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The title derives from a phrase written on Cobain's wall by his friend Kathleen Hanna, singer of the riot grrrl band Bikini Kill: "Kurt smells like Teen Spirit." Hanna meant that Cobain smelled like the deodorant Teen Spirit, which she and Tobi Vail, his then-girlfriend, had discovered during a trip to the grocery store.
May 15, 2024 · The 55-year-old punk rock icon, best known as lead singer of Bikini Kill and pioneer of the musical feminist movement Riot Grrrl, opens up about her life and career in “ Rebel Girl: My Life as a...
Apr 29, 2024 · The Bikini Kill and Le Tigre singer on her new memoir Rebel Girl, and what it’s like to see her friend Kurt Cobain become a posthumous icon.
May 14, 2024 · She writes glowingly of her friendship with Kurt Cobain. Hanna befriended the eventual Nirvana frontman through the Washington punk scene and through her Bikini Kill bandmate Tobi Vail, who...
Hanna came up with the name for Nirvana's 1991 breakthrough single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by writing "Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit" on Kurt Cobain's wall. At the time, Cobain was unaware that Hanna was referring to a deodorant marketed specifically to young women, and thought that the phrase would anchor the song's theme.
May 19, 2014 · Without Kathleen Hanna, Nirvana’s Smells like Teen Spirit would have had a different title. Kurt Cobain and Kathleen Hanna were the best of friends in the early ‘90s, after Kurt helped Kathleen escape an abusive relationship. The two drank a lot together and hung out frequently.
May 14, 2024 · In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, Bikini Kill's Kathleen Hanna opened up about her new memoir 'Rebel Girl', her marriage and how she accidentally named a Nirvana hit.
