Kurt Cobain’s Isolated Vocal Track From ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit,’ 1991

Kurt Cobain’s Isolated Vocal Track From ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit,’ 1991:

In 1991, Nirvana’s Nevermind album exploded into mainstream popular culture like–as one writer describes it– “a grenade detonating in your car radio.” The album, and the Seattle-based grunge rock movement it emerged from, was like a booster shot of 70s punk attitude into heavy metal, sweeping away the hedonism and vanity of 80s bands like Quiet Riot and Mötley Crüe. The song that epitomized the new attitude, for many, was the opening track of Nevermind, “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” with its explosive expression of youthful alienation: