Today (April 5) marks the 26th and 18th anniversaries of the passing of Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain and Alice In Chains’ Layne Staley.
Cobain and Staley were two voices that helped define a genre, a generation and a changing of the guard. Both were incredible forces live as evident in their performances on MTV Unplugged.
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In their memory, take a look back on the Nirvana and Alice In Chains episodes of MTV Unplugged as well as these four other outstanding performances.
Come as you are — leave with a multimillion-dollar ax. A guitar that Kurt Cobain played during Nirvana’s 1993 MTV Unplugged concert sold for a cool $6.01 million at auction Saturday. The guitar used by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain during the band’s famous MTV Unplugged in New York concert has sold for more than $6m (£4.8m) at auction. The 1959 Martin D-18E featured in the. Nirvana - Mtv Unplugged In New York - CD Amazon.com. The last Nirvana collection recorded before the untimely death of Kurt Cobain, Unplugged caught many by surprise with its stripped down, neo-acoustic offerings with a bridled fury. When Cobain sings, 'I swear I don't have a gun, I don't have a gun' with clenched teeth (instead of an open howl. REMASTERED IN HD! Taken from the 25th Anniversary Editions of Nirvana – MTV Unplugged in New York Order Now: Listen to mor.
Nirvana
Recorded just five months before the untimely passing of Kurt Cobain, the band’s performance would later be released as the live LP MTVUnplugged in New York. It was Nirvana’s first release following Cobain’s death, and it would go on to win the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album.
Nirvana - All Apologies (MTV Unplugged)
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Alice In Chains
Equal parts extraordinary and bitter-sweet, AIC’s 1996 performance on MTV Unplugged was the band’s first performance together in over two years due to Staley’s issues with drug abuse. It would also be one of the band’s last high-profile gigs with the singer. In spite of that and Jerry Cantrell famously battling food poisoning, AIC’s set served as a reminder of why they were the first band to really break out of the fruitful Seattle music scene.
Youtube Nirvana Unplugged Full Concert
Alice In Chains - Down in a Hole (From MTV Unplugged) (Official Video)
'Down In A Hole' by Alice In Chains, MTV Unplugged Listen to the new album, Rainier Fog: https://aliceinchains.lnk.to/RainierFog On tour this spring and summ...
Stone Temple Pilots
MTV Unplugged is just a goldmine of remarkable performances for anyone that loves rock from the ’90s. Stone Temple Pilots recorded their set in 1993, which marked the first time they performed “Big Empty.”
Big Empty (acoustic) - Stone Temple Pilots
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R.E.M.
R.E.M is responsible for two marvelous MTV Unplugged performances from 1991 and 2001, which were both released in 2014 as Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions. Below is their set from 1991.
REM - 45 Minutes Live Performance ( 12 Songs In Stereo From REM On 10th April 1991 )
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Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam simply crushes it in this set from March 1992, about seven months after the release of Pearl Jam’s debut album Ten.
Jeremy (Live) - MTV Unplugged - Pearl Jam
Nirvana Unplugged Full Concert Youtube
Pearl Jam performing 'Jeremy' from their 1992 MTV Unplugged concert in New York City. Get Pearl Jam's new album, Lightning Bolt, here: http://smarturl.it/PJL...
Thirty Seconds To Mars
Later episodes in MTV Unplugged’s history are tragically overlooked, but this incredible set from Thirty Seconds To Mars more than holds its own thanks to Jared Leto’s dynamic vocal performance.
30 Seconds To Mars MTV Unplugged- Hurricane
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