KURT COBAIN'S 1959 MARTIN D-18E PLAYED ON NIRVANA'S HISTORIC MTV UNPLUGGED PERFORMANCE

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Lot #742KURT COBAIN'S 1959 MARTIN D-18E PLAYED ON NIRVANA'S HISTORIC "MTV UNPLUGGED" PERFORMANCE

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Kurt Cobain's 1959 Martin D-18E, played with Nirvana in their historic "MTV Unplugged" performance.

Not since John Lennon and The Beatles had a songwriter and his band so completely personified the musical and cultural zeitgeist of an era.

Kurt Cobain and Nirvana gave voice to the social and political angst of a disaffected cohort rising from the shadow of 1980s orthodoxy. Nirvana and their unique music were unlike anything that had come before them. With the release of "Smells Like Teen Spirit," popular music was set on a completely different trajectory. Much as the Beatles had some 28 years earlier, Nirvana simultaneously changed the musical landscape of Rock ‘N’ Roll and became the voice of their own generation with the 1991 release of their second studio album, Nevermind.

“I remember hearing it when Nevermind came out and just thinking, we’ve finally got our Beatles, this era finally got our Beatles, and ever since then it’s never happened again.”
Billy Joe Armstrong, Green Day

Like John Lennon before him, Kurt Cobain tapped into the cultural undercurrent of a generation. In Cobain’s case, rock fans were increasingly disillusioned with the highly produced and commercialized mainstream rock of the late 1980s. By 1991, Rock had lost its soul and it was rapidly losing its marketspace. Just four months after its release, Nevermind shot to No. 1 on the Billboard album chart, displacing Michael Jackson’s Dangerous, and breathing new life into a flat-lining genre.

“But Nirvana was also tapping into something bigger: an emergent, far-flung world of youth culture that was proudly, at times self-consciously, ‘alternative.’”
Hua Hsu, The New Yorker (Touchstones)

Nirvana’s emotionally raw, unvarnished, and unflinchingly iconoclastic sound and style resurrected Rock ‘N’ Roll and altered the course rock music forever. In the process, Cobain became the reluctant spokesman for a generation in open rebellion against a music industry that had lost its way. In an inescapable irony, Kurt Cobain’s success would go on to be measured by the over 75 million Nirvana records sold, their industry awards and accolades, and their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2014. By any metric, Nirvana ranks as one of the best-selling and most influential bands of all time.

“It is the highest calling for an artist to capture a moment, to embrace and define their time.”
Michael Stipe, R.E.M. (Nirvana Hall of Fame Induction 2014)

A deeply pensive artist, whose disquiet was communicated through his writing and performance, Cobain was particularly ill-at-ease with the celebrity and adulation that came as the result of his music’s commercial success. Cobain strove to be authentic, even modest, in a forum previously dominated by the flashy and ostentatious. Cobain saw his art as he saw himself, an outlier, nonconforming, and unassuming. While at first blush it may seem a peculiar pairing, it should really come as no surprise that Cobain selected a guitar that shared so much of his character for what he intended to be his most intimate and meaningful performance. Cobain’s MTV Unplugged performance was a self-disclosure, and his Martin D-18E was at once both instrument and revelation.

With the passage of time and the growth of their legacy, it is easy to forget just how fast and brightly Nirvana’s flame burned. Leading up to their 1993 MTV Unplugged performance, Nirvana was the most popular band in the world, but only two years had passed between the time Nirvana hit the mainstream in 1991 and their iconic MTV Unplugged appearance. In what would become Nirvana’s most legendary performance, Kurt Cobain played his 1959 Martin D-18E in a live taping for the popular MTV Unplugged series on November 18, 1993. Approximately five months before his death, Cobain chose this guitar to paint what Rolling Stone called “his last self-portrait.”

Nirvana’s acoustic performance that night produced one of the greatest live albums of all time, MTV Unplugged in New York. Cuts from the album, released seven months after Cobain’s death, would go on to become the most celebrated and defining versions of Nirvana’s songs, “All Apologies,” “Come As You Are,” “About A Girl,” and “Dumb,” as well as covers of David Bowie’s “The Man Who Sold the World” and a haunting rendition of Lead Belly’s “Black Girl” renamed “Where Did You Sleep Last Night.” MTV Unplugged in New York debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard charts and is consistently ranked among the top ten live albums of all time.

Cobain’s mastery of this guitar along with Nirvana’s flawless acoustic and vocal performance propelled the MTV Unplugged in New York album to multi-platinum certification and it won the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 1996.

Kurt Cobain’s approach to his MTV Unplugged performance seemed to be a break from all that came before it. Fundamentally, it was all about Cobain; and without compromise. Nothing about the event - from the lighting and stage dressing, to the setlist, the sound, and Cobain’s choice of the Martin D-18E - none of these critical decisions were made to please either the audience or MTV itself. Cobain’s choices were all as personally significant as they were deliberate.

A glance at the setlist only underscores the fact that Cobain was not there to play to the crowd as much as he was performing songs that were meaningful to him. The setlist included 14 songs, including six covers by The Vaselines, David Bowie, Lead Belly, and three by the Meat Puppets (who joined Nirvana on stage). Cobain’s performance of Lead Belly’s “Where Did You Sleep Last Night?” has been described as both fragile and powerfully heartrending.

“In the last verse of the song, Cobain leaned forward in his gray office chair and broke into a scream. Just before he was about to finish, Cobain sighed fast and opened his eyes in one last, panicked stare, as if someone had told him a secret he never wanted to know.”
Stefany Anne Golberg, The Smart Set

In truth, the MTV Unplugged audience was somewhat incidental to Cobain’s purpose that night and Cobain drew little energy from the mostly passive crowd that encircled the studio stage. Cobain gave voice to his mounting dissatisfaction about Nirvana being known principally for songs released during their “mainstream” period when he told the MTV Unplugged audience that the first song on the setlist was from of their first album, and noted derisively that, "most people don't own it."

At its heart, Cobain’s MTV Unplugged performance was about taking control and being himself; memorializing what his music, his career, and his life were all about. It was not a mainstream performance, nor was it about pleasing the mainstream. The critical and commercial success of his MTV Unplugged performance was likely not even a distant concern to Cobain. Cobain’s purpose was to be seen and remembered for who he was and what he valued.

No one can know what was going through Cobain's mind at the time he planned and meticulously crafted all of the elements that made his MTV Unplugged performance, but Rolling Stone's reflection seems on point: “Surrounded by lilies, the flowers of death, Kurt Cobain sat on a soundstage almost five months before his suicide and made his last selfportrait.” Brush stroke after brushstroke, Cobain masterfully put his soul to canvass with this Martin D-18E guitar.

All recorded in one take (a first for the Unplugged series), Cobain’s performance was not about technical perfection. Rather, Cobain sought to be perfectly raw and authentic. In that sense, Cobain’s performance was a flawless masterclass in self-expression on every level. It was truly more like a peek into a personal jam session than a concert. But that is the kind of band that Nirvana was throughout their career. The audience always seemed oddly out of place.

Perhaps the most important decision Cobain made for his MTV Unplugged performance was the "brush" he chose to paint the self-portrait that would ultimately be recognized as his greatest work. The "brush" chosen by Cobain was his 1959 Martin D-18E guitar, and it was the only guitar he used throughout the entire MTV Unplugged performance. Cobain purchased this guitar and its vintage hardshell case at Voltage Guitars in Los Angeles. Both the guitar and its case were personally customized, by Cobain, prior to his MTV appearance.

Appreciation for Cobain’s performance that night has only grown with the passing years. Cobain's performance revealed an unexpected side of his genius to the world and hinted at even greater potential that was never realized. Cobain friend and confidant, Michael Stipe of R.E.M., has shared that the sound and style of Unplugged is what was planned for the next Nirvana album - the one that ultimately was never realized.

Twenty-six years later, Cobain’s MTV Unplugged performance remains the definitive self-portrait of a generation’s most transformative artist. Cobain’s Martin D-18E guitar survives as the most recognizable and important artifact, not only of Cobain’s MTV Unplugged performance, but of Cobain as an artist.

Cobain was known for smashing guitars on stage and wreaking havoc with instruments used by the band in their live performances. In contrast, after driving the last song of their MTV Unplugged performance with a primal howling, Cobain held his Martin D-18E guitar with reverence. Ultimately, he placed the guitar carefully back on its stand - almost as a stand-in for himself - and left it center stage as he walked away.

NIRVANA’S MTV UNPLUGGED SETLIST
- “About a Girl”
- “Come as You Are”
- “Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam” (The Vaselines cover)
- “The Man Who Sold the World” (David Bowie cover)
- “Pennyroyal Tea”
- “Dumb”
- “Polly”
- “On a Plain”
- “Something in the Way”
- “Plateau” (Meat Puppets cover, with Meat Puppets)
- “Oh, Me” (Meat Puppets cover, with Meat Puppets)
- “Lake of Fire” (Meat Puppets cover, with Meat Puppets)
- “All Apologies”
- “Where Did You Sleep Last Night?” (Lead Belly cover)
REHEARSAL (RELEASED ON THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY REISSUE)
- “Come as You Are”
- “Polly”
- “Plateau”
- “Penny Royal Tea”
- “The Man Who Sold the World”
GUITAR SPECIFICATIONS
- 1959 Martin D-18E
- Serial Number: 166854 (No. 7 of 302)
- Body Style: Dreadnought
- Wood Composition: Mahogany Back and Sides, Adirondack Spruce Top, One-Piece Mahogany Neck
- Design Elements: Two DeArmond Pickups, Three Control Knobs, Pickup Selector Switch, Tortoiseshell Pickguard
MODIFICATIONS
- Voltage Guitars recut the nut so it could be played by Cobain left-handed.
- John Saba filled in the bridge and routed a new slot for the saddle.
- Bartolini 3AV pickup added to the soundhole.
- This was one of the first Martins to have electric pickups and marked Martin Guitars’ earliest foray into electric guitars.
ORIGINAL ACQUISITION
- According to Cobain’s guitar technician, Earnie Bailey, Cobain bought the Martin D–18E at Voltage Guitars in Los Angeles.
GUITAR CASE
- The guitar is accompanied by a vintage black hardshell case used by Cobain to carry his Martin D-18E guitar.
- The neck of the guitar case was personalized by Cobain with a flyer for Portland Oregon based band, Poison Idea’s 1990 album Feel the Darkness. The flyer is duct taped to the case.
- Nirvana and Poison Idea both played at the September 1992 “No on 9” benefit in Portland, Oregon.
- The case also has two Alaska Airlines Fragile stickers; one attached to each side.
- Included in the case compartment are: three Dunlop 60mm guitar picks, a partial set of Martin & Co. Phospher Bronze guitar strings, and a small black velvet pouch containing silvertone knife, fork, and spoon lapel pins each with pinbacks. Three baggage claim ticket stubs are affixed to the handle of the case.
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Late Payment Fees . Commencing with the tenth day following the sale, payments not received by Julien’s Auctions will incur a late charge of one-and-a-half percent (1.5%) per month (or the highest rate allowable by law, whichever is lower) on the outstanding Total Purchase Price.

Excess Fund Return . In the event you are the Winning Bidder on a Lot and prior to an Auction you provided us with a deposit for your Bid which exceeds the Total Purchase Price, we will return any such excess within thirty (30) business days of the conclusion of the Auction, unless delay is compelled by (A) legal proceedings, or (B) our inability, through no fault of our own, to transfer title to the Lot or comply with any provision of California Civil Code Section 1812.600-1812.609, the California Commercial Code, the California Code of Civil Procedure, or other provision of applicable law.

(g) Defaults; Julien’s Remedies. If Winning Bidder does not comply with the conditions herein, such Winning Bidder will be in default. In addition to any and all other remedies available to Julien’s Auctions and the Consignor by law and at equity, including, without limitation, the right to hold the Winning Bidder liable for the Total Purchase Price, including all fees, charges and expenses more fully set forth herein, we, at our option, may: (a) cancel the sale of the subject Lot, or any other lots sold to the defaulting Purchaser at the same or any other Auction, retaining as liquidated damages all payments made by the Purchaser; (b) resell the purchased property, whether at public auction or by private sale; or (c) effect any combination thereof. In any case, the Purchaser will be liable for any deficiency, any and all costs, handling charges, late charges, expenses of both sales, our commissions on both sales at our regular rates, legal fees and expenses, collection fees and incidental damages.

We may, in our sole discretion, apply any proceeds of sale then due or thereafter becoming due to the Purchaser from us or any affiliated company, or any payment made by the Purchaser to us or any affiliated company, where or not intended to reduce the Purchaser’s obligations with respect to the unpaid Lot or Lots, to the deficiency and any other amounts due to us or any affiliated companies. In addition, a defaulting Purchaser will be deemed to have granted and assigned to us and our affiliated companies, a continuing security interest of first priority in any property or money of our owing to such Purchaser in our possession or in the possession of any of our affiliated companies, and we may retain and apply such property or money as collateral security for the obligations due to us or to any affiliated company of ours. Payment will not be deemed to have been made in full until we have collected good funds. In the event the purchaser fails to pay any or all of the Total Purchase Price for any Lot and Julien’s Auctions elects to pay the Consignor any portion of the sale proceeds, the purchaser acknowledges that Julien’s Auctions shall have all of the rights of the Consignor to pursue the Purchaser for any amounts paid to the Consignor, whether at law, in equity, or under these Auction Terms and Conditions.

Julien’s Auctions further reserves the right to prohibit defaulting Purchasers from being approved for registration at future Auctions.

5. Lots.

(a) Warranty; Disclaimers. Julien’s Auctions warrants the authenticity of Attribution (as defined below) of property listed in the catalogue or online as stated in the Attribution Warranty below. Except for the Attribution Warranty, all property is sold “As Is”. We make no warranties, nor does the Consignor, as to the merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, the correctness of the catalogue or other description of the physical condition, size, quality, rarity, importance, medium, provenance, exhibitions, literature or historical relevance of any property. No oral or written statements made in the catalogue, online listing, advertisement, bill of sale, and announcement or elsewhere made by employees (including affiliated and related companies) shall be considered a warranty. We and the Consignor make no representations and warranties, express or implied, as to whether the purchaser acquires any Intellectual Property Rights, including but not limited to, any reproduction rights of any property. We and the Consignor are not responsible for errors and omissions in the catalogue, online listings or any other supplemental material.

(b) Evaluation; Item Descriptions. It is the sole responsibility and risk of prospective Bidders to make the determination of whether a Lot is suitable for Bid.

Catalogues. While Julien’s Auctions customarily produces printed catalogues of all Lots available for an Auction, such catalogues are for illustrative purposes only. Descriptions of Lots therein are not comprehensive and may contain errors. We do not warrant any aspect of content in our catalogues other than the Attribution of Lots.

Condition Reports. Bidders may request a written report of the Lot’s repair and restoration history (a “Condition Report”) by emailing [email protected] for a Condition Report. Other than Attribution, we do not make any representations or warranties, express or implied, concerning any content in a Condition Report. We will customarily provide Condition Reports so long as we receive a written request from you at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the Auction. You agree that any Condition Report(s) we provide to you are the confidential information of Julien’s Auctions, are to be utilized for your personal purposes only, are to be treated by you with the same degree of care that you utilize to protect your own confidential information (provided, however, that you must at least use reasonable care), and are not to be disclosed to third parties unless mandated by law. If you breach any obligations in this Section, Julien’s Auctions shall be entitled to seek equitable relief to protect its interest therein, including but not limited to injunctive relief as well as money damages. These confidentiality obligations will survive the conclusion of any Auction.

(c) Pricing. All Lot pricing is listed in United States Dollars. We may offer certain programs, tools, and site experiences of particular interest to international users, such as estimated local currency conversion and international shipping calculation tools, but these are offered for convenience only.

8. Attribution Warranty.

(a) Attribution. “Attribution” is defined by Julien as the creator, period, culture, or source of origin, as the case may be as stated in the (a) Heading set forth in bold type of a Lot in a live auction catalogue, as amended by any statements by the auctioneer and/or written salesroom notices and announcements (“Bold Type Heading”) or (b) the lot Title of an online auction, as amended by any online notices and announcements (“Online Lot Heading”) (Bold Type Heading and Online Lot Heading collectively, “Headings”).

(b) Attribution Warranty. Subject to the exclusions below, we make no warranties to information not contained in Headings. Subject to the exclusions listed below, Julien’s Auctions warrants the Attribution of a Lot for a period of one (1) year from the date of sale and only to the original Purchaser on record at the auction. If it is determined to our satisfaction that the Attribution is incorrect, the sale will be rescinded if the Lot is returned to the Julien’s Auctions warehouse facility in the same condition in which it was at the time of sale. In order to satisfy us that the Attribution of a lot is indeed incorrect we reserve the right to require the Purchaser to obtain, at the Purchaser’s expense, the opinion of two experts in the field, mutually acceptable to Julien’s Auctions and the Purchaser, before we agree to rescind the sale under the warranty. This warranty is not assignable and applies only to the original Purchaser on record with Julien’s Auctions. This warranty does not transfer to any subsequent owners of any purchased property (this includes without limitation, heirs, successors, beneficiaries or assigns).

(c) Remedies. Should a Sale be rescinded and the Total Purchase Price paid, it is specifically understood that this will be considered the sole remedy. It is exclusive and in lieu of any other remedy available as a matter of law, or in equity.

(d) Exclusions. Exclusions will be made and this warranty does not apply to Attribution which on the date of sale was in accordance with the then generally accepted opinion of scholars and specialists, or the identification of periods or dates of execution which may be proven inaccurate by means of scientific processes not generally accepted for use until after publication of the catalogue or listing online, or which were unreasonably expensive or impractical to employ.