The band’s Unplugged performance has become so well-known within rock history, in fact, that the 1959 Martin D-18E acoustic guitar played by Cobain was recently sold at auction for a world-record-setting $6,010,000. The participation of Nirvana drummer and future Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl was also in doubt, as his notoriously intense drumming style wasn’t translating well to the more relaxed, unplugged vibe of the show.ĭespite the issues, and Cobain’s clearly fragile state of mind during that time period (roughly six months before his untimely death), the one-take, no-frills performance has since become one of the most popular acoustic performances of the 1990s. The band also went back-and-forth between MTV’s producers as to the overall direction of the performance and the band’s choice on having members of the Meat Puppets join them on stage.
The days leading up to the taped performance-which took place on November 18th-didn’t go without their fair share of issues, with Kurt Cobain being beyond tense and nervous to perform a completely acoustic show (he demanded the use of effects pedals).
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Over the course of its run on MTV, incredible performances from a myriad of musical acts including 10,000 Maniacs, Aerosmith, Robert Plant & Jimmy Page, Stone Temple Pilots, Eric Clapton, aired on the television program, in addition to one of Alice In Chains‘ final performances as a band. Arguably one of the most popular episodes from MTV’s Unplugged series belongs to Nirvana when they put on an acoustic performance that aired on December 16th, 1993. MTV Unplugged will go down in pop culture history as one of the most beloved live performance shows of its generation.
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