Here’s the original casting call for Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” video
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Indeed there is no clothing with brands or logos in the video.
Ironic since "Teen Spirit" is a brand.
Seriously, everything I know about this music video is wrong!
I thought it was them and some friends in Seattle who made it themselves for $100.
Instead, we discover that this is something corporate. And scripted.
At least their boredom was real:
The call went out for 18 to 25-year-old fans of Nirvana to “adapt a high-school personna [sic], i.e., preppy, punk, nerd, jock…” They were told to show up at GMT Studios’ Stage 6 in Culver City, CA on Saturday, August 17th at 11:30 A.M. As legend has it, those preppies and jocks were forced to sit through countless replays of the song, making their boredom very real. Of course, so was the chaos; Once Kurt Cobain convinced Bayer to let them release some energy after a long afternoon by having a good mosh, the extras took out their frustration on the set and equipment.
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http://all-that-is-interesting.com/post/2738603048/casting-call-for-nirvanas-smell-like-teen-spirit
11:20 AM Jul 02 2014