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In his opening remarks to Seattle Symphony Orchestra's "Sonic Evolution" program Tuesday at Benaroya Hall, music director Ludovic Morlot cited the title of Nirvana's 20-year-old hit song "Come As You Are" as the perfect theme for the evening.

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By way of additional trivia, "Polly" is also the only song from Nevermind on which Chad Channing, Nirvana's original drummer, performs.

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There was a sense that the wall separating so-called mainstream music from what was real and raw was being pounded into rubble in front of our eyes by Nirvana's aural celebration and rage.

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When I left to go on holiday to Greece the next week, I took Nirvana's music with me.

In search of Nirvana 2011

Both Nirvana's music and their attitude were beginning to pierce the ultra-slick, airtight container that had up to now held 90s commercial music.

In search of Nirvana 2011

By way of additional trivia, "Polly" is also the only song from Nevermind on which Chad Channing, Nirvana's original drummer, performs.

Michael Vazquez: Huffington Post Exclusive Music World Premiere: On The Twentieth Anniversary Of Nevermind, SPIN Curates A Tribute Album (Audio) Michael Vazquez 2011

In the liner notes to Nirvana's singles collection "Incesticide," Kurt Cobain gushed about his obsession with the group and its winsome and disarming 1981 post-punk album, "Odyshape."

Funk Yards, Beacon Blues Andy Beta 2011

And by way of further album cover trivia, it was in fact Dallessandro's torso appearing on my all-time favorite band The Smiths' debut album speaking of mid-sections, I'll point out that the Amanda Palmer cover of Nirvana's "Polly" that I debuted at this column references The Smiths' haunting "Suffer Little Children" in it's mid-section.

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It led to Nirvana's parent label reissuing the band's back catalog.

Funk Yards, Beacon Blues Andy Beta 2011

Troy Nelson, singer-songwriter, guitarist for Seattle band the Young Evils and DJ at KEXP radio, was a metal-loving teenager in South Dakota when he first encountered Nirvana's music.

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