The Heartbreaking Reason Dave Grohl Won't Perform Nirvana Songs Solo

Grohl added, "But I don't sit down at home and run through Smells Like Teen Spirit by myself. It's just a reminder that the person who is responsible for those beautiful songs is no longer with us. It's bittersweet."

Grohl was devastated when Cobain took his own life in 1994. "I realized when Kurt died that there's no right or wrong way to grieve," he told Rolling Stone in 2019. "It takes funny turns. You'll be numb. You'll remember the good things, then you'll turn and remember some dark times. I stayed away from music for a while. I wouldn't even turn on the radio. And then I eventually realized that music was the one thing that actually made me feel better. And music was gonna help me through that. So I started writing songs and recording them by myself."

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