Posted on April 16, 2024April 16, 2024 // 6 Comments by Fat ElvisWho Stole It Better? Killing Joke? or Nirvana?
AFAIK, the Damned song was first, so I guess them. I have read that one of the reasons that KJ didn’t sue Nirvana was they knew they lifted it from the Damned, and wouldn’t have much to stand on. 2 Reply
I was really expecting Renfield to tell us that The Damned appropriated it from, like, Tchaikovsky. 2 Reply
Nirvana.
But who did it originally?
AFAIK, the Damned song was first, so I guess them. I have read that one of the reasons that KJ didn’t sue Nirvana was they knew they lifted it from the Damned, and wouldn’t have much to stand on.
I was really expecting Renfield to tell us that The Damned appropriated it from, like, Tchaikovsky.
It’s actually from Carl Ditters Von Dittersdorf.
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