On April 8, 1994, the band played a benefit show for Rock Against Domestic Violence at the Cameo Theatre in Miami , alongside 7 Year Bitch and Jack Off Jill , the same day Nirvana lead vocalist Kurt Cobain had been found dead in his Seattle home.
Two days later, on April 8, Cobain was found dead of a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head at his home in the Denny-Blaine neighborhood of the city. He had died approximately three days earlier. Until the discovery of his body, Cobain had been missing since escaping the rehabilitation center.
On April 6, 1994, it was announced that Nirvana withdrew from their planned appearance at the Lollapalooza 94 tour due to Cobain’s ongoing health problems, with reports that they had broken up.
In April 1994, the band released their second demo tape, The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to Hitler’s Handicapped Helpers .
O’Loughlin persuaded Birch and da Silva to play a show at The Garage in London in March 1994 with Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth) on drums and Anne Wood on violin to celebrate the album re-releases. They recorded a session for BBC Radio 1 ‘s John Peel , which was released…
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Bodyjar line-up of Baines, Petterson, Relf and Zerafa recorded their studio album, Take a Look Inside , at Sing Sing Studios, Melbourne. It was co-produced by Bill Stevenson and Stephen Egerton (both from touring United States band, All ) in March 1994.
Following the release of 24 Hour Revenge Therapy in February 1994, Jawbreaker received contract offers from major record labels. Though they had already decided to break up following the album’s supporting tours due to tiredness and frustration, the band decided to consider the offers, partly due to the major label…
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Recorded in three weeks and released in February 1994, Dookie became a commercial success, helped by extensive MTV airplay for the videos of the songs ” Longview “, ” Basket Case “, and ” When I Come Around “, all of which reached the number one position on the Modern…
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Blaggers ITA were dropped from EMI later that year.
The band made their first English language recording in 1994, on a single with actress Margi Clarke (they released a cover of Cole Porter ‘s ” Anything Goes ” as a single), and had earlier collaborated with Pauline Murray (of the punk band Penetration ) in 1990, who co-wrote Llygad…
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