1994Released
2:42

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Interesting facts and trivia about Rock Star. By Songfacts®.

"Rock Star" is about the grunge scene that was still in full effect in the early '90s. It's about how every band from Seattle thought they had a right to a record deal simply because they went along with what was the hot commodity: "Well I went to school in Olympia... Everyone's the same."

This was deleted from the Live Through This album and replaced with an outtake, "Olympia." Since Kurt Cobain died shortly before the album was released, it was thought that the lines "So much fun to be Nirvana, how would you like to be Nirvana? I'd rather die" caused the retraction, but the band and the Geffen label claimed it was pulled because it did not fit the album.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Rock Star.
EKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
126BPM

Album

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Released By

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DGC
© 1994 DGC Records
℗ 1994 DGC Records

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