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| On the 20th anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death, the seismic influence of Nirvana's legacy continues to reverberate across the worlds of rock and pop. This weekend, Muse and St. Vincent paid their respects in separate covers of the song Lithium, from 1991’s Nevermind – the former during their headline set at Brazil’s Lollapalooza festival, and the latter while on tour in Chicago. | On the 20th anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death, the seismic influence of Nirvana's legacy continues to reverberate across the worlds of rock and pop. This weekend, Muse and St. Vincent paid their respects in separate covers of the song Lithium, from 1991’s Nevermind – the former during their headline set at Brazil’s Lollapalooza festival, and the latter while on tour in Chicago. |
| Muse – Lithium | Muse – Lithium |
| St. Vincent – Lithium | St. Vincent – Lithium |
| Where some of the best covers succeed is in providing a new spin on a classic track; however most bands seem to revel in the opportunity to cut loose and adopt Kurt and co’s quiet-LOUD battering-ram dynamic. | Where some of the best covers succeed is in providing a new spin on a classic track; however most bands seem to revel in the opportunity to cut loose and adopt Kurt and co’s quiet-LOUD battering-ram dynamic. |
| While Lithium was the popular choice for this weekend’s tributes, various notable artists have delved deeper into the Nirvana’s back catalogue over the years: | While Lithium was the popular choice for this weekend’s tributes, various notable artists have delved deeper into the Nirvana’s back catalogue over the years: |
| The Flaming Lips – Pennyroyal Tea | The Flaming Lips – Pennyroyal Tea |
| The Flaming Lips strip back their eccentric psychedelia for a cover of In Utero’s Pennyroyal Tea, with Wayne Coyne giving good throaty rasp on vocals. | The Flaming Lips strip back their eccentric psychedelia for a cover of In Utero’s Pennyroyal Tea, with Wayne Coyne giving good throaty rasp on vocals. |
| Lana Del Rey – Heart Shaped Box | Lana Del Rey – Heart Shaped Box |
| Lana | |
| Del Rey’s carefully crafted artifice may appear to be in direct | |
| opposition to Cobain’s no-frills grunge, but her penchant for sweeping | |
| balladry proves fitting for a cover of In Utero’s Heart Shaped Box. | |
| Weezer – Sliver | Weezer – Sliver |
| Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo has made no bones about his adoration of | Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo has made no bones about his adoration of |
| Kurt Cobain – the band takes direct influence from the soaring pop | Kurt Cobain – the band takes direct influence from the soaring pop |
| melodies at the heart of all that distortion. Having once performed a | melodies at the heart of all that distortion. Having once performed a |
| full Nirvana covers concert under the pseudonym Goat Punishment, Weezer later took to performing Sliver on their 2008 tour. | full Nirvana covers concert under the pseudonym Goat Punishment, Weezer later took to performing Sliver on their 2008 tour. |
| Titus Andronicus – Breed | Titus Andronicus – Breed |
| New Jersey punk-rockers Titus Andronicus entered the studio to lay down a | New Jersey punk-rockers Titus Andronicus entered the studio to lay down a |
| cover of Breed for SPIN magazine’s 20th anniversary Nevermind tribute | cover of Breed for SPIN magazine’s 20th anniversary Nevermind tribute |
| album. Frontman Patrick Stickles nails the sneering neuroticism, while | album. Frontman Patrick Stickles nails the sneering neuroticism, while |
| the daft video sees guitarist/vocalist Amy Klein chasing the band around | the daft video sees guitarist/vocalist Amy Klein chasing the band around |
| the studio in a skeleton outfit. | the studio in a skeleton outfit. |
| tUnE-yArDs – Lithium | tUnE-yArDs – Lithium |
| OK, it’s Lithium again, but this one’s notable for tUnE-yArDs (aka | OK, it’s Lithium again, but this one’s notable for tUnE-yArDs (aka |
| Merrill Garbus), backed by members of Wye Oak and Dirty Projectors, | Merrill Garbus), backed by members of Wye Oak and Dirty Projectors, |
| ditching the intricate world music influences of her own records in | ditching the intricate world music influences of her own records in |
| favour of pogoing around the stage when the first chorus kicks in. | favour of pogoing around the stage when the first chorus kicks in. |
| • What’s your favourite Nirvana cover? Do you like them raw and raucous or with more of the covering artist’s influence? Tell us in the comments below. | • What’s your favourite Nirvana cover? Do you like them raw and raucous or with more of the covering artist’s influence? Tell us in the comments below. |
| This blogpost was edited on 9 April 2014. The orignal YouTube clip attributed to Lana Del Rey was in fact by Hayley Richman |