With the Lights Out
Posted on October 27, 2004
After the last weak self-titled Nirvana compilation with only one unreleased track, I figured we wouldn't be hearing anything more from the Seattle trio. The new four-disc box set to be released November 23rd and will feature 81 tracks including 68 previously unreleased recordings (read same songs different recordings) - rehearsals, outtakes, Kurt's home demos, and a DVD which is confirmed to have unreleased band home movies, live footage, rehearsal footage and 20 full-length video performances, and a 60-page booklet.
The set was originally intended to be release in 2001, to coincide with the 10 year anniversary of Nirvana�s first major album, Nevermind. but delayed because both Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic were fighting lawsuits against Kurt Cobain's widow over unreleased tracks. I've heard comparisons of how Courtney Love is to Nirvana what Yoko Ono is to the Beatles, but that's simply unfair -- to Yoko that is. I always remember hearing how Nirvana had a sizable collection of unreleased tracks, enough to fill at least a few rarities/B-side albums. So if I'm reading this correctly there are no new unreleased tracks on this entire box set, just unreleased recordings. Lame.
In other Nirvana news, Krist Novoselic recently released his book Of Grunge & Government : Let's Fix This Broken Democracy! described as "One part memoir, one part political platform." Politically Krist has been involved in electoral reform -- and in particular issues of full representation and instant runoff voting in Washington State.
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