Airborne Toxic Event Share Mick Jagger Dreams Backstage at Lolla

Recording a video diary for Rolling Stone at Lollapalooza somehow got Airborne Toxic Event frontman Mikel Jollett thinking about the Rolling Stones, so he broke out his English accent and shared some of his old dreams about getting a phone call from Mick Jagger asking him to jump on tour. Go backstage with the Los Angeles rockers just moments before they hit the stage and check out some of their Sunday afternoon set, above. And experience all the Lolla action in our photo gallery straight from the scene.

Plus, want to see T.A.T.E. in a more intimate setting? Check out their exclusive acoustic set from the RS offices here:
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Song Stories

“Smells Like Teen Spirit”

Nirvana | 1991

"Smells Like Teen Spirit," named after a brand of deodorant marketed to girls, was Kurt Cobain's attempt to "write the ultimate pop song," he said, using the soft-loud dynamic of his favorite band, the Pixies. Cobain "had that dichotomy of punk rage and alienation," the song’s producer, Butch Vig, told Rolling Stone, "but also this vulnerable pop sensibility. In 'Teen Spirit,' a lot of that vulnerability is in the tone of his voice." Sadly, by the time of Nirvana's last U.S. tour, in late '93, Cobain was tortured by the obligation to play "Teen Spirit" every night. "There are many other songs that I have written that are as good, if not better," he claimed.

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