History Funny / Nirvana

* The intro to "Territorial Pissings" from ''Music/{{Nevermind}}'', a quote from the Youngbloods' "Get Together":

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbgKEjNBHqM The video]] for "In Bloom".

* "Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through the Strip" seemingly starts out as a serious attempt at an improvised NoiseRock song, but eventually devolves into the band goofing around:

* In 1996, Nirvana's ''Unplugged'' record was nominated for a Grammy, and the remaining members of the band decided to show up to honor Kurt. The problem was that their award was presented during the non-televised portion and the presenters didn't know the band was there. So when Nirvana won, they didn't give them time to come to the stage and automatically started reading nominees for the next award.

** It gets better: before Nirvana took the stage, Kurt noticed Axl Rose's piano for Guns N Roses' performance of "November Rain." Wanting to get back at Axl, Kurt spat a bunch of loogies all over the keys. Later on GNR finally took the stage...and Kurt realized he spat on Music/EltonJohn's piano, who was performing a duet with GNR. Whoops.

--> '''Kurt:''' GIT...geeks...in...town.
--> Ha!...Come on, Dave, think of one...
--> '''Dave:''' Girls In Trouble
--> '''Kurt:''' It should be GIC, geeks with Charvels
--> No, GWC
--> Fuck, man, this is a waste of time
--> One more solo? [[CarefulWithThatAxe Yeahhh! Yeaaaahh!]]

-->'''Kurt''': Hi, my name is Music/KurtCobain. I'm homosexual, I'm a pagan, I'm a drug abuser, and I like to [[BestialityIsDepraved fuck pot-bellied pigs!]]

* Creator/BobcatGoldthwait was the opening act on one of their tours, and the band happened to be performing in Chicago just as UsefulNotes/MichaelJordan was retiring from basketball [[TearJerker due to his father's murder]]. Before the show, Bobcat said sarcastically to Kurt "[[DudeNotFunny For $50 million contract, I'd shoot my own dad in the head]]." He then walked onstage and said ''that exact line'' [[CrossesTheLineTwice to the audience as his first joke]]. Needless to say, [[BerserkButton they weren't happy]] and Bobcat had to be escorted out of the venue before a riot started. As he passed Kurt ([[ActuallyPrettyFunny who was the only one laughing by this point]]), he whispered to him "[[RefugeInAudacity I can't believe you said that]]."

* During a 1992 concert in Buenos Aires, the crowd had been incredibly mean to the opening band Calamity Jane. This [[BerserkButton pissed off]] Kurt Cobain, who felt the crowd was being sexist because said openers were an all-female rock band. His bandmates talked him out of walking away and not playing the concert. What did they do instead? They played all their lesser known songs and played bad intentionally to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG3J-LHKzAo punish the fans]] along with playing their HiddenTrack from ''Nevermind''. When they ''did'' play a couple of "hits", they did things like replacing the entire first verse of "Come As You Are" with the word "hey". Also, they played the intro to Smells Like Teen Spirit twice, only to quickly cut to another song on both occasions. The crowd did not seem to [[FanDumb catch on to what the band was doing at all]].

* During a 1992 concert in Buenos Aires, the crowd had been incredibly mean to the opening band ''Calamity Jane''. This [[BerserkButton pissed off]] Kurt Cobain, who felt the crowd was being sexist because said openers were an all-female rock band. His bandmates talked him out of walking away and not playing the concert. What did they do instead? They played all their lesser known songs and played bad intentionally to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG3J-LHKzAo punish the fans]] along with playing their HiddenTrack from ''Nevermind''. When they ''did'' play a couple of "hits", they did things like replacing the entire first verse of "Come As You Are" with the word "hey". Also, they played the intro to Smells Like Teen Spirit twice, only to quickly cut to another song on both occasions. The crowd did not seem to [[FanDumb catch on to what the band was doing at all]].

** It gets better: before Nirvana took the stage, Kurt noticed Axl Rose's piano for Guns N Roses' performance of "November Rain." Wanting to get back at Axl, Kurt spat a bunch of loogies all over the keys. Later on GNR finally took the stage...and Kurt realized he spat all Music/EltonJohn's piano, who was performing a duet with GNR. Whoops.

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* The intro to "Territorial Pissings" from ''Music/{{Nevermind}}'':

-->'''Kurt''': Hi, my name is Kurt Cobain. I'm homosexual, I'm a pagan, I'm a drug abuser, and I like to [[BestialityIsDepraved fuck pot-bellied pigs!]]

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* During a 1992 concert in Beunos Aires, the crowd had been incredibly mean to the opening band ''Calamity Jane''. This [[BerserkButton pissed off]] Kurt Cobain, who felt the crowd was being sexist because said openers were an all-female rock band. His bandmates talked him out of walking away and not playing the concert. What did they do instead? They played all their lesser known songs and played bad intentionally to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG3J-LHKzAo punish the fans]] along with playing their HiddenTrack from ''Nevermind''. When they ''did'' play a couple of "hits", they did things like replacing the entire first verse of "Come As You Are" with the word "hey". Also, they played the intro to Smells Like Teen Spirit twice, only to quickly cut to another song on both occasions. The crowd did not seem to [[FanDumb catch on to what the band was doing at all]].

* Kurt's reaction to being asked to lip-synch on ''Series/TopOfThePops''? Singing the whole of "Teen Spirit" in a ridiculous [[Music/JoyDivision Ian Curtis]]/{{Music/{{Morrissey}} croon while miming playing his guitar with a completely flat hand and a [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3kdv7 gormless grin on his face?]]

** For that matter, Axl's conflict with Kurt and Courtney was pretty funny as well. Seeing him walking by, Courtney asked Axl if he'd be the godfather to their child. Axl Rose [[HairTriggerTemper was not pleased,]] and he strode up to Kurt, telling him to "shut his bitch up." Kurt turned to Courtney, jokingly saying, "Shut up, bitch!" Axl was not amused.

* Kurt's reaction to being asked to lip-synch on ''Series/TopOfThePops''? Singing the whole of 'Teen Spirit' in a ridiculous [[Music/JoyDivision Ian Curtis]]/[[Music/TheSmiths Morrissey]] croon while miming playing his guitar with a completely flat hand and a [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3kdv7 gormless grin on his face?]]

* Backstage, Dave gets drunk. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6mlHvwYJ9c Hilarity ensues.]]

* Bobcat Goldthwait was the opening act on one of their tours, and the band happened to be performing in Chicago just as Michael Jordan was retiring from basketball [[TearJerker due to his father's murder]]. Before the show, Bobcat said sarcastically to Kurt "[[DudeNotFunny For $50 million contract, I'd shoot my own dad in the head]]." He then walked onstage and said ''that exact line'' [[CrossesTheLineTwice to the audience as his first joke]]. Needless to say, [[BerserkButton they weren't happy]] and Bobcat had to be escorted out of the venue before a riot started. As he passed Kurt ([[ActuallyPrettyFunny who was the only one laughing by this point]]), he whispered to him "[[RefugeInAudacity I can't believe you said that]]."
* "Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through The Strip" seemingly starts out as a serious attempt at an improvised NoiseRock song, but eventually devolves into the band goofing around:

* "Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through The Strip" seemingly starts out as a serious attempt at an improvised song, but eventually devolves into the band goofing around:

--> '''Kurt:'''It should be GIC, geeks with Charvels

--> One more solo?[[CarefulWithThatAxe Yeahhh! Yeaaaahh!]]

--> GIT...geeks...in...town.

--> '''Dave Grohl:''' Girls In Trouble
--> It should be GIC, geeks with Charvels

-->'''Kurt:''' Mr. Dave Grohl! Do a drum solo, this is our encore...
-->(Dave stands up, haphazardly plays the toy drum set for a few seconds, and promptly knocks the whole thing over)
-->'''Dave:''' Sorry, I'm not much of a drummer...

-->'''Kurt:''' Mr. Dave Grohl! Do a drum solo, this our encore...

-->'''Kurt:''' Mr. Dave Grohl! Do a solo, this our encore...
-->(Dave stands up, solos on the toy drum set for a few seconds, and promptly knocks the whole thing over)

-->(Dave stands up, solos for a few seconds, and promptly knocks the kit over)