Retro Video of the Week: "Heart-Shaped Box" by Nirvana

As you may have heard, legendary grunge and alt rock engineer/producer Steve Albini unexpectedly died yesterday from a heart attack at age 61.  In addition to making plenty of his own music with various bands -- including with his band Shellac, whose next album is set to be released next week -- he produced some of grunge and late '80s/early '90s alternative rock's biggest names and albums.  A small sampling includes Pixies' influential 1988 debut album Surfer Rosa, PJ Harvey's 1993 album Rid of Me, Nivana's third and final studio album, 1993's In Utero, Bush's 1996 album Razorblade Suitcase, and Jimmy Page and Robert Plant's 1998 album Walking Into Clarksdale.

Aside from those I just mentioned, among the many artists he worked with over the years, be it as producer, engineer, or mixer, included The Breeders, Cheap Trick, Flogging Molly, Foxy Shazam, Fugazi, Gogol Bordello, Guided By Voices, Helmet, Jawbreaker, The Jesus Lizard, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Ty Segall, Superchunk, The Stooges, Umphrey's McGee, Urge Overkill, and Veruca Salt.

Initially, I didn't want to go with Nirvana's "Heart-Shaped Box" off of In Utero because that and  "All Apologies" -- both songs the band intended to release as singles (and did) -- were remixed by producer Scott Litt to apparently make them more radio friendly, much to Albini's chagrin.  But at the end of the day, it was still Albini who recorded the song, even if the mix isn't the same as the original recording.  It's also the only music video the band made for any of the songs off of In Utero.  Plus, I haven't used a Nirvana song on Retro Video of the Week in over seven years.  It's also a super weird video that is about as 1993 grunge as it gets.