Bat for Lashes Talk "Insane" Set, Crazier Weather Backstage at Lolla

Bat for Lashes make broody, beautiful, atmospheric rock that has a flair for the dramatic, but the sounds coming from Natasha Khan and Co.'s instruments were nearly overshadowed by a nutty weather system that practically blew the band offstage in Chicago yesterday. "The set was insane," Khan tells Rolling Stone backstage at Lollapalooza, describing the stage as "a hundred million degrees." Watch some of Bat for Lashes' set and get the full interview, above.

Plus, check out all of the weekend's hottest performances in our Lollapallooza live gallery and go behind the scenes in exclusive backstage photos.

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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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