them. The anger the frustration the depression, the mellow. Kurt knew all the emotions and feelings I and so many others were and are having. Dave Grohl even said he felt more natural playing in bars in Scotland than he did on top of the pops. I'm 22 now but to me Nirvana is as relevant today as they were 30 years ago.
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An emotional roller coaster but I’d ride it again and again. F*n legends. 🤘🏾🤟🏾😵💫🖤
Helped made my high school life bearable.
Me too.
Without a doubt
Nirvana saved my life.
Same here (Gen Xers in the house)
@@lethrbear32 Same here.
I watched this at 2:30am and couldn’t stop. Great to see more about the music and raw talent the band had. I’m 34 now but Nirvana got me through tougher times too, as well as the Foo’s in Leeds 02. I’m glad I eventually came out the other side, unlike some. At least in music you can never be forgotten, thankfully and rightfully so.
it is 2:16 a.m.fore right now 😂 Love NIRVANA!!❤
Best Nirvana documentary ever made. 10/10! Thank you BBC!
How can people actually dislike this documentary
This is such a brilliant insight into the band and enjoyable to watch
Bots and politicized angry tools
I’m in America . (Please get me out!). So just shows it comes up in our search . Wanted to hear unplugged again.
“But of Tucker Carlson says so now a days”
And this gets out
Tucker Carlson will suddenly get on tv and says he lives them.
And that’s the kind of fools we’re doomed and plagued with in America right now. United States as we knew it - is over - thanks to the far right. Far right is Def anti gay and anti feminism and racist using “tools”.
“I’m a conservative and I love nirvana . How dare you!?!” 🤮
Watch as they come.
And we self destruct into ww3. “We’re across the pond”
But words travel.
Keep Murdoch and his type speech off your media.
“Who holds the mic, holds the world”.
People hate the BBC unconditionally after Savile
I'm in my late 40s and from the West coast USA. Every year me and 3 friends would travel to Glastonbury and Reading festival.......best vibe and event in the English countryside.
Lucky to see this band play a few times, and the last time......all in England. Gave up going not soon after they finished.
Come back buddy, it's long overdue.
Don’t bother, the UK is a pretty shit place to be at the moment. We’ve got a lot of shit to figure out.
@@andrewcollins2366 oh for sure. Brexit, the gift that keeps giving. We'll be back in the middle ages at this rate!
Jo Wiley: The 80`s in Britain was all about wealth........no Jo, that was the 80's in London and the home counties. The 80's in Scotland, Wales and the north of England was all about de-industrialisation, unemployment and urban degradation
Don't forget Northern Ireland...back then the bloody Troubles were still going on.
Totally agree, was thinking that myself.
Yeah there's a lot of sweeping generalisation in this doc for story effect, like they keep saying there was nothing else going on in music or nirvana were the first at this and that...neither are really true. But yeah they have to tell a "story". Anyway they were a good band don't get me wrong.
@@alessandrobanovich6847 of course...but she did say "Britain", not the UK ;)
@@tubbybeaver4471 sorry, I missed that :)
Listening to Nirvana since 1994 !!
I'm 40 now and I still do!! 😘
Peace and Lots of Love from Mumbai India ✨❤️💯✨
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I was 14 🥰
Kurt knew just what to do in England, so perfect. I can't believe it took me 30 years to learn more about this and make sense of some of the still shots cut from magazines that I had up in my locker in grade 9. Jumping into the drums etc. Love the mischief and vocals on Top of the Pops, that was awesome. London, Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, KN says they always had a great time, I bet, wow. Scotland too, but sounds like they didn't get up that way quite as much. Cool to learn more about the Vaselines connection as well. Early adopters, trendsetting fans, tuned in, so that Nirvana really broke out and 'made it' in England before back in North America and the world. Fantastic.
For a very short time, Nirvana was the most exciting group on the planet.
I bought "Bleach" in 1989, and "Nevermind" in 1991. They still remain great albums.
Kurt has been gone for 28 years, longer than he lived but his legacy has remained immortal.
That fact totally blows my mind. Gone longer than he lived.
I’m so happy that this is the most happiest, positive and insightful documentary about Nirvana ever did. Kudos!
I was a teenager in those years. But when I think about that time, Nirvana is the theme music. I had such a love for the band and they were a staple in my everyday life. I literally became a musician because of them as well. I had recorded on VHS, every live preformance that I could of them. I kept the tape in the VCR and could hit record at a moments notice if ever they came on TV. And I remember going back and paying attention to every detail. The first song I ever learned on guitar was "Floyd the Barber". The first song I ever learned on drums was "Drain You". Every other band that I have really enjoyed has been just that, "Enjoyable". But Nirvana has been and always will be, the only band that never got played out for me. I would get disgusted from hearing the same song too many times of any other band. But with Nirvana it's different. It has become a rite of passage. I'll never forget when I heard about Kurts death that April. It was my senior year in high school. I graduated the following month. And I should have been happy. I guess I was for the most part. But I would be lying if I said that there wasn't this melancholy that consumed me. I think about his life and the tragedy that it became. Their music was an amazing gift to the world. It was a flame burning hot and bright as a lighthouse to guide the way of a generation and several to come. But the flame was extinguished so abruptly. And the darkness that took its place still lingers even today. I love you Kurt, Krist, Dave, Pat, Chad, and everyone else that I can't mention in just a brief paragraph. I will end this with a brief thought. If you ever want to find the culprit when investigating a mystery, always look at the one who gained to profit the most. Because 99% of the time, you find that they are indeed the villain you seek.
You’re the GOAT for uploading this bro
funny how another word for satan is now trending...
@@sjin8896 goat means greatest of all time?
@@killar1one GOAT is well known to represent satan or Lucifer if you will.
@@Gunn27 yeah today's mentality...sucks
@@Gunn27 'GOAT is well known to represent satan or Lucifer'...its more known to represent an animal, the goat.
Anyone else at Reading in '91? They shared the bill with Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr and Iggy. Heading back to London I had a minor panic attack and thought "Oh f#ck, I'll never, ever see anything that good again". Seen some great bands since, but I was right.
I was born in 1991. I would give anything to go to 1 nirvana concert.
Yeah but we are all 54 yrs+ now and are fucked..lol.at least you're still young .lol.It was a great time to be young though.lol every single drug known to man
I was there, mate! Brilliant time! Alan Guthrie in the documentary was a friend of mine back then. Lost contact with him and those great mates from that time. Loved it and wish we could go back and do it all again! Also saw Nirvana at the Astoria in London, 1991. My ears rang for three days afterwards! Loudest gig I’ve ever been to!
Yeah, my first festival. It was a great time to be 17. Good times!
Yep, I went in 1990, 91 and 92. I just about made it to the main stage for Nirvana following a hard night around the campfire the night before. In those days the bootleg stalls sold tapes of the sets from the previous day and I still have my Nirvana one up in the attic along with the orange wristband. There was an amazing vibe in front of the stage that Friday and it just wasn't the same the following year when they headlined.
I will forever be grateful to Nirvana for knocking she's my cherry pie off of MTV's heavy rotation. And making insanity sane again.
This Doc is a F... masterpiece. What I hated the most after Kurt died was the media started treating him like some saint, god, or whatever else. For me, Nirvana was the band of my teenage years(and still is), those freaks hated by jocks that finally got their revenge, ordinary guys that made extraordinary songs. When Kurt died I felt sad, but more like losing a friend than a music icon. Luckily, he will never be forgotten because of his music. BBC did an excellent work not being sensationalist, so kudos for them
Referring to 80’s hair bands: “Kurt came in and mowed them down like wheat before the sickle”. Tom Petty
@Will Morgan GNR was never a hair band beyond the physical look of their hairstyle at the time.
13:13 That friend Dave is talking about and got him the Nirvana gig was Buzz Osborne from the MELVINS. If it wasn't for Buzz...
I’m pretty sure everyone who watches a Nirvana documentary already knows all about it. There’s always fifty-five comment threads about it under every video.
What about Dale? Equally as important.
@@whups1744 amazing drummer!
Kurt be still doing music and dave would be alanis morrisetter tour drummer
@@jounik8980 Taylor Hawkins was Alanis Morissette during that time and Dave would've lost out on that, too.
"Anyone here to see Nirvana? I think they'll be coming along soon."
"They bettah, faer yer sake, pal!!"
Classic Scotland
Seeing the footage of London in 1989 and 1990 evokes a huge feeling of nostalgia that’s very powerful. Even though I like my life today, I’d love to go back in time to 1989/90. Great times.
thank you so much for uploading this, i'm from new zealand and couldn't watch it. haven't really given nirvana too much attention since i was obsessed with them in high school, but good lord kurt was a god send. truly a soul that was too good for this world. he owns september forever, such insanely good music, so inspirational, such a shame he's not here anymore to enjoy the fruits of his labor. awesome to see the guys talking about kurt again, fuck me...
NZ 👍👍👍
Another kiwi thankful as fuck ✌
I think this is the best band that has ever existed on the planet! The talent of Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl has developed in an amazing way. 5 Drummers were replaced. And only Dave really lit up. He is a unique musician. I've been listening since 1994. I still have magazines and posters bought in London for 93 94 years. There is not a single day that I have not listened to Nirvana. It never gets boring. Kurt Cobain is just a talent there are no words. Chris is his best friend and a musician. Dave gave the band a boost,there's no way without him.Thank you Kurt for the music!Krist And Dave!The Nerermind anniversary is coming soon!Best Regards from Russian fan)
Chad was good. Dave played Chads parts on nevermind.
Chad was pretty good on Bleach.
I saw them at the Duchess in Leeds supporting Tad and they weren't great but they had energy and I managed to meet them afterwards and Kurt was in good spirits and gave me his shirt after a chat about punk, which i still have today.
I saw them on the Nevermind tour too but that's another story.
@@Thirdfish nice you lucky
@@jormungandr6247 The right place at the right time I guess. I think there were about 50 or so people in there. Thanks.
Chad was solid as. Bleach is freaking great.
The top of the pops moment is so hilarious 😂 they were such cool guys being true to themselves. Will always love them ❤
BBC nailed this.
Nice to see the life rather than the tragic end only.
Love the turtle bit the dude is speaking of. "sappy?"
"Sappy" is my favorite Nirvana song, I first discovered it on the No Alternative compilation when it was originally titled "Verse Chorus Verse", but the track was unlisted!
I always thought sappy was written about kurts old pet turtle.
@@MrQuijaRICK I can't remember where I read it, maybe I'm mistaken, but I'm pretty sure it is.
Im old enough to livd through all of this. I was a Nirvana fan, Not a huge one but I did play them regularly and had tickets for that final UK tour that never happened. I rarely listen to them anymore but I have the utmost respect for that band and what they did. It was a whirlwind. It was real. And it even hurst me as someone who isnt a huge Nirvana fan, the sadness always linked to the Nirvana story. RIP Kurt x
They were in Britain and/or Europe again playing packed gigs when they broke in the U.S in late 1991…. what a trip to get home from abroad, and you’re huge….the timing had a lot to do with it. There were a few exceptions but all styles of mainstream music was so sterile in 1990-91, Nirvana’s success brought the whole underground/alternative rock scene up with them, mostly. At the same time rock got raw and real again and people noticed, so did rap/hip-hop. A great era for music.
Geffen & MTV blew them up.
Not sure it could be done in today's digital music world.
Glad I was there for it.
@@NickNicometi yeah. We do have ppl who make great music like nirvana or whatver band or rap artist but bc it’s digitally it almost seems like the platforms are the ones who get to push you to the masses and/or keep you from the masses. It’s hard to make art to express yourself bc everyone is very centered in looking like this person on media so you’re immediately canceled and ratio’d by platforms bc a group of people in the masses. Another 5-10 years before all music is accepted and the ppl will need a fresh start in the music scene. Everyone only likes rap music bc of social media and they’ll learn media isn’t totally all about being like the dude in the picture and it’s cooler to do you and it’ll show in the music scene I’m hoping.
Summer of 91 I remember the biggest band being in rock being Guns N Roses, coming back with the overblown double album and Axl Rose being the biggest prima donna. GNR and that whole scene were so ready to be toppled, and for a return to some punk energy again.
31:05 .. Can you imagine the way Eugene felt at this moment? What a legendary, life-changing thing to happen to a person.
Had the honor of seeing them in Belfast on their last tour they did. Still the best gig I've ever seen. Miss your genius Kurt
This is probably the best Nirvana documentary I have ever seen. So thankful for this upload.
Poor Dave talking about having to explain to his kids and saying " Its a lifetime of healing", which is so true especially when I had to tell my kids that now as teenagers are huge fans of Nirvana 😢✨✨
"especially when I had to tell my kids" lol your kids were affected about 1/billionth as much as those close to him were affected. I can't believe that Grohl even made that comparison himself, and here's your comment nauseating me all over again
I never knew I could cry about missing someone I never met...
This is by far the best Nirvana documentary I’ve seen. Fucking kudos.
54:26 Krist's face when he says, "those personal things i'm still trying to get a grip on" 😥
Yeah, I couldn't help but cry when he said that.
@@nil3413 same
It still guts me too.
It’s just so sad. You can see his passing weighs heavy on a lot of decent folk who knew him. Must’ve been a lovely person.
and his voice, the articulation and his hesitation...
Sad that something like that will never happen again
For some reason kids don't have that passion anymore. Sad really
Internet fucks your soul up
@@alancarmody8848 yep 👍 plus our phones make us Zombies … fuck social media & fuck the news etc
Sadly you're completely right. This was the last era that music had that uniqueness. Nirvana, Soundgarden, AIC etc etc... Never to be repeated ever again.
Luv how loads ay cvntz whae never even put pen tae paper or picked up an instrument judge and dole oot advice tae generations and generations ay younger musicians and bands and luv tae tell thum how something this meaningful will never happen again , wot the fck wid u know
I"m 43 and when I was a kid these guys were like three best friends to me. I'm really happy to see the radio unit shifted to the friendly side of history. This is by far the best documentary of the guys, time, and place. Of course it begins with the music scene prior to their release and ends on a down note.. but whatever, never mind that stuff.
Over 25 years and, yet, I still mourn and still get tears
What's wrong with that? *hug*
Thanks for the digital hug! 😀🤟🏻
@@the_mkn_group 😉
I watched this last weekend and it was absolutely brilliant, had a smile on my face for 95% of the time and a little emotional at times but it was a fantastic documentary. So happy they highlighted The Raincoats and The Vaselines
One of the best newer docs about Nirvana.
Nirvana inspired me to play guitar back when I was 9 years old. I started playing guitar for my son since he was 6 months old, he is now 3 and obsessed with music. He used to love it when I would play and sing Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam. He now has his own songs he's into but I like to think in a way Nirvana gave us a stronger connection. :)
We are so lucky to live in a time when we can stumble upon things like this and watch for free. ❤️ Nirvana
There will never be another band like Nirvana. Even if there was, the algorithm will suppress it into obscurity.
The algorithm only put in trending mumble rap and crappy pop!!!
The same goes for:
Metallica
Queen
AC DC
Led Zeppelin
Black Sabbath
The Cure
Joy Division
Pixies
Melvins
Megadeath
Police
Dire Straits
And so on...
Thank you for uploading this!
The UK and US play a cultural game of "Catch!" in terms of music. We've always bounced ideas off of each other.
Playing catch with the vibes...
I'm 67 .this year and the tragedy still lives in my heart
Same age as, "Adam Ant"
Huge nirvana fan here for 30 years.
This doc is 2nd to none!!!
I'm glad they talked about the legendary acoustic show at the Southern. I think the audience recording of it isn't even complete lol
Great documentary which really captured the scene back then but I do think it’s a shame John Peel was not mentioned. He was the first to pick up Sup Pop playing Mudhoney, Tad etc so that by the time the new band Nirvana came along, there was a buzz, and as I recall, he played the 7” a lot, and Every track of bleach prior to it becoming available through Indy stores. He was also the reason I got into the music, and managed to see Nirvana 3 times in 89... one of which was Lamefest.... Other than that I think they captured things very well. But John Peel was so central to alt music back then...
Totally agree, RIP John
Me too, first heard of them on Peel's show. Edit. Just checked back to see that Nirvana did a session for Peel on each of those 3 visits.
Agree but equally NME and particularly Melody Maker: they massively promoted the US noise/alt rock bands of 86-89: big black, pixies, buttholes, sonic youth, dinosaur jr, mudhoney, Tad....nirvana. As well as the British noise guitar bands A R Kane, Loop, MBV, Spacemen 3, and not forgetting the late 80’s ‘industrial’ skinny puppy, young gods, front 242.
Don't forget Steve Wright in the afternoon, he was the first to play that song on day time radio. He kept playing it and never said who it was!!!
@@MrBugs183 why do DJs do that!?!?
the part where he showed the letter from kurt saying his favourite band were the british band vasalines and he is living in his car, that part was real
Crazy all this was 30 years ago and still so fascinating
Story behind that great pic of Kurt and Tony the dancer was such a great part of doc. Well done 👍
This was a fantastic production. It had a nice flow to it and the storyline with it's cameos and commentators was very entertaining. Seems like England really embraced the band as if they were one of their own.
Our generation continues to age yet Kurt stays young up there heavier than heaven.
I've wondered who that random dancing bloke was for like the last 20 years of my life, thank you for finally putting it to bed, legend! 😅
We need this again. We need real music again.
Ain't that the truth
It's out there, you just won't find it in the mainstream.
Real music exists, but not in mainstream...you must better searching.
@Imix Muan indeed
Freedom of expression has gone , manufactured bands, music and style sad but true
I’m an 04 kid who grew up on Nirvana some how I feel gutted that I couldn’t see them live RIP Kurt ❤️
As a typical American teenager in the early 90’s, I loved Nirvana and the whole Grunge scene. It was, ironically, when I moved to Seattle a few months after Kurt Cobain’s demise that I discovered the world of British music, and the genre that has remained my favorite to this day, Shoegaze. In 92‘ I dreamed of escaping my rural home to go see Nirvana and Soundgarden in Seattle. In 95’ I dreamed of leaving Seattle, getting into a time machine and traveling back to the UK circa 91’ to see a Slowdive or Ride or Lush show. I never noticed that weird juxtaposition until watching this documentary.
I first heard Nirvana in 1992 whilst sitting in a café in Kathmandu - never forget it - an American kid sitting on the next table just nodded at the wall speaker and said 'Nirvana' then turned away and carried on with his conversation.......
Thankyou so much for uploading .
49 Melbourne Australia . Saw them in 91 ....I've seen hundreds upon hundreds of bands.... but they were something else.....can't put my finger on it....The only way I can describe it is like I was watching the Beatles on Speed.......
I remember this...
I am an American and
while visiting Europe
Amsterdam specifically
I do recall tipping the barmaid
and asking her to play some Nirvana.
(She Loved Nirvana!)
This was around 2008 at a pub
in downtown Amsterdam
and man did the place Rock!
The band has what we call
in the USA legs!
Finally, I remember Kurt Cobain
in a remembrance prayer ✝️
a lot more than many people
would believe.
NIRVANA
Thank you Kurt. 🌹
I love hearing the backstory behind that gorgeous photo of Kurt. It graced my bedroom wall for all of my teenage years 🖤
haha that was the self defiant money shot - something he had in spades
I always wondered who the dancer was !!! cheers TOny ....from California!!!!
@36:59 11 year old me was devastated listening to him sabotage Smells Like Teen Spirit. I cried. 😂 I was so excited that they were on TOTP and then he did this. We didn't have the Internet then and I couldn't go to concerts, so this was as close as you were getting to your hero at 11 and he wrecked it. 😂 41 year old me laughs... But still devastated I never got to see them live. Great documentary! 💜
Everyone needs to “duck out” at different times in life. K.C. was a great creative life force, who helped so many.
Thank you!