Kurt Cobain would have been 57 years old today.

Come As You Are was Nirvana’s first video after the monster success of Smells Like Teen Spirit.  Despite the commercial success of the previous song and video, Cobain has not enjoyed working director Samuel Bayer so, when it was time to do the Come As You Are video, photographer Kevin Kerslake was hired to direct.  At the time, Cobain told Kerslake that he just wanted the video to pay homage to the cover of Nevermind and to feature a lot of “purples and reds.”  Cobain and the band were happy with the way that Kerslake visually interpreted their song and he subsequently directed many more videos for the band.

This video was shot in a park in Hollywood Hills.

Enjoy!