Nirvana wanted to do something different from a typical MTV Unplugged performance; according to drummer Dave Grohl, "We'd seen the other Unpluggeds and didn't like many of them, because most bands would treat them like rock shows—play their hits like it was Madison Square Garden, except with acoustic guitars."

2013年11月22日 · On Nov. 18, 1993, Nirvana took a trip to New York City and taped their iconic 'Unplugged' set for MTV. The special aired less than a month later on Dec. 14, adding yet another immortal moment...

On November 18, 1993, at Sony Music Studios in New York City, Nirvana took on MTV Unplugged. That night, the biggest group of the decade staged one of the most hypnotically intimate rock...

2024年11月18日 · Resisting network pressure to simply play the hits, Kurt Cobain, Pat Smear, Krist Novoselic, and Dave Grohl pulled together a remarkable and eclectic set that served as the haunting apex of Nirvana's final chapter

2015年2月6日 · On Nov. 18, 1993, Nirvana ’s 'MTV Unplugged' was taped in front of a studio audience in New York City. The gig is arguably the most recognized of Nirvana’s live performances and one of the most...

2023年7月16日 · After finishing up production of In Utero, Nirvana was asked to play MTV Unplugged, which would become one of their career’s foundational shows. Although most artists treat the program like any other gig, Cobain had a certain agenda going into the show.

2015年2月7日 · Nirvana’s 1993 episode of ‘MTV Unplugged’ was a critical and commercial success for the band, but Dave Grohl said that it almost didn’t turn out that way. In a new interview, he opened up...

2015年2月9日 · But, as Dave Grohl has revealed, Nirvana 's "MTV Unplugged" show was on track to be a disaster. In a new interview with American Way magazine (via Loudwire), Grohl recalled the disastrous...

2018年11月18日 · Editor's note: As Nirvana drummer-turned-founding Foo Fighter Dave Grohl turns 50 Monday, USA TODAY looks back on one of his most iconic recordings: Nirvana's "MTV Unplugged In New...

2024年10月31日 · In truth, these types of Unplugged performances could, in hindsight, act as a blueprint for everything Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl did not want from Nirvana’s own televised...