Kurt Cobain's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' guitar sells for a staggering $4.5 million [Breaking]
“I’m left-handed, and it’s not very easy to find reasonably priced, high-quality left-handed guitars,” he said. “But out of all the guitars in the whole world, the Fender Mustang is my favorite. I’ve only owned two of them.”
The guitar was also used in recording sessions for the band’s acclaimed albums “Nevermind” and “In Utero.” A portion of the proceeds from the sale will benefit Kicking the Stigma, Irsay’s and the Colts’ initiative to remove the stigma around mental health disorders.“Kurt Cobain was as great an artistic and cultural force as any performer in the last 30 years, and this auction celebrates his and Nirvana’s indelible contributions to rock music and popular culture,” Irsay said in a statement.
“History is so important,” Irsay told Guitar.com. “So much of what we’re about as a world, as humanity, is tied to music. It’s been that way ever since the cavemen were around the fire and they scrawled on the walls, they beat things — there was always this feeling of self-expression. And a deeper feeling than just having words or sign language, or hunting and gathering systems. To me, it’s really important that the museum is alive.
Released in 1991, “Smells Like Teen Spirit” is widely considered one of the greatest songs in music history. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame added the song to its exhibit “The Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll,” while Rolling Stone ranked it fifth on the publication’s list of the “100 Greatest Singles of All Time.”
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