On a day that would have been Kurt Coban’s 50th birthday, let’s remember the final song recorded by Nirvana “You Know Your’re Right”. The track was released in 2002 for a greatest hits collection by band after a lawsuit over the rights to iconic band’s music was settled between Kurt’s wife Courtney Love and the surviving members of the band Dave Grohl and Krist Noveselic.
The song which carries all of the biting elements that Cobain was known for with hissnarky lyrics, loud riffs that hang with you, and Grohl’s drum vibe that hits you in the chest. It was written in 1993 and through bootlegs online you can hear Nirvana play the song on their final Chicago show at the Aragon in October 1993. It was also a successful song, earning Nirvana their first song to top Billboard’s Mainstream Rock and Alternative charts. As a fan of the band, this track slides in perfectly with their best songs which is pretty amazing when you think it came out so long after their big run.
Rolling Stone unearthed this bootleg recording from Nirvana’s final concert in 1994 in Munich, Germany.
If you are looking for even more, Cobain and NIrvana nostalgia, seek out “Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck”, a wonderfully crafted about Cobain’s life and battle with drugs and depression.