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[2] Nirvana biographer Michael Azerrad described its lyrics as "an update on Marx's description of religion as the 'opiate of the masses.'" [3] "Lithium" was released as the third single from Nevermind in July 1992, peaking at number 64 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 11 on the UK Singles Chart.
One song, "Lithium", as well as other footage, is from the band's headline performance at the Reading Festival in Reading, England on August 30, 1992, which, according to Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, had an attendance of 50,000 people and that hearing the audience chant the lyrics to "Lithium" was one of their biggest moments. [4]
Nevermind is the second studio album by the American rock band Nirvana, released on September 24, 1991, by DGC Records.It was Nirvana's first release on a major label and the first to feature drummer Dave Grohl.
"All Apologies" is a song by American rock band Nirvana, written by vocalist and guitarist Kurt Cobain. It appears as the final track on the band's third and final studio album, In Utero, released by DGC Records in September 1993.
Footage from this performance of the song, including Cobain jumping into the drum set at the end, later appeared in the music video for "Lithium" in 1992. The studio version recorded for the BBC in London on September 3, 1991 appeared on the Nirvana box set With the Lights Out, in November 2004.
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.
Nirvana regularly covered the song during live sets after their MTV Unplugged performance up until Cobain's death in 1994. Following Cobain's death, O'Leary states that the group's performance of "The Man Who Sold the World" became Cobain's "ghost song". [60] In 2002, the song was re-released on Nirvana's self-titled "best of" compilation. [67]
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