Smells Like Teen Spirit

NIRVANA And RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS Released Both Blazing Albums 35 Years Ago

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Significant longplayers from yesteryear

24 September 2026

Band: NIRVANA
Active: 1987-1994 / 3 studio LPs

Album: NEVERMIND
Released: 24 September 1991 – 35 years ago today

It was their second and global breakthrough album.
A seminal one for the future. Copies are still sold today.

It topped the US Charts and peaked at #7 in the UK.

TUTV: The magnum opus that made grunge a worldwide (commercial) phenomenon.
Nevermind the bollocks, Nirvana rocked their asses off while Kurt Cobain focused on
his life in his impassioned songs.

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Band: RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
Active: 1982–present / 13 LPs

Album: BLOOD SUGAR SEX MAGIK
Released: 35 years ago today, 24 September 1991

It was their 3rd and peaked at
#3 in the US, #25 in the UK.

TUTV: Mega punky/funky/groovy record for punky/funky/groovy parties.

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NIRVANA – Titanic Slam Dunk ‘SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT’ Released 35 Years Ago Today

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Top singles from the past

10 September 2026

Immortal grunge legends NIRVANA released their titanic slam-dunk single
SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT on 10 September 1991, 35 years ago today.

It peaked at #6 in the US, #7 in the UK. Having sold over 13 million
copies worldwide, it is one of the best-selling songs of all time.

Thus far, the song has gathered more than 3,075 billion streams on Spotify.

As the story goes, Kurt Cobain attempted to write “the ultimate pop song,
inspired by the soft-and-loud dynamics of the Pixies.

The title derives from a phrase written by his friend Kathleen Hanna, from
riot grrrl band Bikini Kill: “Kurt smells like Teen Spirit.” Hanna was referencing
the deodorant Teen Spirit, but Cobain misinterpreted it as a revolutionary
slogan, and the rest is loud history.

“Here we are now, entertain us”

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Summer Of 1991 – August 17th – NIRVANA’s Iconic Video For ‘SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT’ Filmed 35 Years Ago Today

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Every day of this summer we go back to the same summer day somewhere in history

17 August 2026

On 17 August 1991, today 35 years ago, the iconic video for NIRVANA
ironclad breakthrough single Smells Like Teen Spirit was shot at GMT
Studios in Culver City, CA.

Costing less than $50,000 (a bargain, when it came to
music videos at the time), the clip featured many fans.

FRIENDS Star COURTNEY COX Plays Drum To ‘SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT’

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Courtney Cox, third from the right

Actress COURTNEY COX (aged 61 now) was one of the main characters
in FRIENDS, one of the most famous American comedy sitcoms ever.

Cox played Monica Geller , the sister of Ross (David Schwimmer)
and husband of Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry).

We’re not here to talk about Friends but about the fact that Cox:
1/ plays drums as a hobby, 2/ that she’s a Nirvana fan, and
3/ that she drums to their biggest hit, Smells Like Teen Spirit.

WATCH

Smells Like Video Spirit

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This year legendary American late-night live sketch comedy, variety and
music show Saturday Night Life celebrates its 50th season on the telly.

A couple of weeks ago they broadcasted a nearly three-and-a-half-hour live concert with
a cast of big names such as Lady Gaga, Eddie Vedder, Miley Cyrus, David Byrne, Backstreet Boys, Devo and many more, with most of them performing a cover of a classic cracker
from the past 50 years.

Also on the show were original Nirvana heroes Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic who played,
with fabulous rapper Post Malone behind the mic, the grunge giants’s immortal classic Smells Like Teen Spirit (more than 2 billion streams on Spotify).

An official video of that dumbfounded performance is now here for you to see.

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SATURDAY NIGHT LIFE Celebrates Its 50th Season – Wacht NIRVANA Members And POST MALONE Smell Like Teen Spirit

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Watch up?

15 February 2025

Legendary American late-night live sketch comedy, variety and music
show Saturday Night Life celebrates its 50th season on the telly.

Last night they broadcasted a nearly three-and-a-half-hour live concert with
a glamorous cast of celebs such as Lady Gaga, Eddie Vedder, Miley Cyrus, David
Byrne, Backstreet Boys, Devo and many more, with most of them performing a
cover of classic hits from the past 50 years.

Also on the show were original Nirvana heroes Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic
who played with fabulous rapper Post Malone (who did a dumbfounded job)
behind the mic, the band’s immortal classic Smells Like Teen Spirit (more
than 2 billion streams on Spotify).

Watch a fragment right here.

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Smells Like Your Own Summer – Rowdy Philly Rockers Cover NIRVANA And DEFTONES

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Artists doing other artists

6 May 2022

Rowdy Philly rockers RID OF ME unleashed
two bold covers of two grunge giants.

The first one is their mind-blowing and thunderous take on
Deftones‘ riff-insane 1997 smack My Own Summer (Shove It).

Bang your head here…


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The Deftones original…

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The second cover is Rid Of Me‘s wailing guitars interpretation
of Nirvana‘s timeless blockbuster Smells Like Teen Spirit

Smell here…


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I guess you heard the original before…

RID OF ME: Facebook


Mission accomplished, have a drink, guys

(photo press – FB Rid Of Me)

Smells Like A Billion Spirit – NIRVANA Hits One Billion Streams On Spotify

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29 June 2021

NIRVANA‘s massive breakthrough hit SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT
has joined the One Billion Spotify Streams Club.

The cracker joins more than other 150 tracks that surpassed
the one billion mark, such as Queen‘s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’.

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On YouTube the Spirit video scored over a billion views in 2019…

Their NEVERMIND album turns 30 on September 24

SCREAMING FEMALES Cover NIRVANA With Some Rowdy Firepower…

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2 January 2019

Firm underground rockers SCREAMING FEMALES from New Brunswick, New Jersey started their noisy career back in 2005. Led by their energetic frontwoman and guitarist Marissa Paternoster the band released seven longplayers so far. At their New Year’s Eve show at Chicago’s Beat Kitchen last Monday the impetuous threesome fired up the crowd with two highly charged covers – ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ and ‘Breed’ – of iconic grunge legends NIRVANA played one after the other without interruption and with some mighty crude spunk and rowdy firepower.

Catch the heat right here…

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