Smells Like Nirvana Tribute (ages 21 & over)
Smells Like Nirvana
"Smells Like Nirvana" is a song written and performed by American musician "Weird Al" Yankovic as a parody of Nirvana's song "Smells Like Teen Spirit". It was released as the lead single from his Off the Deep End album in April 1992. "Smells Like Nirvana" was written during a three-year career low for Yankovic after the financial failure of his film UHF, but captured the quickly-rising popularity of grunge and Nirvana's success. The song was written to poke fun at Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain's unintelligible lyrics in the original song. After being unable to contact Nirvana conventionally, Yankovic called Cobain while the band was on the set of Saturday Night Live, where Cobain quickly gave permission to record the parody.
About This Event
Celebrate the legendary sounds of Nirvana & Kurt Cobain with national traveling Nirvana tribute 'Smells Like Nirvana? as they perform songs from Nevermind, In Utero, Bleach, and more (b sides/rare songs). com Smells Like Nirvana is based out of Chicago and is composed of seasoned pros and die-hard fans of Nirvana fronted by Paul Wandtke (ex Trivium, Dead Original), w/ drummer Sean McCole and bassist Mike Petrasek (Bedlem).
s contemporary musical landscape, a trait and philosophy that Nirvana lived by.