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“Smells Like Teen Spirit”—Nirvana with Courtney Love

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

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Wesley Willis and the Divide Between Intent and Audience Empathy

By the mid 90s Wesley Willis is a cult favorite and outsider artist he puts out records on the label alternative tentacles run by Jello Biafra from the dead Kennedys Henry Rollins is a Wesley Willis fan so is Mike D Eddie Vedder Dave Grohl. He greeted his fans apparently with an affectionate headbutt which is why Wesley had a very prominent scar on his forehead from all the headbudding. A Wesley Willis phase can last anywhere from 72 hours to 30 years maybe just listen to rock and roll McDonald's a few timesmaybe one day you're in Chicago and you take a whole ass pilgrimage to the rock and Roll McDonald's in Wesley's honor Rocky roll McDonald's

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