r/Nirvana

These are certainly some thought about Nirvana 💀

Recently discovered these little differences on the Incesticide CD. The top picture has no names under the photos, the bottom one does. The bottom one is also missing Kurt’s letter, just a gatefold cover not the original 4 pages. I’m assuming the bottom one is a later pressing. Thought it was interesting & wanted to share.

Written by Brian Ritchie, Bassist of Violent Femmes:

Kurt Cobain first came into my

consciousness sometime in 1991 when Ken West and Vivian Lees, who were our promoters in Australia sent me an advance cassette of Nevermind, asking me to approve Nirvana as support act on our upcoming tour. It would be prophetic for me to say that upon hearing it I could foresee a cataclysmic shift in pop music, but

that would be BS. I told them: These guys are good. They remind me of The Monkees. Approved!

So Nirvana was lined up to be Violent Femmes support in Australia. But an interesting thing happened in the interim, which is that Nevermind took off and Nirvana was suddenly the biggest band in the world, but still support on our gigs. We met the guys at Fisherman's Wharf on the Gold Coast and it was apparent that they were big fans and thrilled to be doing gigs with us. We pointed out to them that they were at this point much bigger than us, maybe we should switch the bill. Nirvana declined because they thought they were not ready to follow us on stage. Some of that may have been because Kurt was very obviously suffering. He was in withdrawal. Our tour manager, Willie, gave him some acetaminophen and said: This will help you.

Nirvana did their set and it looked like Kurt was hanging on for dear life just to get through it. But it was great. Then we played. Surprisingly I looked to my left, and at the side of the stage Kurt was curled up in a blanket and watching us with his gorgeous blue eyes. It was sweet.

We did another gig with them, which

was the first Big Day Out. Within a few years they returned the compliment by having us open some shows for them in Scandinavia, and there was no question of who should be headlining by then. This is when the photo was taken. But you can see by looking at the photo that Kurt was already on his way to checking out

Shortly after that I was doing a phone interview which was proceeding

normally, but then the journalist said: I just got word that Kurt is dead. I was not too surprised.

We bumped into Dave and Chris a few times over the years, which was always a pleasure. We also received a request from management about having Frances Bean come backstage and say hi. Apparently she was a big VF fan. Not sure if she knew of our mutual history with Kurt, but we did share a few stories with her. It was touching to consider how young she was when she lost her father and the world lost a musical giant.

Now Nirvana's reign seems like a distant memory. The Nirvana logo is everywhere. Seeing it on massive beer bellied sexagenarians is a bit confusing. But you also see it on teenagers, although sometimes you wonder if they are fans or just know it's a cool shirt. VF are still going, for better or worse. I wish we could do gigs with Nirvana again but that remains a grateful reminiscence.

My collection is now finally complete. I can’t believe I stumbled on this at a record show. I’ve been hunting for one of these for over 30 years. Absolutely pristine, unplayed condition! While it’s not a TRUE first pressing (1,000 in white were made before this), I’ll absolutely take it. I now own one of only 2,000 made. I’ve finally completed my first pressing Nirvana vinyl collection. 👏

i had to put satan prayin instead of satan worshipin because of sizing constraints, but im very happy with how it turned out! (you cant share direct screenshots from this game due to the lack of content filter so thats why the photos are a bit shitty)

This time I've chosen the song "You Know You're Right" to create a visual composition, let me know what you think :))))))

There are 2 official ones, and a lot of fan made. My fav are these 3.

Met Alex and Allyson Grey in SF today and asked him to sign my copy of In Utero that was passed down to me - then he added some modifications that I was ecstatic to see. He says he’s never had anyone ask him to sign one as far as he remembers, also that he planned to meet Kurt but it didn’t work out due to his passing. He told me he was honored to have been asked to be part of the In Utero release and that Kurt “was a creative genius.” Absolutely wonderful people who have made a new prized possession for me

(Yes, I’ve got glass to cover it, just didn’t want you guys to have to look at a reflection for the photo)

These iconic toys have been burned into my memory for decades, and I recently discovered they came from the same collection.

From Nirvana art director Robert Fisher on Instagram:

>I had an accumulation of goofy toys and stuff in my office and when coming up with an idea for the back cover this little plastic duck stood out. At one point during Nevermind they were in my office and Kurt and I had a brief chat about collecting old toys and stuff so I knew he was into them. The silliness and bright colors were in such contrast to the front image that it made sense by not making sense if that makes sense? It was the end cap to a plastic tube filled with candy, maybe an Easter thing. I haven’t been able to find the little guy yet but I found this photo of it. I sure hope I saved him. You can also see that wind up boxer guy I used for DGC Rarities. I took a bunch of photos of it with a 35mm camera and these old macro extension rings you use to shoot really close up. I’ve read in a bunch of places where they say it was Kurt’s duck. I’m not sure how those stories started but now ‘ya know!

The wind up boxer appears to be a 1980s Tomy Bumbling Boxing toy.

Per what I said the other day on r/indieheads...

This is such a banal observation, but I was thinking about The Sonics the other day (i.e. iconic garage rock group from Washington, kind of the forefathers to grunge in some degree), and on the cover of their debut album, the drummer is (almost defiantly) posing in a fuzzy cardigan. It came to mind again when I saw pictures of him up close.

Now, you can't always "Point A to point B" these things in a linear fashion and Kurt Cobain could've gotten his love of cardigans from a plethora of different things (the twee fashion of the K-records calvinists, maybe from his own childhood), but it did make me wonder if The Sonics played a roll in that. Even the texture of the sweater itself looks similar to the mohair ones Cobain seemed to have a penchant for.

It very well could just be a coincidence, though, albeit an amusing one.

The numbers on the right are mine.