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MTV Unplugged began airing on MTV in 1989, with artists performing their hits on acoustic instruments in intimate settings. [2] Nirvana had been in negotiations to appear for some time; Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain finally accepted while touring with the Meat Puppets. [3]
Winger and Slaughter – National Video Center, NYC, March 5; Sting – National Video Center, NYC, March 5; R.E.M. – Chelsea Studios, NYC, April 10 (See also Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions) Yo! Unplugged Rap: LL Cool J, MC Lyte, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest and Pop's Cool Love – Chelsea Studios, NYC, April 10
On August 15, 1991, Nirvana played a concert at the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, California to showcase the band to the new record company. At the end of the concert fans were invited to appear as extras in the music video that they were filming on the following weekend for the album's first single, " Smells Like Teen Spirit ".
Sure enough, when the album recording of Nirvana’s flower-strewn MTV Unplugged in New York was released in November 1994, 30 years ago this week, Cobain seemed to be singing his own elegy. Seven ...
The MTV show titled Unplugged, drawing on this phenomenon, was created by producers Robert Small and Jim Burns. [1] Songwriter Jules Shear hosted the first 13 episodes. [4] The pilot and first seven episodes were produced by Bruce Leddy, after which Associate Producer Alex Coletti took over for the remainder of the series, producing the show through 2001. [5]
Lori Goldston (born 1963 or 1964) [1] is an American cellist and composer. Accomplished in a wide variety of styles, including classical, world music, rock and free improvisation, she came to prominence as the touring cellist for Nirvana from 1993–1994 and appears on their live album MTV Unplugged in New York.
Live at Reading is a live CD/DVD by American rock band Nirvana, released on November 2, 2009.It features the band's headlining performance at the Reading Festival in Reading, England, on August 30, 1992.
Compiled largely by bassist Krist Novoselic, it was released two years after the multi-platinum-selling live album, MTV Unplugged in New York, which was the first Nirvana album to be released after the suicide of the band's songwriter, singer and guitarist, Kurt Cobain, in April 1994.