What an incredible story!

If you haven't read Heavier Than Heaven, you might want to look at it, because it devotes a few grafs to Cobain listening to The Knack album and it serves as a kind of rosetta stone into how Cobain experiences music. First, he is an enthusiast for the _whole_ album, not just "Sharona". Secondly, it is not a nostalgia trip for him, either: he gets into the record in the mid to late eighties. He plays it for a friend, full of unashamed excitement for the record, and they're taken aback because they're already familiar with the band and the "Sharona" song, so they assume Cobain and everyone else their age is as well - and, equally important, this is not the kind of album that punk rockers should be getting excited about. The whole episode hints at Cobain's idiosyncratic path through music and why his songs ended up being both melodic and so eccentric in their texture.

Texas hardcore scene in the 80s was super polítical .Big Boys,Dicks,MDC,DRI , OFFENDERS etc... MDC Changed the name to multi Dead Corporations due to put a record on crass records .Crass they where too peace hippies to aford Dead cops and some band members get so disapointed

Misión dolores cia,misguided devote christians, misile destroyed civilizations,Millions of Dead children,MD cowboys,MD congressmen,Mint Double chocolates, Mandatory daily cafeine ,More Dead cops and a few more that i cant remember

Thank you so much for sharing this!

what a great surprise to find this podcast! the editing is so good-the song inserts make it very immersive!

I wish people highlighted the non-Rock influences of Kurt.

She's a psychopath

I have had so many feelings about the two and your podcast named one of them. It’s a shame they’re out of business together together they are a crew.

16:31 Petra Praise! I had that CD...

Seeing him tomorrow night in SF!

Rahill Jamalifard is an amazing musician. Habibi is a phenomenally great band. They music to live by.

Santa Cruz is astonishing. David at the very top of his game still.

A truly inspirational artist.

5:36 is a song from "Chronic Town" that Kurt also listed in his Journals. I was always quite surprised he picked "Green" in his list and not another one, but I never took Kurt's list as "definitive". He wrote more than one, it varied.

subtitulen al español el podcast en ingles!! porfa, saludos

The Wipers are amazing. Listen to the song "Over the Edge" if you want an introduction.

Dude! WTF is this,???? PC principal, allies? vomit 🤢🤮 you shouldn't even be allowed to talk about Nirvana! Woke fake

Did he mention the TVPs? (Why would the ambulances have their sirens on when the roads were all so quiet?! Sounds like noise pollution.)

Anyone Got a link to the KZfaq video they talk about where Burton teaches the solo to My Sharona (Covid Parody Version)?

My Sharona has one of the GREATEST GUITAR SOLOS EVER! The Vinyl copy we had had a visible look change where the Solo on My Sharona started from trying to learn it. Entire album is PURE GOLD! ZOOM and Serious Fun were great 90's era Knack albums.

Awesome..

Great interview. i hope more people discover his music.

Just bought "get the knack" on vinyl used at a bookstore for $1 because of the "heavier than heaven" book. It turned out to be surprisingly good like Kurt said!

Hiro heavily inspires me as an Asian American his bass playing was so heavy and he makes me feel less afraid to be Asian in those certain areas in our country especially playing punk and hardcore but Hiro did just that so he inspired me greatly 🇯🇵🇰🇷

I was just obsessively reading Azerrad's "Our Band Could Be Your Life" earlier today! He has such a great way of describing how these artists are as people!

Yeah he definitely did it all by himself. God bless you Michael.😵‍💫

Salute to you and DJ Hollywood. He's the best to ever do it from the streets of Harlem to the world. He tells the truth today and always. He's the best to ever do this. 😊

Vamos con esto, conozco toda la lista de discos

Bastante bueno el programa!

I'm late here. But this was a great interview. Really good stuff yall.

Dorilike

First... and I remember when the whole 'Grunge' scene exploded. It was new, fresh, there were no more haircut bands allowed and I barely listened to any of it. However, I understood why it was so popular. The change in the dynamic of rock music was that quick. One night the sun went down in Los Angeles the next day it came up over the cascades and shined down on Seatown.

How is there no comments here? This is amazing stuff amazing!

Wow there's nerds and dorks and wastes of momys cysts

Cobain will rise from the dead on the third day of Gabi a cacoo coo blah blah

When’s their performance going to be posted?

First or(not) last, means you better comment fast. Except this sites so white your comment could post overnight, still assured of 1st rights.

Awesome! It is cool to hear Hiro's history, his time with with Soundgarden, and what he is up to now. More of this type stuff would be great!

Cant wait for the Daniel Johnston episode

Bjork, Alanis Morissette, Pj harvey uffff Mon q buen gusto ❤

Go anarchy !! Go !! Its ya birthday !!

One of my all time favorites

Okay looks like I'll be the first to say it Def jam wouldn't probably be Def jam without LL Cool j Russell Simmons was not too power on his music but look what LL Cool j became to be will probably never see rap like this again this was at its peak core

None as good as Kieth Morris!

This series is sooo good

I used to have my war on vinyl, it was alright.

i saw black flag on this tour as well as the melvins very early. undeniably amazing . i also saw nirvana as an opening act in a small club and i agree with steve albili, they were unremarkable.

Really good point about Cobain. He almost sounded like Rollins in that clip

This was great