There is actually a really good video of him backstage somewhere around 89/90 and he's playing someone's bass and u would have thought it was Flea getting down! He had a lot of talent musically he just loved punk music and playing loud rock! And I love him for it.
*lol at all the shredders commenting "TOLD YOU HE COULDN'T PLAY GUITAR!!!" when they don't know the backstory, he was intentionally making fun of EVH cuz EVH showed up backstage drunk & was racist to Pat Smear, then had the nerve to ask to jam with Nirvana. Kurt obv said no, & then did this on guitar to make fun of EVH*
When he starts tapping...Hilarious. This was in response to a very drunk Eddie Van Halen who'd found his way backstage and had been begging them to jam with him and then racially abusing Pat Smear when they politely refused.
yeah both kurt and pat met him back stage while he was very very drunk but he still wanted to jam out with the guys. Kurt said they didn't have a extra guitar so he got angry and began calling pat racist names so kurt decided to mock him.
marc DelBorrello Looks like pixelated garbage. How much did it cost to copyright that photo? Lol! It doesn't look like its based off of anything with a resolution that god awful
I agree that from a technical, theoretical standpoint, Nirvana wasn't the most "talented", nor "intellectual" rock band of their time. At times, their music was very primitive compared to other alternative rock bands of their era, let alone the legends imprinted on the fabric of music history. However, to even compare and criticize Nirvana to other musicians/artists, especially to Hendrix and Dylan, would be missing the point entirely. Nirvana is a PUNK band, first and foremost. Their ethos revolved around passion, spontaneity, and creativity, all jammed into simplicity. They didn't pride themselves on being the most intricate artists (though at times, their music, especially on In Utero, could rival quite a few art rock/metal bands at the time in terms of lyricism), but what they lacked in complexity, they made up for in sheer energy combined with abstract idealism. Kurt had a highly original mindset and imagination, corrupted to dolorous imagery and unmitigated horror. No artist could ever capture the pitiful scenarios he fantasized about, and transform it into a beautifully melodic, yet angry record, that laid the template for music eternally. Kurt Cobain's singing was somewhat of an acquired taste, but still was original insofar he was the first real singer to actually yell melodically, without sounding like a ditz or a moron. Smells Like Teen Spirit represented the apathy and nihilism of teenagers and adults at that time, and managed to achieve what most considered unfathomable: to appeal to both social outcasts/space cadets and the typical, bravado jocks Kurt himself hated. And plus, with Nevermind, they finally managed to destroy the superficiality of the glam/hair metal era and in turn, finally gave rise to indie and alternative as the most popular form of rock, beginning a new era of creativity to music itself. If Nirvana attempted to be taken seriously as the new Beethoven or Mozart, or even to simply rival Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix or the Beatles, then they failed miserably as a band. However, if they wanted to grow their passion for music and explore their artistic side more, and reshape rock as a whole for possibly the entirety of the modern era, then they perfectly achieved so. Judging by your comments, you strike me as a person seeking more technically advanced forms of music, which I understand. You're entitled to your opinion on Nirvana, but at least respect their influence to music history, because a band like Nirvana only comes around once in a generation.
gavin Reid No. Grunge is essentially a generic label for Rock bands that originated in the same setting, instead of the same music. Nirvana had more in common with Punk than Soundgarden, Alice in Chains and Pearl Jam.
And you grohl is incredibly talented and capable of more than any drummer out there but he stayed in the pocket on those nirvana records cus that was what the songs needed. Same goes for Novoselic. Kurt was an excellent songwriter!
@@benjaminschmidt7208 just because it's not technically sound doesn't mean it's not great. And that's the joke of him shredding random notes... Just because he didn't modify a scale in super fast speed doesn't mean it's bad... He was totally original in his style.
Ridiculous how people criticize Kurt for his "ability" with the guitar. How many virtuous guitarists on CZcams know that they have achieved such success or have managed to compose the anthem of a generation? Exactly, nobody, because being virtuous is not everything when you have a passion for music, it is not a competition of who plays faster.
Valentin Arenas he isnt the greatest guitar player in all fairness but he has a talent for incredible melodies. This is just him fucking around to spite eddie van halen who was backstage.
Valentin Arenas being virtuous and being technical is not always about being faster tho,and sometimes having technical skills is an excellent tool to channel your passion into something better,more coherent and possibly pleasing.
Lolo Kozlov i've been playing guitar for 3 years and all i can say that it surely is about the feels you put in the playing,but having technical skills makes putting down your feels in a more precise and (possibly) enjoyable way...basically what i'm saying is by acquiring skill you can also become more expressive and the listeners can enjoy your music from a different,even more personal,way. I never said you need tons of skills or training to write music...
If he wanted to solo he could. He did it on some songs rarely and while singing. He just didn’t want that to define the song. He was an excellent overall songwriter
Kurt Cobain was fucking hilarious man.... This is why I love this dude.... He gave zero fucks and would taunt anyone and anything at the drop of a hat. What these "shredder" guitar players will never understand is it isn't about how intricate or technical you can play the guitar. That doesn't make it in the biz. It is about being able to write and create melodic songs that sound good. That is what creates a hit and sells records. Kurt Cobain was a phenomenal song writer and deserves credit where it is due.
The kind of music that they were famous for spat in the face of the shredder bands ..Kurt Cobain is one of the greatest guitarist of all time .... because he popularized it ...he made it as a symbol of discomfort and agitation....he was a poet with the guitar ..... NIRVANA IS THE LAST GUITAR BAND THAT COULD ACTUALLY CONNECT WITH THE MASS
Soumyadeep Chandra I have to absolutely agree. he created a whole sound scape. i'm at about the twenty year mark with playing guitar and i realized last night the abstract aproach to the instrument without a knowledge of theory and all that, in his case was where the magic took place. he played the guitar looking for not knowledge of how others have done it but to express himself through each calculated note he played. that is an artist imagine if painters were still painting only bible scenes as they did in da vinci and rembrandts time. that would get pretty fucking stale. another supporting idea is that he was right handed, he of course played lefty. I think in some context this helped him approach the instrument in an uncoventional way. I MISS HIM AND HIS ABILITY TO STIR SHIT UP, I MISS HIM ON SO MANY LEVELS, TOO MANY TO MENTION.
Eric Leighton wow your second theory is great I have thought about this briefly as well it as a guitarist I think it had to change his perspective of playing and the way you learn to play being righted handed and going left
Jack Hail To The Kid look... Here in India.. 21st century breakdown was pretty huge... People went nuts about 21 guns... Myself included... I fell love with the band... Still am... But as we dig deeper into the roots of punk we can't ignore the fact that green day sold out.. Their albums are produced... And the whole thing goes against the whole nature of punk...
True. I saw him in a small club and he knew what he was doing. Monster right hand technique. And he wrote some timeless songs which is what it's all about. I saw a lot of cats in my club days and he was definitely a standout.
Funny thing is that there's vid clip of Steve Vai where he says people don't see how good Kurt really was. His style sounds like he's not good or that he's not even trying, but that was the shtick. People can learn note for note most amazing technical guitar player songs if you practice and practice, but some of Kurt's shit is so random it makes them almost impossible to learn. Miss that dude.
Sure, guitar wankery fucking blows, but it doesn't mean that a blistering fast guitar solo can't fit the atmosphere of a song. Now, I actually had no idea that he was dissing EVH, (and rightfully so, based on the comments I've read) but I sometimes find myself annoyed by the whole "keep it simple, stupid" mindset that so many seem to live by.
I think people miss understand kurt cobain. When they say he is shit. The guy invented a new sound and style. How many of your idols have done that. Before nirvana mainstream rock was mass produced manufactured trash with spandex and stupid solos that mostly sound the same yes their was some good music to come out of it but most of it was other bands jump9ng on the sunset strip band wagon so if the guy wants to chock his neck. Then he will its his style and yes he was taking the piss oit of van halen.
actually kurt in reality wasn’t that bad though. he liked keeping it simple and thought soloing and such wasn’t that cool at the time and just focused on what he liked
Incredible to see how people didn't see the joke.
Marcos Gallagher ?
Ikr😂😌
N
This
This was cobains typical live soloing I think. Lol
When "In Bloom" is too slow for you
Slash: I can *shred* guitar.
Kurt: Hold my beer
Wesley Short this is a beautiful comment
hold my heroin
Wesley Short hold my shotgun
You guys r dumb^^😂😂
Wesley Short slash doesn't shred
he did it to mock eddie van hallen who back stage he made racist jokes about pat smear
it was eddie van hallen he said to kurt can "i play the mexican guitar is he mexican or black"
Green Bastard by making fun of his shredding, duh?
@@koboz9321 people like you are the same type Kurt hated
@@bt3743 how
@@bt3743 it's a joke
Even Kurt's EVH mockery is better than Lil' Wayne actually trying.
Sorry to hear bruv
@@okerhrh4139 Oi mate the fuck you on about?? Should give you a kick around that should be a dosey!
Well, it's not that bad for an improvised mockery. That shows he could have been one of those "shredders" if he had wanted to.
You are a rare body who got the point !
Basically what we've been trying to say ALL along...lol
There is actually a really good video of him backstage somewhere around 89/90 and he's playing someone's bass and u would have thought it was Flea getting down! He had a lot of talent musically he just loved punk music and playing loud rock! And I love him for it.
mtbbkdc do you know where to find the video???
@@harryshearing9813 i think i found it czcams.com/video/PMQaC1CCF4k/video.html
*lol at all the shredders commenting "TOLD YOU HE COULDN'T PLAY GUITAR!!!" when they don't know the backstory, he was intentionally making fun of EVH cuz EVH showed up backstage drunk & was racist to Pat Smear, then had the nerve to ask to jam with Nirvana. Kurt obv said no, & then did this on guitar to make fun of EVH*
When he starts tapping...Hilarious. This was in response to a very drunk Eddie Van Halen who'd found his way backstage and had been begging them to jam with him and then racially abusing Pat Smear when they politely refused.
kurt himself said it
Bryan Novelo really I never heard this if so that’s really bad ass
yeah both kurt and pat met him back stage while he was very very drunk but he still wanted to jam out with the guys. Kurt said they didn't have a extra guitar so he got angry and began calling pat racist names so kurt decided to mock him.
marc DelBorrello Dude, what was that?
marc DelBorrello Looks like pixelated garbage. How much did it cost to copyright that photo? Lol! It doesn't look like its based off of anything with a resolution that god awful
I agree that from a technical, theoretical standpoint, Nirvana wasn't the most "talented", nor "intellectual" rock band of their time. At times, their music was very primitive compared to other alternative rock bands of their era, let alone the legends imprinted on the fabric of music history. However, to even compare and criticize Nirvana to other musicians/artists, especially to Hendrix and Dylan, would be missing the point entirely.
Nirvana is a PUNK band, first and foremost. Their ethos revolved around passion, spontaneity, and creativity, all jammed into simplicity. They didn't pride themselves on being the most intricate artists (though at times, their music, especially on In Utero, could rival quite a few art rock/metal bands at the time in terms of lyricism), but what they lacked in complexity, they made up for in sheer energy combined with abstract idealism. Kurt had a highly original mindset and imagination, corrupted to dolorous imagery and unmitigated horror. No artist could ever capture the pitiful scenarios he fantasized about, and transform it into a beautifully melodic, yet angry record, that laid the template for music eternally. Kurt Cobain's singing was somewhat of an acquired taste, but still was original insofar he was the first real singer to actually yell melodically, without sounding like a ditz or a moron. Smells Like Teen Spirit represented the apathy and nihilism of teenagers and adults at that time, and managed to achieve what most considered unfathomable: to appeal to both social outcasts/space cadets and the typical, bravado jocks Kurt himself hated. And plus, with Nevermind, they finally managed to destroy the superficiality of the glam/hair metal era and in turn, finally gave rise to indie and alternative as the most popular form of rock, beginning a new era of creativity to music itself. If Nirvana attempted to be taken seriously as the new Beethoven or Mozart, or even to simply rival Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix or the Beatles, then they failed miserably as a band. However, if they wanted to grow their passion for music and explore their artistic side more, and reshape rock as a whole for possibly the entirety of the modern era, then they perfectly achieved so.
Judging by your comments, you strike me as a person seeking more technically advanced forms of music, which I understand. You're entitled to your opinion on Nirvana, but at least respect their influence to music history, because a band like Nirvana only comes around once in a generation.
FireNinja606 Grunge.
gavin Reid No. Grunge is essentially a generic label for Rock bands that originated in the same setting, instead of the same music. Nirvana had more in common with Punk than Soundgarden, Alice in Chains and Pearl Jam.
You know...that whole solo...is a joke...he was mocking Eddie Van Halen...but yeah...I agree on that, sure.
And you grohl is incredibly talented and capable of more than any drummer out there but he stayed in the pocket on those nirvana records cus that was what the songs needed. Same goes for Novoselic. Kurt was an excellent songwriter!
So basically punk is not about the music but about the image and attitude.
Make sense considering how shit punk music is.
I loved so much how people took that way too serious... Kurt wasn't about technical. He actually never gave a shit about it... the solo is awesome
Right on!! Nirvana is awesome!!! Kurt Cobain has always been a great guitarist!
@@benjaminschmidt7208 nope, just because it’s not complicated doesn’t mean it’s bad.
@@benjaminschmidt7208 sounds good tho, that’s all that matters
@@benjaminschmidt7208 just because it's not technically sound doesn't mean it's not great.
And that's the joke of him shredding random notes... Just because he didn't modify a scale in super fast speed doesn't mean it's bad... He was totally original in his style.
I saw him in a club on the Bleach tour. He knew what he was doing. His power was in his riffs for sure.
Take that Steve vai
Take that EVH
Take that paul Gilbert
Ridiculous how people criticize Kurt for his "ability" with the guitar. How many virtuous guitarists on CZcams know that they have achieved such success or have managed to compose the anthem of a generation? Exactly, nobody, because being virtuous is not everything when you have a passion for music, it is not a competition of who plays faster.
Valentin Arenas he isnt the greatest guitar player in all fairness but he has a talent for incredible melodies. This is just him fucking around to spite eddie van halen who was backstage.
Nobody is saing he was a bad musician. But he definitely wasn't a good guitarist and this is a fact not an opinion.
Valentin Arenas being virtuous and being technical is not always about being faster tho,and sometimes having technical skills is an excellent tool to channel your passion into something better,more coherent and possibly pleasing.
Lolo Kozlov i've been playing guitar for 3 years and all i can say that it surely is about the feels you put in the playing,but having technical skills makes putting down your feels in a more precise and (possibly) enjoyable way...basically what i'm saying is by acquiring skill you can also become more expressive and the listeners can enjoy your music from a different,even more personal,way. I never said you need tons of skills or training to write music...
Valentin Arenas czcams.com/video/9IrWyZ0KZuk/video.html
This is better than anything Cobain could have written
A pure act of virility , again Inside In BLOOM ! You got the cookie man. The temptation for new exploration is happened like this.
Awesome!
I really like noise solos
He wasnt the lead distortion kinda guy but rather the crunch/acoustic one, where he shows his best.
🔥
It's the adorable orange Marshall doing it!
Dude f yea. That's the shreddiest I've heard him.
To all the people saying that kurt can't play, it's called a distress sound. Just because it's different doesn't mean it's bad.
He was lead guitarist and singer in Nirvana.
when you hit the freestyle spot in guitar hero:
MY FUCKING FACE IS MELTINGGGG
That guy was awesome....
This gets funnier everytime I watch it
If he wanted to solo he could. He did it on some songs rarely and while singing. He just didn’t want that to define the song. He was an excellent overall songwriter
🤘my dad said I couldnt listen to nirvana when I was 16. But look at me now mom. I'm a punk rocker listening to kurt Corbis. 😈🤘
#RIP dad.
the way i see it is he wasnt the flashiest guitarists but he still made very catchy somewhat simple melodies he’s still a good guitarist
Kurt was trolling before trolls was invented
Kurt Cobain is completely excellent guitarist! He does the messed shreds, but he also does the perfect shreds.
Kurt Cobain could kick my ass at shredding any day of the week, fuck dude that was amazing
kurt was man of arts not garbage guitarist to plays any sound that dont have souls, he written carefully and from his souls
Kurt Cobain was fucking hilarious man.... This is why I love this dude.... He gave zero fucks and would taunt anyone and anything at the drop of a hat. What these "shredder" guitar players will never understand is it isn't about how intricate or technical you can play the guitar. That doesn't make it in the biz. It is about being able to write and create melodic songs that sound good. That is what creates a hit and sells records. Kurt Cobain was a phenomenal song writer and deserves credit where it is due.
The kind of music that they were famous for spat in the face of the shredder bands ..Kurt Cobain is one of the greatest guitarist of all time .... because he popularized it ...he made it as a symbol of discomfort and agitation....he was a poet with the guitar ..... NIRVANA IS THE LAST GUITAR BAND THAT COULD ACTUALLY CONNECT WITH THE MASS
Soumyadeep Chandra I have to absolutely agree. he created a whole sound scape. i'm at about the twenty year mark with playing guitar and i realized last night the abstract aproach to the instrument without a knowledge of theory and all that, in his case was where the magic took place. he played the guitar looking for not knowledge of how others have done it but to express himself through each calculated note he played. that is an artist imagine if painters were still painting only bible scenes as they did in da vinci and rembrandts time. that would get pretty fucking stale. another supporting idea is that he was right handed, he of course played lefty. I think in some context this helped him approach the instrument in an uncoventional way. I MISS HIM AND HIS ABILITY TO STIR SHIT UP, I MISS HIM ON SO MANY LEVELS, TOO MANY TO MENTION.
Eric Leighton wow your second theory is great I have thought about this briefly as well it as a guitarist I think it had to change his perspective of playing and the way you learn to play being righted handed and going left
Soumyadeep Chandra what about green day? American idiot was a pretty good album that spoke about frustration against the bush administration
Jack Hail To The Kid you gotta be joking
Jack Hail To The Kid look... Here in India.. 21st century breakdown was pretty huge... People went nuts about 21 guns... Myself included... I fell love with the band... Still am... But as we dig deeper into the roots of punk we can't ignore the fact that green day sold out.. Their albums are produced... And the whole thing goes against the whole nature of punk...
Well he never believed in the concept of 80s guitarists " I am stronger and faster than everyone else"
In case no gets it, him playing like that was him messing around. That was the joke.
"mom why are my fingers bleeding??!?!?!"
Omg kurt shredding!! Better than hendrix and evh!! Kurt Hammett!!!
Nailed it
Eddie van halen said what to pat smear?? Sorry i don't know
somebody call the ninja turtles, cause we got ourselves a shredder.
Haters said that
The leyend :*
Damm! Kerry King really stepped up his game
holy shit
That's my favourite video of all the times
Awesome
Dave and Krist...please comment
It may be grainy.... but still fucking dope
Omfg he SHREDDING
he was actually making fun of eddie van halen shredding
He was mocking van Halen
I'M SPEECHLESS
Cool
I think I'm not sure but in the vid he was playing a jag-stang a hybrid with two of his favorite guitars
he was one hell of a guitarist. He could've shredded all day long if he wanted to, but chose not to. Kurt for the win!
True. I saw him in a small club and he knew what he was doing. Monster right hand technique. And he wrote some timeless songs which is what it's all about. I saw a lot of cats in my club days and he was definitely a standout.
He was messing around this sounds horrible
Iron Head-Ed you cannot honestly tell me this sounds decent I don't even like shredding but the Ramones had better solos
Iron Head-Ed haha no he’s right man, kurt was mocking guys like Eddie van Halen, among others, I’m not s guitar snob and this sound terrible hhhah
He had no idea what he was doing. Everybody can do this. Everyone's amazing
Don't be so sure
Its actually a bit hard sometimes, gotta have quick fingers
but kurt is not everyone, he is one of a kind
Funny thing is that there's vid clip of Steve Vai where he says people don't see how good Kurt really was. His style sounds like he's not good or that he's not even trying, but that was the shtick. People can learn note for note most amazing technical guitar player songs if you practice and practice, but some of Kurt's shit is so random it makes them almost impossible to learn. Miss that dude.
Kurt could shred.
Black Flah-eske atonal playing. I like it
Well... Not me !!!
Yooo guitar solo epic shoosher and super epic like untill string guitar brokee broo thats niceere
All Kurt Cobain does is play a million notes per second, he has no feel
R/woooooooshhhhhh 😂
it was a response to eddie van halen being a racist towards pat smear
Better than the original
This was intense
Sure, guitar wankery fucking blows, but it doesn't mean that a blistering fast guitar solo can't fit the atmosphere of a song. Now, I actually had no idea that he was dissing EVH, (and rightfully so, based on the comments I've read) but I sometimes find myself annoyed by the whole "keep it simple, stupid" mindset that so many seem to live by.
I don't know whats wrong with mw i dig this solo though
You don't buy a million-dollar home by being a shitty guitar player. No, that's for working stiffs, sitting behind cubicles!
That was the day Courtney asked El Duce to whack Kurt.
I have a feeling that Kurt was making fun of certain guitarists.
I don't know of anyone who says that
Lol the irony of how every guitarist now literally plays like that is just too much😂😂😂
Que buen toquin
An unapologetic mess… I love it!
It feels Tbh like midless shredding but it's still cool
Even playing the basics he cant even do it right. Doesn’t matter how slow/ fast he just can’t play anything right
Kurt Cobain for the sake of your belief lets say he was mocking van halen , but... even gigs without van halen he still plays the same shit.
Richard benson inspired
NIce!
Is Kurt cobain can play tapping like EVH's lick??
When "come as you are" is too fast n u gotta tone it down a little
Thats in bloom buddy
OMG!!! I NEVER SEE THIS
I’m pretty sure no one said kurt cobain can’t play
Lots of jealous Metalheads and hard rockers say that he is shit because of he can't shred and plays noise solos.
He can play but everybody says he cant play because he is lefthander
IM LEFTHANDER TO AND I CAN SHREED ON THE GUITAR
Enderack98 yeah everyone says Jimi Hendrix can’t play either because he’s a lefty
Jimi Motherfucking Hendrix
Who said That Kurt Cobain doesn't Know How to play Guitar??? - this guy was right, haha)
Ummm, this video kinda proves he doesn't know how to play guitar
Ummm, this comment kinda proves you don’t get the point of the video
I think people miss understand kurt cobain. When they say he is shit. The guy invented a new sound and style. How many of your idols have done that. Before nirvana mainstream rock was mass produced manufactured trash with spandex and stupid solos that mostly sound the same yes their was some good music to come out of it but most of it was other bands jump9ng on the sunset strip band wagon so if the guy wants to chock his neck. Then he will its his style and yes he was taking the piss oit of van halen.
Dam
actually kurt in reality wasn’t that bad though. he liked keeping it simple and thought soloing and such wasn’t that cool at the time and just focused on what he liked
Damn i never know
I found this pretty correct for a fender :)
Literally nobody said that
And thats knowing! (?)
╃╄ム ╃╄ム ╃╄ム kurt 😂👍🏼
only guitarist will understand this
Rad.
🔥🎸🎶🙌💖
I'll take this solo any day rather than anything played by Guthrie Govan! I mean it :)
Put on 2x :D