When “Weird Al” Yankovic started working on his seventh album, Off the Deep End, in 1990, his career wasn’t in the best place. Neither his 1989 film, UHF, nor its soundtrack did well financially, and the songwriter was in desperate need of a hit. Having parodied Michael Jackson successfully in the past with “Eat It” […] The post How ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Convinced Kurt Cobain to Let Him Parody ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ appeared first on VICE .