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Billie Joe Armstrong dedicates Nirvana cover to Jennifer Finch
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Billie Joe Armstrong performed David Bowie and Nirvana covers at recent US shows with his covers band, The Coverups. Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson joined the band for Bowie’s ‘All The Young Dudes’, while Armstrong dedicated Nirvana’s ‘Drain You’ to the late L7 bassist Jennifer Finch, a prominent figure in Los Angeles punk.
The tribute was performed at The Roxy in West Hollywood on 20 July, two days after Finch died aged 59 following an aggressive brain cancer diagnosis. Dickinson appeared at the band’s San Diego show on 23 July; a fundraiser for Finch’s treatment and care raised $300,000 in under three days, with Adrienne Armstrong among the donors.
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In short
- Armstrong dedicated a Nirvana cover to Jennifer Finch.
- Bruce Dickinson joined The Coverups for Bowie.
- Finch’s fundraiser raised $300,000.
How this story developed
- 4 months ago Billie Joe Armstrong’s covers group The Coverups honoured late L7 bassist Jennifer Finch with Nirvana’s ‘Drain You’ at the Roxy on 20 July, while Bruce Dickinson later joined them in San Diego for David Bowie’s ‘All The Young Dudes’.
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- NME Billie Joe Armstrong dedicates Nirvana cover to Jennifer Finch
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Explained simply
Billie Joe Armstrong is the singer and guitarist of the US punk rock band Green Day. The Coverups is a side project in which he and other musicians play songs made famous by other artists, often at smaller live venues.
Jennifer Finch was the bassist in L7, an influential Los Angeles rock band associated with the alternative and grunge scene of the late 1980s and 1990s. Nirvana were another major band from that period, and their music remains closely linked with that wider scene; a dedication therefore connects musicians whose work shaped modern alternative rock.
Coverage · 3 sources
- NMEBillie Joe Armstrong dedicates Nirvana cover to Jennifer Finch
- LouderWatch Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson make a surprise appearance with Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong's covers band to sing a David Bowie-penned classic rock anthem
- BlabbermouthWatch: IRON MAIDEN's BRUCE DICKINSON Joins BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG And THE COVERUPS On Stage At San Diego Comic-Con Party
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Originally published by NME as “Watch Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong cover David Bowie with Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson and dedicate Nirvana’s ‘Drain You’ to L7 icon Jennifer Finch with The Coverups”.