Kurt Cobain of the band Nirvana performing at MTV Unplugged

All in All is All We Are: The Two Sides of “All Apologies”

Erin Lyndal Martin
Nov 5 · 5 min read

November 1, 2019 marked the 25th anniversary of Nirvana’s iconic performance on MTV Unplugged.

I can still remember the evening news broadcast where they announced that Kurt Cobain was dead. Dan Rather gave the news, and then a clip from Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged broadcast played. In that clip, you could hear a snippet of “All Apologies.” It was what they used in…

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