I was a teen in the 90s and I loved the 60s back then, as well as what was happening at the time. I loved all the different eras and many subgenres of rock and I still do. Only, 2010-2021 has been miserable for rock.
@@JesseNothing33 Even the the decade before that rock was pretty scarce and no where near as big as the 90s and back. Nirvana was the last great Rock/punk band....the music died with him so they say.
Pat Smear fleshed out Nirvana’s live sound with additional guitar. Particularly later on when Kurt was not so healthy (mentally and physically). He was also in Foo Fighters.
I love how Krist gets progressively more drunk and random as the interview drags on. Funny guy. Dave sure started to pipe up more in later years, so quiet here. I like this interview, funny, entertaining, human. So much fanaticism these days towards Nirvana. Everyone forgets most bands are just a bunch of people who like to laugh and are surprised when anyone wants to take them so seriously. Too bad it went down the way it did. Didn't seem like it had to.
They were all fucked up, but they all had a sense of humor that was absolutely amazing both clean and sober and high and drunk. These guys were all genius musicians with a great sense of humor
Conny H Krist was already drunk, but alcohol sneaks it’s drunk feeling on one with time, so it’s possible it was starting to take more of an effect as time went on in the interview. I’ve experienced that myself during my teens when I would go on drinking binges.
@@AndrewLemmings Really? Me too(experienced drinking) , but I fall asleep when I don't continue 🤷♀️anyways, I deleted that comment bc we can't know if he was drinking during the interview,... cheers!
Smoking cigarettes and drinking beer on national television, goddamn I miss the 90's!! Nobody told you what to do, it was more like, live and let others live.
Lemont D'Ettinge you know... I have seen clips of this interview in the past but it may not have been aired. I do remember even in the clips they was drinking and smoking hahaha they couldn't hide that!
And he had a tattoo of his girlfriends name on his chest only for them to break up 4 years later... Remember kids, Never get your partners name tattooed on your body, Even if they're "The one" because the risk of them not being "the one" and having there name permanently marked on you forever (unless you get a coverup or laser it off but who wants to waste all that time and money) just ain't worth it.
The most beautiful part to me was near the end when Kris regrets the fact that Kurt won't go with him to Croatia and Kurt apologises out of fear. So human. But then Kris quickly cheers him up, when he senses his fear, saying "it's alright man, I'm the most prominent Croatian." haha.
Not surprised considering the horrors that were unfolding in Yugoslavia at the time. Mass ethnic cleansing, genocide, Croats, Bosnians, Serbs killing each other in horrifying ways.
This is one of my favorite interviews of them. Kurt Lourder did a great job. Finally an interviewer who actually cares about what they are saying and joking around with them. He got Kurt Cobain to open up and relax as he talks
@@MrGoodman174 I like Loder, but I don’t think, I don’t know, he seems slightly intellectually patronizing, though also genuinely impressed with Cobain.
Couldn’t disagree more. This is a terrible interview. They’re (mostly) merely tolerating the nail on chalkboard questions: (e.g.) Production smooths things out? The SubPop question? Mostly, it makes me appreciate that there are so many folks now who would do so much better with such an interview.
Thats Kurt Loder..Whom got a lil more into His late freind/&,Interveiwed Courtney sm time later.worth diggun up.Like to think K.L.really was a lil more Affected by it all.!But better him doing the job than sm others..Empty.T.V.! Francis Farmer.Was just on 'Bob Dylans ThemeTime Radio.hr.😊
Near the end of the interview they're talking about the JFK assassination. I bet Kurt never thought in a million years that in 4 months from this interview he'd become one of the most talked about conspiracy theories in history.
@@diogopinto9462 Dave was writing songs for Foo Fighters by this time (FF weren't together but he was writing music and getting ready to move on) and Kurt was talking about leaving Nirvana anyway. They all knew it was over. It's got me fucked why some people are pointing their fingers at Dave or even thinking he was involved 🤷🏻♀️
@@nelliesilvers1210 Dave wasn't writing songs for Foo Fighters. The songs on their first album were songs he was writing for Nirvana. They included his song Marigold as a b-side on Pennyroyal Tea, and they were going to record Alone + Easy Target and a couple other ones that ended up on the first Foo Fighters album.
i've watched this several times, and i still hear hilarious shit i didn't catch the last time. and the part when they're talking about 2009-2010...its just surreal to hear kurt talking about the semi recent future like that. they were so aware of the industry, and popular culture. Such a shame Kurt couldn't at least take a year off to collect himself, and keep going.
Adam Smith I feel like if he took a year off people would get mad and stop supporting them because Nirvana was always so quick and fast paced when working
@Twilight living true, but Kurt was always worried about what people thought of him, that's part of the reason he didn't take a break. He wanted to leave Nirvana, and was about to before his death but before that, it was a really hard thing for him to do
@@inferiordior Time off would of made their next album even more anticipated. But that’s not it, a year off wasn’t an answer. He’s misunderstood in a way people don’t understand. Taking a year off didn’t matter. Drug addicts ( i was like Kurt for years) say, do and write things they don’t actually mean but believe, Being high or in withdraw changes everything. He killed himself because he couldn’t see life clean, withdraw was overwhelming, and he realized everyone wasnt going to put up with him doing it anymore. It’s so obvious to me as an addict who’s clean. Kurt was forced to go into withdrawl which makes you go crazy, think crazy etc, then he decided to leave rehab and hide from everyone, was being chased down by friends and PI’s and he got high because that’s all that was really important to him (and every addict) shows EXACTLY what happened there’s no mystery. He didn’t see the light, didn’t see it as possible and figured if he had to WD and people weren’t going support or accept his addiction anymore, he gave up. He went and got high and decided it wasn’t possible in that state of mind. It had nothing to do with his fame or not enjoying it, that was an excuse, he might not of even realized it wasn’t true. I’m not bashing him I just hate how simple it is. When I read he left rehab and hid and got high and bought a shotgun, I realized this instantly. Most addicts are depression cases or whatever mental issues, and that contributes. But heroin is a different devil, if I was being forced into rehab, being chased by friends, PI’s etc and felt I didn’t even have time to think, I don’t know that I would of ultimately got clean myself, everyone who goes threw WD has these thoughts, maybe his depression made the difference, but it was ultimately the pressure of having to get clean or else was the major factor. Dude should of been given space, talked to as if he was in control instead of being chased and told what to do, and maybe he wouldn’t of became too overwhelmed. I can see this so clearly, he just didn’t have the space to think it all over, he was in a corner, out of his mind, overwhelmed, scared, being chased, we’re all major factors
numba1netsfan Oh, sorry about that, because i thought that you was agreeing this guy that i was replying to, and I'd have also made a mistake by his comment as well, too.
Sometimes when I am sad or I know I need to feel joy, I look for video clips where Kurt smiles. Something about seeing him light up, a brightest of lights beaming from the darkest of places. ❤
This Mtv was the shit, fucking massive rockstars just having a good time in interviews, drinking their beers, wine and smoking their cigarrettes, not wearing shoes and shit, just letting loose and speaking one on one with Kurt Loder.
Kurt Loder is the GOAT when it comes to interviewing talent. His questions, personality and conversation ability were always on point. You can tell Kurt is happy and comfortable in the interview which is a compliment as well.
20:00 everyone talks at once and Kurt Loder somehow manages to hear and respond to them all. Legendary. 34:00 I know that worry myself, and hearing Kurt say that really helps a lot. I wonder if that's a common occurrence in rock. That should be a standard question to be answered by bands in interview: "What do you think of the audiences you get?" or something like that. 37:05 Krist really knows how to get into Dave's head. I love this, they all just start harmonizing together, and I think I even heard Loder doing it too.
There is a video about the MTV videos whatever, where B_real, Micheal Jackson, Kurt, Bitch, and other members cheering tghter and moving to having some fun over the caravans.
@Shly Tmsh Oh fuck ! Somewhere on youtube....you know Nirvana have some thousands of video ! I cant say where exactly in this present minute ! I saw this video in 2016, maybe 2017 !...related to mtv award.
Not sure what you are all talking about here. If you search youtube for Nirvana/Kurt/Michael Jackson you get clips from this video and the MTV awards where a Michael Jackson impersonator collected an award for Nirvana on their behalf. That video is here. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HHgnhgNrS54.html So unless somebody has something else they can find, think you are getting confused and mixing something up with something else.
I haven't enjoyed 52 minutes and 7 seconds like this in a long time. Great artists,great guys,great persons. And Kurt Freeloader is a great interviewer.
+Golden Calavera then why call him Kurt Freeloader? Or is it just a pun you enjoy? I agree though, that especially for someone who seems like such a 'square' dude he seems to really "get it" as an interviewer
They really all seemed so happy here. It's really a nice interview by Kurt Loder because they weren't always the easiest band to handle with interviews.
Such a close-knit group of guys, sharing everything from stories to cigarettes! It may seem a small thing, but the way they helped each other tell their stories and light each other's cigarette, and literally share the same cigarette, really seemed to be a microcosm of their deep bonds with one another. Really cool to watch this in its entirety because they were so tight on stage; they were obviously just as close off stage. It's so interesting though if this was Dec 10, 1993, and Kurt was so optimistic and content with the current tour and yet just three months later he was hospitalized for allegedly accidentally overdosing on pain killers which preceded him having the flu and suffering from fatigue. And, then of course a month after that he died. I don't want to entertain any conspiracy theories but things took a turn for the worst so quickly. Also, side note: When did Pat Smear start playing with them?!?!
They weren’t close here. There was a ton of infighting pretty much right after Nevermind hit. Dave was a hire and always felt like an outsider, at one point a few months before this interview he quit, Kurt didn’t like him for a lot of reasons, Krist and Kurt had grown apart because of a lot of financial issues and Kurt’s drug problem etc. - Pat was the only one that got along with everyone. Kurt hired him at Courtney’s suggestion the week of the SNL In Utero show. The underlying problem of pretty much everything as I understand it, was Kurt’s heroin addiction. It brought out the worst parts of him and destabilized every aspect of the band. They all have too much class to talk about it, but towards the end he had become impossible to deal with. His suicide was an act of monumental selfishness.
+ernie e Watching enough footage of him, especially in sequence (check out "Montage Of Heck"), you realize he had some of those classic 'bipolar' tendencies (whether he was actually polar or not)--meaning he had that swing between seeming totally fine and relaxed and then in a rage or crushingly depressed, like a pendulum going back and forth
@@mywhychromosome not hard to figure out when he was relaxed and in a fine mood he probably just finished shooting up and when he was depressed and not happy he probably was dope sick and either couldnt find dope or was waiting for it. Thats pretty much exactly how it is when your a junkie.
@@jeffreyval9665 Unfortunately, I know exactly what you are talking about, lol. My life has taken some detours down that very dark and twisted forest. As for Kurt, that definitely played into it [The producer of their "MTV Unplugged" described how the first half of the rehearsal, he was agitated, moody, seemed a bit ill. Then a 'band friend' showed up with a package, they took a break, and Kurt returned with a bit of swing in his step, lol. BUT, that said, by most accounts he was the kind of person who was just prone to things like mood swings, emotional fragility, and unpredictability in general; even from childhood. There's also the side note that he was either the third or 4th male in the family prone to severe depression, and all of whom committed suicide by gunshot...kind of spooky, you know?
@@mywhychromosome Its a horrible way of life especially when you have to hustle all day every day just to feel normal. I saw that thing about unplugged and equating that to my own addiction to heroin I wonder if he would of even performed if he wasnt able to get anything? By the time the performance would of started he would of been really sick and performing would of been the last thing on his mind. Thank god someone got him something and we were able to enjoy an amazing performance from one of the most talented musicians of all time.
I can't believe this was over 30 years ago. To anyone under the age of 20 watching this, please hold value in every moment of your youth because it's gone in a flash!
"you really don't know everything when you're in your early twenties." YES. I'm 28 going on 29 and I thought I knew everything when I was 21. I didn't know shit.
At 42:01 I like the way Kurt is making fun of Krist for being so strict about the van and keeping the air conditioner off, even in July, so that they wouldn't waste gas and he gives Krist a sweet glance like "We're just messing with you, buddy"
The Jack Nicholson movie Krist was trying to remember the name of (about 32 min in) is FIVE EASY PIECES, directed by Bob Rafelson for BBS in 1971. Great film and apparently pretty well forgotten by the 90s.
Even tipsy Kirst managed to be witty and optimistic. What a gent. Also something of note, the moment here 48:45 - Kurt expressing a particular fear and unwillingness to endanger himself recklessly.
So glad I was around in those yrs ¬ just for the amazing music but fr the freedom we had.(who else could wear those blue sunglasses with brassy bleached hair &a paisley printed top with a striped tee underneath &look so good? ) I love the 90's.
Well, 2 of the most genuine people that ever existed. I would NOT put Dave Grohl in that camp. Dude became a complete corporate stooge for Big Pharma and a cheesy stadium shlock rocker. Sell out. Grohl became everything that the other two Novoselic and Cobain were not.
Everyone talking about how good the interview is without acknowledging Kurt Loder doing a great job. He kept his composure and didn't get all fan girl nervous talking to the biggest band in the world. I think that's what helps the guys stay more grounded and humble in this one
What a treat to watch. This is such a great, chill interview. Side note: That’s the same shoes Kurt had on when he died. I don’t why but it just seems a little eerie to me, noticing that.
I saw a lot of videos of him Like interviews, concerts.. I think i spend months watching random kurt cobain and nirvana related video. Yeah i am a huge fan and he just amazes me. But yeah he wore that type of shoe a lot... Those shoes are timeless
I like this interview. The interviewer seems really chill, talking to then like he would a friend. He’s cracking jokes and contributing to the bands chemistry. The band seems low energy and happy
Kurt Loder did a fanatic job interviewing them. Seen a lot of people interview Nirvana and none of them were as cool and relaxed as Kurt Loder was. By him totally engaging in what the band was saying it made Kurt Cobain relax, have fun, and open up more.
+Kurdt Banein Darby Crash was the lead singer of the Germs, the band Pat was in and most well known from before Nirvana. Darby had a serious heroin addiction and eventually committed suicide by intentionally overdosing on it in 1980.
I think that Kurt seemed like he was high. He kept his glasses on and kept looking up with a little mellow grin on his face. He is incredibly beautiful in this interview. In fact, the last 6 months of his life Kurt looked fantastic, and his singing voice was perfection. The MTV Unplugged performance was his best ever, in my opinion. I remember watching it at the time it was first aired and I was thinking that his voice sounded phenomenal. I am happy to hear Kurt Loder complimenting him on it because I have read that he was insecure about singing with the acoustics instead of the loud electric instruments. Watch Kurt as they joke about killing themselves on stage. That is creepy as hell. The MTV Unplugged performance was like a funeral service . after Kurt died it was like Kurt was saying goodbye and eulogizing himself. I loved Kurt back then and I still love him today. He was brilliant and so sensitive, unlike the majority of men who I know. Kurt will live on forever in my heart. He was a god.
+The Excavator I completely agree with you. He checked out before he even got to the best part of life. He was definitely coming into his prime. I'd have lived to see him at about age 35. That is the perfect age, when you're still young enough to look good and feel good, but you have gained some real experiences in life, and you are maturing and learning the truth about what really matters in life and who you are and what that means to yourself and to others. Damn tragedy that Kurt left us at such a young age. It makes me sick every time I think about it.
That's exactly how I feel, 27 damn he had so much in store for him, I had just barely understood life at that age. But I myself refuse to believe he killed himself, not trying to stir up controversy, but my belief was he was killed, by who I don't know but I think Courtney had something to do with it. I just do not imagine him giving up like that.
+Dave Obsessed - remember he was on heroin when he killed himself, he wasn't in his right mind and had been in a disturbed state since the Rome incident which may or may not have been a suicide attempt. But I firmly believe drugs were the reason he died.
Pat Smear says that Kurt has the same problem as Darby Crash. Kurt Loder says "I hope that's not true" and immediately brings up William S. Burroughs lol.
Pat just meant that they both had crazy controlling bleach blonde women. I doubt Pat even saw drug use as a problem. When Loder said I hope that's not true Pat's face drops because it was obvious from Loder's comment that he misunderstood which problem he meant. But then Loder figures it out and immediately brings up William S. Burroughs -who killed his wife- Kurt cracks his neck as if to say "Oh jeez, he's suggesting I murder Courtney" what an interesting interaction
Cool to hear him talk about the Jag-Stang at the end,never heard him mention it before. My brother has one, killer sounding guitar, instant Nirvana sound from it
I can’t stand all the comments talking about kurts death and drug addiction and not him here, in the moment. Stop focusing on his sadness or conspiracies of his death and focus on how funny he was and his words, his knowledge. Not his death and addiction, that’s not a way to remember someone you “idolise”
His pain and addiction was a part of him. If he would not have the constant stomach pain, then most likely he would not start to do drugs. He would write different lyrics. The media might never pick him up and he would die in old age as a noname nobody. Without the pain we would have a completly different Kurt so it is not possible to talk about him without bringing the drugs and the other self destructive stupid things he did.
Thank you. Finally someone says something. Addiction is a disease of the brain and you’re being high jacked. But you can’t focus of a person and constantly talking as if They were always addicted and high, you gotta just enjoy them in the moment. Kurt was much more than That. Nobodies title is their bad habits and weaknesses, but rather their strengths and talents.
@@AndrewLemmings Kurt's lyrics came from his pain. *The way his parents neglected him* _The never ending stomach pain that destroyed his life. (He started doing drugs, because of this. At least he said this in an interview.)_ *The hopelessness of the era* _The way Love used and manipulated him_ _You know you're right_ *etc* You cannot talk about someone without threating them as a whole person. If you disect him and you only look at his "positives", then you will get a fake person and not the real deal.
Robert H his pain yes, but also hey was promoting feminism in most songs, and some songs were about masturbation. But he also was a true musician. He was a very rare type. I know where he came from because I come from the same background. It’s a dark place. I’m so sad he never could find recovery and find what he was looking for in life. He was offered recovery but he was not ready. No good music from a happy place, that’s rare. Most all music comes from a dark place. Kurt was very talented and was a pop icon without being a pop musician and Nirvana being a pop band. They were pop in the sense of their melodic, quiet loud quiet, verse chorus verse, pop oriented formula of creating new songs through music coming first as all bands do, even my band being a melodic metalcore band does that, and lyrics come secondary. Kurt was a genius. RIP
Kurt was very fond of Pat. So much so I remember from an article or book saying he loved him and invited him to join Nirvana without talking with the others although its been said that Courtney introduced them so I don't know which is true. He closed himself off from Dave and Krist and was closer to Pat than about anybody towards the end.
Fun interview, fun interview. I love Kurt Loder. He seems like a pretty cool guy to just talk to, like he so amply demonstrated here. I really love that guy; AND I love you too, Kurt. :D
Thanks for the upload. Sad, the thought of these recent case photos that was revealed, and the detective said "why should we release them all, given the fact kurt is laying there with his hair blown back" may God have mercy on Kurt's soul...
I enjoyed watching/ listening to this. It was refreshing to see the guys in a very low-key and casual interaction. That said, what is this? It’s like they’re all waiting for something. Perhaps Kurt Loder’s interview style is of the relaxing low pressure variety.
He was!!! Not to bring the mood down, but I wonder had he any ideation at this point or was it impulsive in april 😞 so surreal that it was 4 months after this he was gone
I love revisiting this every year or so. Krist is so drunk and everyone is so buzzed and relaxed and having a good time. Miss these days but so sad too knowing this was the end.
