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"About a Girl" was written in 1988, reportedly after Cobain spent an afternoon repeatedly listening to Meet the Beatles!, the 1964 second American release by the Beatles. [4] The earliest known recording is a solo electric home demo that was posthumously released on the band's rarities box set, With the Lights Out , in November 2004.
An acoustic version of "Polly", featuring Pat Smear on second guitar and Lori Goldston on cello, was performed during Nirvana's MTV Unplugged appearance at Sony Music Studios in New York City on November 18, 1993. The last live performance of "Polly" was at Nirvana's final concert, at Terminal 1 in Munich, Germany, on March 1, 1994.
Nirvana was an American grunge band formed by singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987, with drummer Dave Grohl joining the band in 1990. The band recorded three studio albums ; Bleach , Nevermind and In Utero , with other songs available on live albums , compilations , extended plays (EPs ...
There should atleast be some metnion about it. Can't you just imagine Cobain walking in to the studio, talking about the song, being asked what his new song was, and him smiling and saying, "Well, its about a....girl."? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cwray27 (talk • contribs) 02:13, 4 June 2009 (UTC) Cites or it didn't happen.
Nirvana wanted to do something different from a typical MTV Unplugged performance; according to drummer Dave Grohl, "We'd seen the other Unpluggeds and didn't like many of them, because most bands would treat them like rock shows—play their hits like it was Madison Square Garden, except with acoustic guitars." [4]
In Utero is the third and final studio album by the American rock band Nirvana, released on September 21, 1993, by DGC Records.After breaking into the mainstream with their previous album, Nevermind (1991), Nirvana hired Steve Albini to record In Utero, seeking a more complex, abrasive sound that was reminiscent of their work prior to Nevermind.
[4] "On a Plain" was debuted live on May 29, 1991, at Jabberjaw in Los Angeles, California, the show at which Nirvana also debuted the future Nevermind single, "Come As You Are", before "an astonished audience," according to author Charles R. Cross. [5] The show was Nirvana's first since completing work on Nevermind.
It also appeared on the Nirvana box set With the Lights Out in November 2004, and the 20th anniversary "Deluxe" and "Super Deluxe" editions of Nevermind, released in September 2011. A live version, recorded at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle, Washington on October 31, 1991, was released on DVD and Blu-Ray on Live at the Paramount in September ...