When was the final time you watched Nirvana‘s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” music video? Like, actually watched it and honed in on all of the folks within the crowd. As a result of in the event you look very, very intently, you may really catch just a few glimpses of former Fear Factory vocalist Burton C. Bell within the crowd!
Bell took to Instagram to disclose his presence within the video, in addition to just a few useful clips so you are not sitting there attempting to determine the place he’s. It is a fairly cool, very obscure piece of rock historical past!
“In late Spring in 1991 I began working within the transport and receiving division for NaNa, a Doc Marten’s distributor in Santa Monica, the place I unloaded vehicles stuffed with Doc’s, to be unboxed, inventoried and reboxed to be shipped off to punk rock shops all throughout the nation,” wrote Bell. “A buddy I labored with, Kirk, labored there. He was married to Dee, the drummer of L7, who labored in the principle workplace.
“In June of 1991 Kirk had a sophisticated cassette of the newly recorded Nirvana album, that was not launched but. Kirk performed cello on the track One thing In The Approach. We blasted that album every day for two straight months and I used to be loving it.
“August, 15, Nirvana performed a present at The Roxy on Sundown Blvd. I used to be not capable of go to the present as a result of I had rehearsal with my new band Fear Factory, however my two roommates did. On the present Nirvana threw out flyers to the viewers that was an ‘invite’ to their video shoot in Culver Metropolis on the seventeenth.
“On the day of my two roomies, one other buddy @smalce and I drove right down to Culver Metropolis for the video shoot for a track known as SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT.
“About 40 folks confirmed up for the video shoot, together with my buddy and bassist @tonybaumeister. The director had us sit on a riser within the studio, and the band was taking part in in entrance of us. The director instructed us to look bored.
“Me and my buddies knew the track fairly nicely, however the remainder of the group didn’t. Listening to the track time and again turned infectious. The director misplaced management of the group and chaos ensued. Most crowd pictures had been unplanned. Everybody who confirmed up was within the video.
“After the group pictures ‘lunch’ was served, and everybody matriculated exterior with the band whereas consuming finger sandwiches with #kurtcobain and Chris Novoselic.
“I bear in mind speaking to the brand new drummer, Dave Grohl. I instructed him how I believed it was humorous that he had the the tag CHAKA on his drum set as a result of CHAKA was a prolific tagger in LA throughout that point. His tags could possibly be seen from Venice to a Hollywood. He had no concept ????
“I may be seen BRIEFLY 4 occasions within the video. It is fast, however IT IS ME. I’ve LONG, blonde hair, carrying a white tee shirt.”
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