Who will play with former Nirvana members at Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame? (Update: Joan Jett!)

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  1. jack static

    jack static Forum Resident

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    Sounds like several women will be taking Kurt's place tonight...
     
  2. PaulKTF

    PaulKTF Senior Member Thread Starter

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    I think Kurt would have loved the idea of a woman taking his place in the band in this context.

    I think Joan will do a great job. I wonder who else will be there? Hmm...
     
  3. ...and Joan Jett is inspired if you play the degrees of separation game, which in this case is more of a circle: Joan Jett is singing with the remaining members of Nirvana, the live second guitarist for whom is Pat Smear, who was a member of the Germs, whose debut album was produced by...Joan Jett!

    And some of you will note the appropriateness of a circle for the Germs, but that's a whole nother thing...
     
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  4. wavethatflag

    wavethatflag God is love, but get it in writing.

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    As to degrees of separation, note how uncomfortably close the proceedings will be to unmitigated Hair Metal given Jett's past and famous affiliation with Lita Ford. Eww! Kurt would not like that. Nope, no sir, not at all.

    And for a bit more tenuous connection, consider that Grohl drummed for Queens Of The Stone Age, who are a Stoner Rock band, and who are no doubt inspired by the father of Stoner Rock, i.e., Black Sabbath (See "Sweet Leaf", and no, the song is not about the iced tea brand), whose front man Ozzy performed with Lita Ford and was looking mightily Hair Metal-ly at that time.

    Hell, Jett and Nirvana should just combine with KISS and then they can get Macca to lead them in the Rockestra Theme. It's starting to look like all the same **** to me, anyway.
     
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  5. amoergosum

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  6. reverendjim

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    They are playing a bar in Greenpoint (Brooklyn) at this very moment. Joan Jett is with them, so is J Mascis.
     
  7. amoergosum

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    Here's a picture >>>
    http://instagram.com/p/mo6xm1GGnU/#
     
  8. Drifter

    Drifter AAD survivor

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    Wow, Pete Townshend & Roger Daltrey on stage with former Nirvana members? Cool! Oh, wait...never mind...
     
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  12. Evan L

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    Whovana?

    Evan
     
  13. amoergosum

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  14. wolfram

    wolfram Slave to the rhythm

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    Wow, St. Vincent!
     
  15. DrAftershave

    DrAftershave A Wizard, A True Star

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    This was TOO good.
     
  16. amoergosum

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  17. bleachershane

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    I'm jealous before belief at every single person present at that show... Please may some videos turn up on YouTube!

    Even better... TOUR!
     
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  18. mindblanking

    mindblanking The Bourbon King

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    I think the Jett choice is perfect. The chick can flat out rock and "Smells Like Teen Spirit" flat out ROCKS. Good call.
     
  19. amoergosum

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  20. blind_melon1

    blind_melon1 An erotic adventurer of the most deranged kind....

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    Secret Show Setlist (4/10/2014)

    Smells Like Teen Spirit (with Joan Jett)
    Breed (with Joan Jett)
    In Bloom (with Joan Jett)
    Territorial Pissings (with Joan Jett)
    Drain You (with J. Mascis)
    Penny Royal Tea (with J. Mascis)
    School (with J. Mascis)
    Lithium (with Annie Clark)
    About A Girl (with Annie Clark)
    Heart Shaped Box (with Annie Clark)
    Serve the Servantsm (with John Mccaluey)
    Scentless Apprentice (with John Mccaluey)
    Tourette's (with John Mccaluey)
    Aneurysm (with Kim Gordon)
    Negative Creep (with Kim Gordon)
    Moist ****** (with Kim Gordon)

    I eagerly await the recording of the tracks with J Mascis!
    Pennyroyal Tea would suit him perfectly (I'm hearing it in my head now) :)
     
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  21. amoergosum

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  22. amoergosum

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    "
    I Saw Nirvana Play to Two Hundred People. In 2014.

    Nirvana with Joan Jett - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"


    First of all, I'm pretty hammered, which is only semi-acceptable in the real world. But that's not where I came from. The place that I just left was total fantasy, where an all-star cast of musicians gathered around to help eulogize and celebrate a great band that disappeared a little too soon. With booze. And lots of it. Oh yeah, they played a **** ton of songs too. And it has been a long, long, long time.


    Directly after their induction into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY, Dave Grohl, Pat Smear, and Krist Novoselic trucked it on over to Saint Vitus, a 230 cap room in Brooklyn to play an intimate, invite only show of all Nirvana songs at the venue. I heard about the set at around 9PM that night, and confirmed with several sources before leaving the Godflesh show I was attending (yes, one legendary band for another) to head over. I was lucky and made it in. Most did not.


    After setting up tons upon tons of gear, more than I have ever seen in the popular Brooklyn venue, Grohl, Smear, and Novoselic took the stage with Joan Jett and kicked it off the right way with "Smells like Teen Spirit." The room full of jaded invite-only attendees went ****ing ape****, understandably. Jett gave tribute to the fallen Kurt Cobain on stage, as did all of the guest stars throughout the night: Mascis (Dinosaur Jr), Annie Clark (St. Vincent), John Mccauley (Deer Tick), and Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth). The 15+ song set spanned the entirety of Nirvana's career, with breaks to swap out vocalists/guitarists and for quick, whispered lessons on how the songs went. Maccauley and Grohl seemed the most prepared, but to be fair maybe the pint glass of Makers Mark was Novoselic's handicap.

    Nirvana with Annie Clark - "Heart Shaped Box"


    "That's the middle part of completely different song," Dave Grohl quipped to Novoselic, smiling before breaking into another track.


    Everyone was seemingly zonked out of their minds at the venue, including a teetering Annie Clark and a giggly crowd pogoing along to the Seattle band's classic output. I joined, and tried my best not to slam into Mascis, Carrie Brownstein, Butch Vig, Jack Endino and countless others as I maneuvered around the venue. I did OK, but was too knee deep in whiskey to really take score.


    Hands down the best moments go to mega-ripper J Mascis, who tore through "School" and "Penny Royal Tea," solos and all. What a ****ing guitar god. Kim's vocal only performance of "Aneurysm" was similiarly badass and inspired.


    In all, an insane evening that I never thought I would ever see in my lifetime; the members of Nirvana reforming to play their old favorites. It was all a big, whiskey-soaked dream. **** this cool doesn't happen in real life, does it? "


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    http://m.noisey.vice.com/blog/nirvana-saint-vitus-april-10-2014-review
     
  23. Sounds like an amazing night..Kurt's songwriting legacy brought to life!
     
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  24. PaulKTF

    PaulKTF Senior Member Thread Starter

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    That setlist is outstanding! Hope it was professionally recorded and that we'll see some kind of release (audio or video).
     
  25. PaulKTF

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    I just realized that Lorde was born two years after Kurt died.

    For some reason that makes me feel very, very old.
     
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