The guitar that Kurt Cobain played in the Unplugged session has been bought for $6m by an Australian businessman making it both the most expensive guitar and piece of memorabilia.
I was a huge Nirvana fan at the time, the brilliant Nevermind Album, the image, the easy on the eye Kurt Cobain and the whole Grunge scene that they sat proudly atop of.
The one thing that was not so good, and it has not improved with age or repeated listening, was the Nirvana Unplugged set where the $6m guitar featured.
I'm sure that the debate will start up again about just how good it was but i remember being disappointed at the time and as much as i enjoy watching Kurt Cobain sat on a stage playing his semi-acoustic guitar, listening to it today it still fails to enthuse me.
Nirvana's music was all about the several thousand decibels of power behind them and the Cobain formula of soft verses and raucous chorus.
Everything about this performance just seemed tepid and while we waited in vain for the big hits like 'Teen Spirit' or 'Lithium', we got 'Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam', 'The Man Who Sold The World' and a handful of vague, unknown songs and it just left an empty feeling.
I am not knocking the Unplugged series, i thought Alanis Morissette was outstanding, as was REM, but if Cobain had not taken his life shortly afterwards, this set would be viewed as a mistaken diversion from the real, angrier thing.
Their strength and appeal was in their energy, drive and pounding guitars but this album gives a false impression and will sadly be forever placed alongside their far superior earlier output.
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