Nirvan's attempts to channel the Sex Pistols prior to the recording of In Utero..

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~During several live performances in 1993 as well as during the shooting of “Sliver” Cobain would wear a sweater that Courtney Love bought off a fan that they called his “Johnny Rotten” sweater.

~While making the In Utero demos, Jack Endino wrote the name “S. Ritchie” on the session tape boxes at Nirvana’s request (being a reference to Sid Vicious whose real name was John Simon Ritchie)

~Nirvana booked themselves at the studio where they recorded In Utero (Pachyderm Studios outside of Cannon Falls, Minnesota) as “The Simon Ritchie Bluegrass Ensemble”.

Are there more???

acer, Monday, 22 February 2010 21:54 (fifteen years ago)

Kurt marrying a talentless famewhore who had a bit part in Sid n Nancy

Wrinkles, I'll see you on the other side (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 22 February 2010 21:55 (fifteen years ago)

wow that sweater story is eeeeerie

Brio, Monday, 22 February 2010 21:57 (fifteen years ago)

this is as eerie as the lincoln/kennedy similarities.

lincoln had a secretary named kennedy! kennedy had a secretary named lincoln!

Daniel, Esq., Monday, 22 February 2010 21:58 (fifteen years ago)

six letters in rotten
six letters in cobain

Brio, Monday, 22 February 2010 21:59 (fifteen years ago)

during love making sessions with courtney love, kurt cobain would refer to his penis as "the sex pistol"

anita bonghit (rionat), Monday, 22 February 2010 22:03 (fifteen years ago)

doesn't everyone do that, though?

tylerw, Monday, 22 February 2010 22:05 (fifteen years ago)

In his susicide note, Cobain quotes a Neil Young song. The same song that has the lyrics "This is the story of Johnny Rotten"...

acer, Monday, 22 February 2010 22:08 (fifteen years ago)

--Neil Young and Johnny Rotten are the same person

Mr. Que, Monday, 22 February 2010 22:09 (fifteen years ago)

In Utero = Routine

puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, 22 February 2010 22:11 (fifteen years ago)

Both are overhyped assholes who chose death over life. Both will live on because of poster shops at the mall and a tiny catalog of half decent tunes.

brotherlovesdub, Monday, 22 February 2010 22:26 (fifteen years ago)

http://www.jfk-online.com/100xwhy.jpg

"Who killed Kurt Cobain? Who benefited? Who had the power to cover it up?"

Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 22 February 2010 22:28 (fifteen years ago)

Kurt Cobain wore a vial of Sid Vicious' blood around his neck but it was actually Sid Vicious' kool-aid.

Captain Ahab, Monday, 22 February 2010 23:19 (fifteen years ago)

"postershops at the malls"???

Do these really exist?

acer, Monday, 22 February 2010 23:20 (fifteen years ago)

i'm wearing that sweater right now!

i know who the sockpuppet master of ilx is (velko), Monday, 22 February 2010 23:24 (fifteen years ago)

That sweater was obtained off Tim Wheeler of Ash.

Sorry, true story there.

Mark G, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 10:05 (fifteen years ago)

Other members of band went on to utter mediocrity?

Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 10:48 (fifteen years ago)

During the recording of In Utero Kurt would repeatedly tell this joke:

What did Sid Vicious call his STD?
The Sex Pustules!

pithfork (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 12:48 (fifteen years ago)

- Curious, first-time Nirvana listeners often get the feeling they've been cheated.

Chris L, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 13:32 (fifteen years ago)

http://www.allaboutaddiction.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/cooking-heroin.JPG

hellzapoppa (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 14:53 (fifteen years ago)

(but it's good to know this was all just about getting into character. he wasn't a junkie, he was a method actor.)

hellzapoppa (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 14:54 (fifteen years ago)

sid vicious wore a swastika
kurt cobain wore the k records logo

both the nazis and beat happening were bad

Brio, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 15:07 (fifteen years ago)

kurt didn't play bass, and neither did sid

hellzapoppa (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 16:06 (fifteen years ago)

both the nazis and beat happening were bad
Truth.

Both will live on because of poster shops at the mall and a tiny catalog of half decent tunes.
Not true at all.. why are you here..

That sweater was obtained off Tim Wheeler of Ash.
Did Ash exist in 1993?

billstevejim, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 16:50 (fifteen years ago)

No they didn't.

Tim did, though.

Mark G, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 17:31 (fifteen years ago)

(Actually, I just looked it up: They formed in 1992)

Mark G, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 17:32 (fifteen years ago)

That's probably correct.. I remember "Jack Names The Planets" was '94, so if it were a year or 2 earlier, that means Kurt got his sweater off a dude from the UK who was 15 or 16 at the time. It's an awesome story if that's actually true.

billstevejim, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 17:51 (fifteen years ago)

"Who killed Kurt Cobain? Who benefited? Who had the power to cover it up?"

http://i47.tinypic.com/654g36.jpg

PANZER DIVISION DEVO (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 17:54 (fifteen years ago)

Can we just switch this to an Ash thread?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYwffDG-T08

billstevejim, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 18:00 (fifteen years ago)

Whatever happened to that Ash/Coldplay/Dave Grohl slasher movie?

Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 18:30 (fifteen years ago)

Good question.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGJUcgz73oM

billstevejim, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 19:08 (fifteen years ago)

Foo fighters or Public Image Limited...who was more mediocre???

acer, Friday, 26 February 2010 21:39 (fifteen years ago)

That is no contest. Foo Fighters.

Hinklepicker, Saturday, 27 February 2010 05:18 (fifteen years ago)

i feel like alex in nyc

krazee thug nutz (latebloomer), Saturday, 27 February 2010 05:27 (fifteen years ago)

i feel like krazee thug nutz.

Hinklepicker, Saturday, 27 February 2010 06:31 (fifteen years ago)

i feel like chicken tonight

banaka, Saturday, 27 February 2010 07:02 (fifteen years ago)

that's a random commercial to quote!

Ballistic, Saturday, 27 February 2010 07:13 (fifteen years ago)

both the nazis and beat happening were bad

Fuckin' amen!

Alex in NYC, Saturday, 27 February 2010 18:51 (fifteen years ago)

and yet In Utero was middle of the road Nirvana...

Ballistic, Saturday, 27 February 2010 18:52 (fifteen years ago)

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/11_01/rotten1WENN_468x449.jpg

Alex in NYC, Saturday, 27 February 2010 19:01 (fifteen years ago)

four months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJrtkfRjSjQ

billstevejim, Tuesday, 29 June 2010 15:11 (fifteen years ago)

This is still an Ash thread.

billstevejim, Tuesday, 29 June 2010 15:12 (fifteen years ago)


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