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"Come as You Are" is a song by American rock band Nirvana, written by frontman and guitarist Kurt Cobain. It is the third track and the second single from the band's second studio album Nevermind , the single released in March 1992.
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 ...
"Scentless Apprentice" was written during a band rehearsal in 1992. Unlike most Nirvana songs, the guitar riff was written by Grohl, rather than Cobain. "It was such a cliché grunge Tad riff that I was reluctant to even jam on it," Cobain told Michael Azerrad, in the 1993 Nirvana biography, Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana. [3] "But I ...
According to the 1993 Nirvana biography Come As You Are by Michael Azerrad, the sound of Cobain smashing the guitar can be heard around 19:32 on the track. [4] A photograph of the destroyed guitar, a black Japanese Fender Stratocaster [7] [8] and not a Mosrite as claimed by Vig, [9] appears in Come As You Are. [4]
In his 1993 biography Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana, Azerrad described the song's title as "an update on Marx's description of religion as the 'opiate of the masses.'" [3] Gillian G. Gaar described it as "a song whose sing-along melody typically masks the disturbing quality of the lyric, which touches on the solace one can find in ...
[3] Throughout the number, Cobain loudly snarls parodic lyrics insisting listeners to, "Come on over, and do the twist." [2] His lyrics for the song make fun of pop conventions and drug-use rituals ("shoot the shit"), ("beat me out of me"). [10] During the chorus, Cobain delivers a rousing round of catchy chants.
A video recording of a 1988 band rehearsal performance was included on the 2004 With the Lights Out boxed set's DVD. The 2005 Nirvana rarities album Sliver: The Best of the Box [10] included the original "Spank Thru" recording; this is the first and only official release of any recording from Illiteracy Will Prevail.
Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana, a book by Michael Azerrad Come as You Are (sex shop) , a Toronto-based co-operative sex shop Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Change Your Sex Life , a book by Emily Nagoski