Strider Post Nirvana Cover “All Apologies”
One imagines that, circa 30 years ago, there were older heads hanging around getting a big kick out of kids in Led Zeppelin shirts the way the youth now emblazon Nirvana logos as a sign of culture. Not arguing at all. It’s friggin’ awesome. Hailing from Ankara in Turkey, heavy rocking five-piece Strider — who released their debut album, Midnight Zen (review here), earlier this year have taken on the Seattle legends’ “All Apologies.” Originally from 1993’s In Utero, it was of course the band who broke grunge huge’s final LP before guitarist/vocalist Kurt Cobain committed suicide in 1994.
I can still hear the original version without hearing it, and Strider are both loyal to the blueprint laid out and bringing something of themselves to the track tonally and melodically while also tripping out the end in a way that feels organic and creative. I wouldn’t ask anything else of such a cover. Strider‘s version appears on Rather Be Dead Than Cool, a tribute LP from Turkish imprint Mevzu Records.
The song is streaming below, and under that, you’ll find the album player too, just in case you’re up for a revisit. If you didn’t catch it the first time around, I doubt you’ll regret doing so now.
Text mostly from Bandcamp:
In January of 2023, Mevzu Records (a renown Underground Turkish Record Label) invited Strider to cover a Nirvana Song for a Tribute Album.
We immediately resonated with the In Utero song All Apologies, thinking that it might be a good fit for the band.
We decided to get in the studio, record it live and get out. The outcome was this waveform, somber yet familiar, a ‘’corny Nirvana cover song’’ which speaks to us, tells our story.
This track is part of a tribute album ” Rather Be Dead Than Cool ” by Mevzu Records.
mevzurecords.bandcamp.com/album/nirvana-tribute-rather-be-dead-mr108
Produced by Strider & Bora Özkum.
Recorded Live at ÇSM Studios/ANKARA
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Bora Özkum.
Artwork by İdil.
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