Former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl has revealed in an interview with NME magazine that he asked PJ Harvey to sing in a Nirvana reunion to mark the release of Grohl's Sound City documentary.
The mag asked Grohl if he would ever cover a Nirvana track live, to which he said: "Every once in a while we talk about it. For the Sound City gig here in London we were thinking about musicians that we could invite because Stevie Nicks and John Fogarty couldn't make it. Someone came up with the idea of doing a Nirvana song with PJ Harvey. Kurt loved her and we love her and we thought, 'Yeah, what would we do?' I said: 'God, what if we were to do 'Milk It' from In Utero with Polly singing? We all looked at each other like, 'Woah, that would be amazing...' and then she couldn't do it!"
When pressed further about the idea of performing Nirvana songs, Grohl added: "The thing is, it's sacred ground. If we were ever to do something like that it would have to be right because you want to pay tribute. There's a reason Foo Fighters don't do Nirvana songs, and it's a good reason."
That "good reason" Grohl is speaking of? That likely comes in the shape of a peroxide blonde warhorse by the name of Courtney Love, who owns the rights to Nirvana's music.
So, can anyone imagine Polly Jean Harvey as Nirvana frontwoman?
