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Director Brett Morgen sorted through hundreds of hours of unheard Kurt Cobain audiotapes for his upcoming documentary Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck. One gem the filmmaker unearthed was a snippet of the Nirvana frontman recording a chilling cover of the Beatles’ “And I Love Her." While the track will be included in the film’s score — along with other never-before-heard tracks from Cobain’s archive — a full version has leaked online.

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In typical fashion, Cobain dampers the somber pep of the Paul McCartney-penned track, delivering the lead guitar riff as something far more droning and aching. Of course — as he was also prone to doing — Cobain can’t help but revel in the song’s pop sheen, allowing just a bit of earnest hope to fill his soft croaking voice as he sings the chorus.

Cobain’s "And I Love Her” could surprise many fans — “I like the Beatles, but I hate Paul McCartney,” he once said — as much as it did Morgen when he discovered it. "Nobody in Kurt’s life — not his management, wife, bandmates — had ever heard his Beatles thing,“ Morgen told Rolling Stone. "I found it on a random tape. It’s a Paul song. How’s that for shattering the myth?”

Morgen and his team were given complete access to Cobain’s personal and family archives. Along with its score of unreleased music, Montage of Heck will feature rare footage from numerous Nirvana performance plus Cobain’s home movies, artwork, photography, journals, demos and songbooks.

Montage of Heck premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, where it garnered rave reviews. The film arrives in theaters on April 24th and will debut on HBO on May 4th.

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6 Nirvana Performances to Watch Before 'Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck'

As the first authorized cinematic biography of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain — who famously, and tragically, took his own life in 1994 — the new documentary Montage of Heck uses a wealth of previously unseen archival material and home movies to explore the singer/songwriter’s turbulent life. And the Cobain who emerges in the film is a fascinating, complex figure, someone in possession of a remarkable talent, but also a strong self-destructive streak. Given the problems he was wrestling with off-stage, perhaps it’s no surprise that he seemed most comfortable when performing for a crowd or the camera. With that in mind, here are six classic Nirvana TV performances that will get you in the groove for Montage of Heck.  

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“Territorial Pissings” Played On: Tonight With Jonathan Ross (December 1991, England) Although they originated in the Pacific Northwest as part of the ascendant grunge scene, Nirvana made their first TV appearances across the Atlantic in England, first on The Word, then on Top of the Pops, and finally — and most memorably — on British chat show staple Jonathan Ross’s variety series. Originally scheduled to perform “Lithium,” Nirvana made the last-minute call to play “Territorial Pissings” instead, a change of plan that was so last minute, Ross had no idea they were rocking out to a different track.

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“Smells Like Teen Spirit” Played On: Saturday Night Live (January 1992, NBC) You can’t get more ‘90s than watching then-Northern Exposure superstar Rob Morrow — that week’s SNL host — introduce Nirvana, who strum the opening chords of their breakout anthem and that era’s defining rock song. All that’s missing to complete the period picture is hypercolor and MC Hammer pants.  

“Lithium” Played On: MTV Video Music Awards (September 1992, MTV) Cobain kicked off the group’s first and only performance at MTV’s annual awards extravaganza with a little dig at their host network, which at that point still played music videos instead of endless repeats of reality shows. Defying MTV’s expressed wishes, he crooned the opening lines of Nirvana’s controversial song “Rape Me” before segueing into “Lithium.” Take special note of the final moments of the performance when the group gets their Jimi Hendrix on, with Cobain slamming his guitar against the speakers, while bassist Krist Novoselic stumbles woozily off-stage after his airborne instrument connects with his noggin. Meanwhile, drummer Dave Grohl takes a moment to taunt Guns N’ Roses lead singer Axl Rose — a feud that’s a now-legendary part of rock history.  

“Heart-Shaped Box” Played On: Saturday Night Live (September 1993, NBC) Viewers tuning into the Season 19 premiere of SNL were treated to the bizarre combination of host Charles Barkley and musical guest Nirvana. The group gave them plenty more to talk about, performing the first single off the just-released In Utero album, and then closing out the night with a full performance of “Rape Me.”

“Come as You Are” Played On: MTV Unplugged in New York (December 1993 on MTV) Along with Eric Clapton’s 1992 album and accompanying telecast, Nirvana’s appearance on the MTV acoustic-only concert series remains the best example of why Unplugged was such a massive pop-culture phenomenon in its day. Although the rehearsals were reportedly problematic, Nirvana pulled it together for the taping, and Cobain in particular delivered career-best performances of some of the group’s defining songs, including this Nevermind favorite.

“Serve the Servants” Played On: Tunnel (February 1994, Rome) Nobody could have known it at the time, but this subdued performance on an Italian variety series would turn out to be Nirvana’s final televised appearance. Two months later, Cobain was found dead in his Seattle home. The song ends on an odd note, as a strange guy sporting a Nirvana shirt emerges from the studio audience and berates the band as they shuffle off-stage. It’s supposed to be an amusing bit — the heckler is played by Italian comic Corrado Guzzanti — but something clearly got lost in translation.