When I conveyed this request, Kurt grimaced and said he really didn’t want to meet the Guns N’ Roses singer. Nirvana manager Danny Goldberg recalled in his book, “Backstage afterwards, Eddie Rosenblatt told me that he had come with Axl Rose and asked if he could bring him into the dressing room to say hi to Kurt. In attendance were Geffen President Eddie Rosenblatt and Axl Rose. One month after Nevermind came out, Nirvana was performing at the Palace Theatre in LA. Rebellion is standing up to people like Guns N’ Roses.” I mean, what are they rebelling against? I don’t think this is rebellion. “Rebellion is standing up to people like Guns N’ Roses.” – Kurt CobainĪhead of Nevermind’s release, Cobain gave numerous interviews slamming the band, telling Big O in February of 1991, “I think Guns N’ Roses are promoting the wrong values, like sexism and the way they do drugs. Both came from small towns, grew up in broken homes and turned to rock music to get through life but Cobain couldn’t stand Guns N’ Roses. Initially, it seemed like Axl Rose and Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain had a lot in common. He responded, “I’d like to hear Nirvana do ‘Welcome To The Jungle”… I’d like to hear Nirvana do ‘Jungle’ their way.” He was interviewed by Metallix in late 1991 and was asked which bands he’d like to see cover Guns N’ Roses. In fact, he stressed in interviews that he was excited about alternative rock and didn’t see it as a threat to his band. Guns N’ Roses frontman, Axl Rose counted himself an early fan of Nirvana. Nirvana, who was still fairly unknown, didn’t top the Billboard album chart until January 1992. Guns N’ Roses dropped their highly anticipated double album Use Your Illusion 1 & 2 on September 17, 1991, while Nirvana’s Nevermind came out the following week. Both groups released their second LPs one week apart in late 1991, on the same label, Geffen Records.

Guns N’ Roses and Nirvana were two of the biggest bands of the early ’90s.

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