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Originally Posted by Sonace
I don't know bout that. I've always read that Cobain told Killing Joke they'd never heard of them, and I've also read that Killing Joke said Nirvana admitted to being fans.
Guess we'll never know
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I think we already do know. Killing Joke were a well known post-punk band that definitely would've been known to the members of Nirvana considering the other bands they cited as influences. And "Eighties" was one of Killing Joke's most well known songs.
And if that doesn't convince you, consider this account from Nirvana's manager (from
here):
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Originally Posted by Rolling Stone
"Come as You Are" (1991) is fueled by a slowed-down version of the guitar riff in "Eighties" (1985). At the time, Killing Joke opted not to file a copyright infringement lawsuit for personal and financial reasons. Nirvana's then-manager Danny Goldberg later copped to the similarity between the two songs. In the 2000 book, Eyewitness Nirvana: The Day-By-Day Chronicle, Goldberg said, "We met to discuss what [Nevermind's] second single would be. We couldn't decide between 'Come as You Are' and 'In Bloom.' Kurt was nervous about 'Come as You Are' because it was too similar to a Killing Joke song ['Eighties'], but we all thought it was still the better song to go with. And, he was right, Killing Joke later did complain about it."
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