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Kurt Cobain Named His Biggest Hit After Deo

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A drunk night, a spray can and a deodorant – that's how the story began behind Nirvana's world hit "Smells Like Teen Spirit". In the early 90s in Kurt Cobains (†27) apartment in Olympia, Washington, girlfriend Kathleen Hanna scribbled the sentence "Kurt smells like Teen Spirit" to the bedroom wall after a wild tour through the city. Kurt didn't understand the tip: Teen Spirit was a new deodorant for girls who used his then girlfriend Tobi Vail. …
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A drunk night, a spray can and a deodorant – that's how the story began behind Nirvana's world hit "Smells Like Teen Spirit". In the early 90s in Kurt Cobains (†27) apartment in Olympia, Washington, girlfriend Kathleen Hanna scribbled the sentence "Kurt smells like Teen Spirit" to the bedroom wall after a wild tour through the city. Kurt didn't understand the tip: Teen Spirit was a new deodorant for girls who used his then girlfriend Tobi Vail. …

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Promiflash.de broke the news on Friday, April 24, 2026.
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