(3 Jun 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
London, UK – 2 June 2025
1. Tilt up to print of Cobain, a block print based on Frank Micelotta’s photograph of Cobian during MTV Unplugged
2. Various of guitar which once belonged to Kurt Cobain, a Martin D-18E Electro-Acoustic guitar
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Alan di Perna, rock journalist and curator: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON SHOT1 AND IS OVERLAID BY SHOT 2++
"It’s significant because Kurt owned it. Kurt played it. It’s the last guitar he ever played. It was used in the final phase of his career. It was used for the Unplugged program, which was taped 5 months or so before Kurt Cobain passed away. So for fans it’s an iconic object, very much so. It’s also the most expensive guitar ever sold at auction: $6.1 million."
4. Wide of display of artworks of Kurt Cobain and sheets of hand written lyrics
5. Various of Cobain’s handwritten lyrics for ‘If You Must’
6. Pull focus from album cover to shoulder of cardigan
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Alan di Perna, rock journalist and curator: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON SHOT4 AND IS OVERLAID BY SHOT5-6++
"So he’s influential as a guitarist and also as a songwriter he’s very influential for songs that sum up the anxieties of Generation X, his generation. He once commented that "I’m just like my fans". He comes from a broken home, a somewhat impoverished background, and all of this is reflected in his songwriting."
8. Wide of guitar and case
9. Tilt down of guitar case
10. Pull focus of guitar picks
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Gabriele Rossi Rognoni, Royal College of Music Museum curator: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON SHOT8 AND IS OVERLAID BY SHOT9-10 AND PARTIALLY BY SHOT12++
"We saw space to develop a story that was not only about an instrument but about a person with a complex background and with something that is quite significant today, which is as musicians and as public figures, you are under a lot of pressure. And this pressure can play out in different ways in life. And having the possibility to open this discussion clearly and working with someone who had had such an incredible public success but at the same time such a complex personal experience."
12. Various of exhibition
STORYLINE:
A piece of rock history.
This Martin D-18E Electro-Acoustic guitar was once played by the king of grunge himself, Kurt Cobain.
Only 302 of this model was ever made, and the singer-songwriter bought his second hand from a guitar shop in Los Angeles.
He played it during the band’s infamous MTV Unplugged performance.
It’s now the centrepiece for a new exhibition at London’s Royal College of Music.
Leading rock journalist Alan di Perna has helped curate the show and says the instrument is an important part of Cobain’s legacy.
"It’s significant because Kurt owned it. Kurt played it. It’s the last guitar he ever played. It was used in the final phase of his career. It was used for the Unplugged program, which was taped 5 months or so before Kurt Cobain passed away. So for fans it’s an iconic object, very much so. It’s also the most expensive guitar ever sold at auction: $6.1 million," he says.
Cobain and his band Nirvana pioneered the grunge movement, combining introspective verses with clean sounds, and rocky, distorted choruses.
Nirvana produced three studio albums: Bleached, Nevermind and In Utero.
Cobain was the driving creative force behind them
In 1993, Nirvana played their famous MTV Unplugged set.
The green mohair cardigan Cobain wore for the performance is also on display.
Unplugged seemed to cement them as one of the top musical acts of the time.
Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/
You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/fb215b2f22ce4adea01ad4d206770431
Author: AP Archive
Go to Source
News post in June 8, 2025, 3:05 am.
Visit Our Sponsor’s:
News Post In – News
