0 7 . ▁ ▁Background ▁ ▁MTV ▁Un pl ug ged ▁began ▁air ing ▁on ▁MTV ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 9 , ▁with ▁artists ▁performing ▁their ▁hits ▁on ▁ac oust ic ▁instruments ▁in ▁int imate ▁settings . ▁N ir v ana ▁had ▁been ▁in ▁negoti ations ▁to ▁appear ▁for ▁some ▁time ; ▁N ir v ana ▁front man ▁Kurt ▁Cob ain ▁finally ▁accepted ▁while ▁tour ing ▁with ▁the ▁Me at ▁Pu ppets . ▁N ir v ana ▁wanted ▁to ▁do ▁something ▁different ▁from ▁a ▁typical ▁MTV ▁Un pl ug ged ▁performance ; ▁according ▁to ▁drum mer ▁Dave ▁Gro hl , ▁" We ' d ▁seen ▁the ▁other ▁Un pl ug ged s ▁and ▁didn ' t ▁like ▁many ▁of ▁them , ▁because ▁most ▁bands ▁would ▁treat ▁them ▁like ▁rock ▁shows — play ▁their ▁hits ▁like ▁it ▁was ▁Mad ison ▁Square ▁Garden , ▁except ▁with ▁ac oust ic ▁gu it ars ." ▁▁ ▁The ▁group ▁looked ▁at ▁Mark ▁Lan eg an ' s ▁ 1 9 9 0 ▁album ▁The ▁W inding ▁She et ▁for ▁insp iration . ▁Among ▁the ▁ideas ▁the ▁band ▁members ▁came ▁up ▁with ▁included ▁covering ▁David ▁B owie ' s ▁" The ▁Man ▁Who ▁Sold ▁the ▁World " ▁and ▁inv iting ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Me at ▁Pu ppets ▁to ▁join ▁them ▁on ▁stage . ▁Still , ▁the ▁prospect ▁of ▁an ▁entirely ▁ac oust ic ▁show ▁made ▁Cob ain ▁nerv ous . ▁ ▁Re he ars al ▁ ▁N ir v ana ▁re he ars ed ▁for ▁two ▁days .