For this year’s Record Store Day, Post Malone publishes his nirvana tribute on vinyl.
Post Malone meets Nirvana: In April 2020, just when pandemic overrun society, Post Malone Aka Austin Richard Post surprised with a livestream in which he paid tribute to Nirvana. Well, as part of this year’s Record Store Day, the performance appears as a vinyl plate.
The vinyl tribute will include 14 songs
The tribute performance of the rapper, which incidentally comprises 14 cover versions of songs from the band, was then recorded in the house of the “Rockstar” interpreter in Salt Lake City. Another surprise at the time: Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker supported post in his performance on drums. Brian Lee were also on the bass and Nick Mac on the guitar. The colored cover group gave a wide range of nirvana songs during the online concert. These included nirvanas hits such as “About a Girl”, “Lithium”, “Heart-Shaped Box” or “Frances Farmer wants to have her Revenge on Seattle”.
The tribute on YouTube:
Post-Malone performance will be published on April 12th-the RSD-the very first time. Instead of home to the proceeds, the artist donates 100 percent of the net proceeds for musicaries to support addiction prevention and the mental health of music creators.
The entire track list of the vinyl nirvana tribute:
01. Drain you (live)
02. Come as you are (live)
03. Lounge act (live)
04. School (live)
05. Heart Shaped Box (Live)
06. Something in the way (live)
07. About a girl (live)
08. Stay away (live)
09. Lithium (live)
10. Breed (live)
11. On a tarpaulin (live)
12. very ape (live)
13. Territoiral Pissings (live)
14. In Bloom (live)
Post Malone as the “Record Store Day 2025” ambassador
Post Malone was also selected as Ambassador of the Record Store Day 2025. In a statement, he explained how important this day is for the music scene and that he hopes to contribute to the preservation of this tradition. “It’s so much fun to visit local record shops when we are on the go. All the impressive artwork and the special energy in the shops are incredibly inspiring – it just feels like at home, ”says the musician.