Nirvana performed “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and “Territorial Pissings” on Saturday Night Live on January 11, 1992. But the historic made for TV moment came during the end credits of the show when Krist Novoselic, Dave Grohl and Kurt Cobain decided to “piss off the rednecks and homophobes,” by French kissing each other.
SNL refused to show the Nirvana kiss on future repeats of the episode. When asked about the kiss Novoselic was quoted as saying that the kiss was “spontaneous” and not planned.
Following Nirvana’s performance at SNL’s show, the following Monday, students with Kool-Aid pink hair were spotted in schools across America. Kurt hadn’t washed his hair in a week and had dyed his hair a strawberry and grape Kool-Aid color that made his hair look like it was covered in “dried blood.”
