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“I started pacing around the room - usually I take notes but I was just taking it all in. I went ‘Play it again'”: How Dave Grohl delivered the incredible Smells Like Teen Spirit drum track

Thursday August 28, 2025. 07:00 PM , from Keyboard Magazine

The drum part that introduced Nirvana and a drummer named Dave Grohl to the world was released back in 1991

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