Sandy Relief Concert: Nirvana Reunion, Featuring Sir Paul McCartney

Nirvana and The Beatles are two amazing bands respectively; both were at the top of their games in their separate eras and continue to have a massive influence on artists today, but when I heard about Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl reuniting as Nirvana but with Sir Paul McCartney replacing the legendary Kurt Cobain, I was unconvinced. The idea of the 90’s grunge sound of Nirvana being belted out by co-vocalist of 60’s rock and roll group The Beatles just seems so wrong, especially as both bands existed more or less 30 years apart. While I love both bands a great deal, the styles of their music are worlds apart and I can’t comprehend combining the two.

Nirvana’s surviving members, including touring guitarist Pat Smear, and McCartney joined forces for a very worthy cause however – a relief concert held on 12/12/12 in support of the victims of Hurricane Sandy. And unlike the Nirvana songs I thought they would be playing, the four performed an original song called ‘Cut Me Some Slack.’ It’s (surprisingly) not bad either; the entire song has a Beatles’ ‘Helter Skelter’ vibe to it, with Cobain-esque vocals and an equal mixture of the signature sounds of Nirvana and The Beatles met with the music of the guitars and Grohl’s insane drumming talents.

The entire performance is borderline awesome - each person up on that stage is a legend in their own right. It’s also great to see that at the grand old age of 70, Paul McCartney’s still got it.