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Sort of News / Gossip / ??!! Would You Be Okay With a Nirvana Reunion? Who Would Sing?

Posted by on Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 1:05 PM

According to a new interview with NME, Dave Grohl asked PJ Harvey to front a Nirvana reunion:

When asked if he would ever cover a Nirvana track live, he said: "Every once in a while we talk about it. For the Sound City gig here in London we were thinking about musicians that we could invite because Stevie Nicks and John Fogerty couldn't make it. Someone came up with the idea of doing a Nirvana song with PJ Harvey. Kurt loved her and we love her and we thought, 'Yeah, what would we do?' I said: 'God, what if we were to do 'Milk It' from 'In Utero' with Polly singing?' We all looked at each other like, 'Woah, that would be amazing…' and then she couldn't do it!"

Thankfully, he admits that a Nirvana reunion can't be taken lightly: "The thing is, it's sacred ground. If we were ever to do something like that it would have to be right because you want to pay tribute. There's a reason Foo Fighters don't do Nirvana songs, and it's a good reason."

Fuck yeah it's for good reason. PJ Harvey would be amazing, for sure, but it'd also be unsettling. I'm not sure I want to see any Nirvana renion. Ever.

Would you be okay with a Nirvana reunion? If so, who would be an acceptable frontperson? PJ Harvey? Stevie Nicks? Paul McCartney? WHO?

Let's have a poll:

 

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Kenneth 1
zzzzz
Posted by Kenneth http://offtempo.com on March 21, 2013 at 1:16 PM
2
You can't have a reunion when Kurt Cobain is dead.
Posted by xina on March 21, 2013 at 1:29 PM
3
I don't really like the idea, but I feel like if it had to be done, PJ Harvey would be one of the few that could kind of make it work.
Posted by Actionsquid on March 21, 2013 at 1:30 PM
4
Nirvana=Eric Carmen and the Raspberries w/ heavier guitars and a kick ass drummer.
Posted by neo-realist on March 21, 2013 at 1:32 PM
julie russell 5
No. But JGL if it had to happen.
Posted by julie russell http:// on March 21, 2013 at 1:37 PM
Anne18 6
You see PJ Harvey to witness her doing her own badass thing, not to see her fronting a broken shell. The creamy center is long gone and no substitute filling will suffice.

Christ, I want a Cadbury.
Posted by Anne18 on March 21, 2013 at 1:37 PM
Urgutha Forka 7
No Nirvana reunion.

That said, how about Courtney Love?
Posted by Urgutha Forka on March 21, 2013 at 1:37 PM
Gurldoggie 8
Beyonce.
Posted by Gurldoggie http://gurldogg.blogspot.com on March 21, 2013 at 1:38 PM
Gurldoggie 9
or Mark E. Smith.
Posted by Gurldoggie http://gurldogg.blogspot.com on March 21, 2013 at 1:40 PM
10
Michael Buble so they can hit the winery circuit.
Posted by Totalpukoid on March 21, 2013 at 1:43 PM
ArtBasketSara 11
Chris Cornell - Because it would piss off a lot of people... Ya!

Ok, no...really, just don't do it.
Posted by ArtBasketSara on March 21, 2013 at 1:47 PM
12
What's Nirvana? I never heard of them till today.
Posted by seatackled on March 21, 2013 at 1:50 PM
sperifera 13
Bjork (sorry no umlaut)
Posted by sperifera on March 21, 2013 at 1:57 PM
Fnarf 14
There's only one choice: Amy Winehouse.

@4, Nirvana WISH they were as cool as the Raspberries. "Go All The Way" blows away the entire Grunge movement all by itself.
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on March 21, 2013 at 2:00 PM
Josh Bis 15
Frances Bean.
Posted by Josh Bis http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Author.html?oid=3815563 on March 21, 2013 at 2:08 PM
blip 16
Whatever. Journey has had a pretty successful run with a fake Steve Perry. As long as they get the hair right the audience won't know the difference.
Posted by blip on March 21, 2013 at 2:30 PM
17
Iggy Pop or David Yow. And yes, I'm old.
Posted by Maybe Frances Bean, just to piss off mom. on March 21, 2013 at 2:34 PM
matt 18
Hologram Kurdt! Like 2Pac only even more awful.

Look, it's simple: don't call it a Nirvana reunion. Call it Dave Grohl and Friends or some shit, Dave Grohl reaching Nirvana; I don't know.
Posted by matt on March 21, 2013 at 2:38 PM
matt 19
Paul McCarthy is so unappreciated.
Posted by matt on March 21, 2013 at 2:42 PM
20
David Yow
Posted by merritt on March 21, 2013 at 2:44 PM
sirkowski 21
Haters gonna hate, I voted McCartney.
Posted by sirkowski http://www.missdynamite.com on March 21, 2013 at 2:46 PM
julie russell 22
As bad as the Doors w/o JM. Just wrong
Posted by julie russell http:// on March 21, 2013 at 2:47 PM
23
Why not Dave Grohl?
Posted by jath on March 21, 2013 at 2:50 PM
biffp 24
Josh Homme, but Queens are more interesting at this point.
Posted by biffp on March 21, 2013 at 2:50 PM
Simone 25
@18, I too was just thinking about a hologram Kurt.
Posted by Simone on March 21, 2013 at 2:56 PM
26
Gavin Rossdale, duh.
Posted by YogiWan on March 21, 2013 at 2:58 PM
DOUG. 27
Michelle Shocked.
Posted by DOUG. http://www.dougsvotersguide.com on March 21, 2013 at 3:04 PM
28
Courtney Love. Just to spite the sort of people who are easily spited.
Posted by gholtby on March 21, 2013 at 3:06 PM
Larry Mizell, Jr. 29
Solange
Posted by Larry Mizell, Jr. on March 21, 2013 at 3:39 PM
ArtBasketSara 30
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCarthy

Weird. Not sure he'd be my choice for lead singer but who's going to question a Slog Poll?!
Posted by ArtBasketSara on March 21, 2013 at 3:49 PM
mikethehammer 31
Holy shit, could you remove the hyperlink to the Miley Cyrus 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' rendition? Some of us might accidentally click on it and don't really deserve to have our afternoons ruined.
Posted by mikethehammer on March 21, 2013 at 4:03 PM
biffp 32
Cody ChesnuTT
Posted by biffp on March 21, 2013 at 4:43 PM
snacktruck 33
M-E-T-H-O-D Man!
Posted by snacktruck on March 21, 2013 at 4:44 PM
Gern Blanston 34
Mark Wahlberg
Posted by Gern Blanston on March 21, 2013 at 5:46 PM
McGee 35
No Scott Weiland option? Ian Astbury?
Posted by McGee on March 21, 2013 at 6:34 PM
36
that guy from Silverchair
Posted by TimMathis on March 21, 2013 at 8:53 PM
Fnarf 37
Layne Staley's not doing much these days.
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on March 21, 2013 at 11:43 PM
38
Nooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You can't have Nirvana without Kurt Cobain!! It's ridiculous! Kurt Cobain was 80% of Nirvana, or something. That's like... Creedence without John Fogerty. (And I hate Creedence.) Or Tad without Tad. Or Metallica without James Hetfield. Or, yes, The Doors without Jim Morrison. The Stooges without Iggy. The Ramones without Joey. Evanescence without Amy. The Sex Pistols without Johnny Rotten. Paramore without Hayley. Husker Du without Bob Mould. The Melvins without Buzz Osborne. The Meat Puppets without Curt Kirkwood. Dave Matthews Band without its namesake. (I do like old DMB.) Or Hole without Courtney.

You get my point. You just can't do it. It's not the same band anymore. It's something completely different. Call it something else if you want to, but don't try to call it what it obviously isn't.

And, full disclosure: Nirvana is my all-time contemporary music group, even including jazz. And I love jazz.
Posted by floater on March 22, 2013 at 12:37 AM
--MC 39
Weird Al.
Posted by --MC on March 22, 2013 at 7:17 AM
yos-wa 40
whoa. did someone put evanesence and paramore in a post about mostly good (or at least "classic") bands?
Posted by yos-wa on March 22, 2013 at 8:39 AM

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