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"Polly" is a song by the American rock band Nirvana, written by vocalist and guitarist Kurt Cobain. It is the sixth song on their second album Nevermind , released by DGC Records in September 1991. The song was written about the abduction, rape, and torture of a 14-year-old girl returning home from a punk rock concert in Tacoma, Washington in 1987.
The 1987 kidnapping of the 14-year-old victim was the inspiration for the Nirvana song "Polly", released in 1991. Songwriter Kurt Cobain had read about the incident in a newspaper. [ 5 ] [ 6 ]
Keith Cameron welcomed the compilation's emphasis on the "positive...versions of 'Polly' and 'Breed' from the Lamefest gig at London's Astoria in December 1989, [the night] Nirvana opened for Mudhoney and Tad at a two-thirds empty theatre, [and] served notice that they were the band destined to redirect the gaze of the pop world onto a town ...
"(New Wave) Polly" is a hard rock version of the Nevermind album track "Polly". The version on Incesticide was recorded in 1991 during a BBC Radio 1 live studio session. " Aneurysm " was a song originally released as a b-side to the " Smells Like Teen Spirit " single, the version on Incesticide was recorded two months later during a BBC Radio 1 ...
When Polly Harvey returned from the Dorset wilds in 2011 dressed to curse the entire village for a hundred winters hence, it marked another intriguing evolution in a wonderfully chameleonic career.
Chad Channing (born January 31, 1967) is an American musician who is best known as the drummer of the rock band Nirvana from 1988 to 1990, during which time they recorded and released their debut album Bleach; he also appears on "Polly" in the follow-up album Nevermind. He currently sings and plays bass in the band Before Cars.
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]
Described by the band as an homage to the Nirvana song "Polly", "Undertow" received favorable acclaim and placed in the United Kingdom's Independent Singles and Independent Breakers charts upon its release. A limited edition double A-side single was released as part of the Record Store Day 2012.