Kurt Cobain 1994 Video With Rock Icon Who Recently Died Resurfaces

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You know me, I’m acting dumb

You know the scene, very humdrum

Boredom boredom – boredom

If you didn’t know these lyrics came from original UK punk band The Buzzcocks, you’d think they were from the Seattle scene during the grunge era.  Many grunge and punk bands from the 1990’s felt like The Buzzcocks were an influence and when the band’s frontman Pete Shelley passed away recently, it reminded us that grunge and alt. rock had punk and Pete Shelley as major motivators.  Numerous tributes have come along since Shelley’s passing from members of Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, Green Day, R.E.M. etc.

The Buzzcocks played tours with grunge bands like Pearl Jam and Nirvana that shared their angst and aggression.  They opened for Nirvana in 1994.  You can see Kurt Cobain joking with The Buzzcocks backstage at a show in this video.  Shelley is pouring champagne and then sits with Kurt.  The band and Kurt talk about pissing in the shower, wordplay about sanitary and sanitarium, Tori Amos, touring.  Kurt mentions Lollapalooza 1994, the one Nirvana never played, and names the headliners Smashing Pumpkins and Beastie Boys.

Krist Novoselic re-tweeting on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/Ian__Curtis___/status/1070842866979753987

Kurt Cobain with Pete Shelley, Buzzcocks, 1994.

Pearl Jam on Twitter:

With songs like “Boredom”, “Orgasm Addict”, “Ever Fallen in Love” and their compilation Singles Going Steady, The Buzzcocks cemented their place in punk rock history and also motivated a rock revolution later when grunge hit.  Shelley’s voice had a sensitive, painful whine that hit the spot when singing lyrics like:

I only get sleepless nights, Alone here in my half-empty bed For you things seem to turn out right, I wish they’d only happen to me instead, What do I get, oh-oh, what do I get?

Billy Corgan on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BrEWq-sl6Ri/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

R.E.M.’s Mike Mills on Twitter:

Billie Joe Armstrong on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BrD8ysRFDZx/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

Definitely a sad time for his family, rockers and rock fans everywhere.