Fake Nirvana Addresses Virginia Tech Thanks To Sub Pop Prank

Fake Nirvana Addresses Virginia Tech Thanks To Sub Pop Prank

By Ray Abel Music

This week, legendary record label Sub Pop received a letter from an excited Virginia Tech student who was running for homecoming queen. She wanted them to have Nirvana film a video for them, apparently since Nirvana was on the Sub Pop label from 1988-1990 she thought they would have a lot of pull.

Here’s the letter she wrote:

Nirvana Letter to Sub Pop

It’s a sad day when a college student thinks that Nirvana is a girl who is still alive.

Luckily, Sub Pop has a great sense of humor and decided to send her a video back. So they recruited what we’re guessing are the Sub Pop interns to create a message stating “What’s up Virginia Tech? This is Nirvana! Just wanted to wish you guys a Happy Homecoming Week and good luck at the game this Saturday. LET’S GO HOAGIES!”

Nice work with the hoagies part, that’s a big improvement. We’re really hoping that she doesn’t see the internet reaction to her letter and decides to put that video in her homecoming video. Check out the video here:

That was pretty funny, but at least their reaction to this was a lot nicer than the old form rejection letters they would send out to bands. You know, the ones that started with “Dear Loser…”

Dear Loser...

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