No one, least of all Nirvana themselves, could have predicted Nevermind’s success, but with hindsight, their early catalogue is sprinkled with suggestions that they were not the same as their grunge peers, among them the B-side Been a Son: a study of teenage alienation and gender that dispenses with the heaviness of Bleach in favour of a simple, relentless, unforgettable melody. Its lyrics offered the stark image of a homeless person dying, unnoticed, under a tarpaulin by a river, the music was hushed and haunting, Cobain’s voice barely rising above a murmur. The title of Nevermind’s most poignant track turned the Beatles’ most ardent love song into a reference to an obstruction. But they had a goofy sense of humour, at least at first: School’s power comes from the ridiculous level of import the music’s heaviness lends a lyric about getting a job as a janitor at your former alma mater, and envying the students’ break time. Given what happened to Cobain, there is an understandable tendency to look for angst throughout Nirvana’s catalogue. Nirvana while on tour in Germany in 1991 (left to right): Dave Grohl, Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic. The song itself is stark and acoustic: it rams its subject matter in the listener’s face, rather than coating it in distortion and rock dynamics. No song came to represent the gulf between Nirvana and some sections of their newfound audience quite as starkly as Polly, a horrifying depiction of a rape that ended up cited in an actual rape case: its perpetrators sang it to their victim. He had clearly never heard the scourging din of Scentless Apprentice, on which Cobain’s agonised screaming of the seemingly innocuous phrase offers a deeply disturbing insight into the singer’s post-fame state of mind. The comedian Billy Connolly once opined that the words “go away” could never have the same impact as the words “fuck off”. A posthumous remix included on the deluxe version of In Utero reveals its melancholy potency. Sappy (1990-93)ĭepending on your perspective, a song about Kurt Cobain’s pet turtle or an abusive relationship, Sappy was an outtake that deserved better, something Nirvana knew, playing it live for years and recording it over and over before defeatedly slipping it out as a hidden track on a charity compilation. It sounds both horrified and resigned: a man who, by all accounts, had been very ambitious cautioning to be careful what you wish for. It says something about Nirvana’s skill that swathes of In Utero deal with the usually dispiriting topic of a band complaining about their treatment by the press without slipping into sanctimonious Mr Writer-ish finger wagging. Some junk I remember seeing live.Watch the video for Lithium 17.Top 120 Favourite Live Acts of All Time.Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2002 (Performer). Tommy died 10 years later, on July 11th, 2014, making him the last original member of the Ramones to die.
Johnny Ramone died in his sleep in Los Angeles on September 15th, 2004. The following year, Dee Dee died in Los Angeles on June 5th, 2002. In 2001, Joey Ramone passed away, a victim of Lymphoma. In 1989, Dee Dee left and was replaced by C.J. In 1987, he then left the band and was briefly replaced by Elvis Ramone ( Clem Burke) for two performances (August 28 & 29, 1987) before Marky returned in September, 1987.
He was fired in 1983 and was then replaced by Richie Ramone (Richard Beau). Hailing from Forest Hills - a neighborhood of Queens, New York City (USA) - the original line-up consisted of singer Joey Ramone (Jeffrey Hyman, born May 19th, 1951, died April 15th, 2001), guitarist Johnny Ramone (John Cummings, born October 8th, 1948, died September 15th, 2004), bassist Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Colvin, born September 18th, 1952, died June 5th, 2002) and drummer Tommy Ramone (Tom Erdelyi, born January 29, 1952, died July 11th, 2014).Īfter Tommy left the band in early 1978 he was replaced by Marky Ramone (Marc Bell). American punk rock band formed in 1974 and disbanded in 1996.
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