Teen Spirit - The Tribute To Kurt Cobain DVD (1999)

Teen Spirit - The Tribute To Kurt Cobain

1999

Overall rating: 2 out of 5

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Kurt Cobain was the frontman for Nirvana, angst-ridden American grunge rockers who exploded onto the popular music scene in 1991 with the 'Nevermind' album (1989's 'Bleach' had failed to chart on either side of the Atlantic). The band's many fans were subsequently shocked when on April 4th 1994 Cobain ended his life with a shotgun. This documentary chronicles the life and career of the man who tapped into the discontent of America's youth, and features various musical tributes and previously unseen footage.

Teen Spirit - The Tribute To Kurt Cobain details

Format:	Ex DVD
Starring:	Nirvana, Kurt Cobain
Genre:	Documentary - Entertainment
Studio:	WIENERWORLD LTD

DVD 1 disc

Name	Discs
Teen Spirit - The Tribute To Kurt Cobain	Ex Feature

DVD Information

Run time:	1 hour 13 minutes
Rental release:	16 Oct 2006
Main languages:	English

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Not worth it!!!

By peter from Wales , 29 Jan 2004

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A title with 'tribute' in it should have warned me. There is no original Nirvana music and any clips of the band are taken from 3 interviews but are only snippits. Footage of Seattle and surrounding area abound with interviews with 'fans' and 3 main contributors. The only one who seems to have had any genuine ongoing relationship with the band is their photographer. I would recomend skipping this DVD and buying the official Kurt Cobain biography by Charles Cross and put on one of the Nirvana albums.
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By ketha from Avon , 16 Jan 2005

Sadly this is one of these "unofficial" documentaries that doesn't have permission to use the bands music, or many of their interviews. What you're left with is a fan doing what sounds like a undergrad dissertation on "Why Nirvana spoke to alienated youth (and isn't Dave Grohl kinda cute too)" and a few chats with people who met Kurt once, for a drink, in 1990. That said the stuff with the Sub Pop founders is interesting and it adds a little more to story but without the music or any interviews (I lie, they seem to have about a minute of interview with Kurt, but it's hardly enough). Seeing the bridge that was used in the song "Something in the Way" was kinda interesting also... who knew it was such a rural backwater where Kurt came from?

Well, is it worth seeing. Depends, if you're interested in almost any aspect of music history (like myself) then probably yes, (but there's plenty more to see before it), other than that, strictly "for fans, only".
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Not worth it!!!

By peter from Wales , 29 Jan 2004

A title with 'tribute' in it should have warned me. There is no original Nirvana music and any clips of the band are taken from 3 interviews but are only snippits. Footage of Seattle and surrounding area abound with interviews with 'fans' and 3 main contributors. The only one who seems to have had any genuine ongoing relationship with the band is their photographer. I would recomend skipping this DVD and buying the official Kurt Cobain biography by Charles Cross and put on one of the Nirvana albums.
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