Teen suicide song

By Jennifer Smith For Dailymail. The mother of a teenager whose classroom suicide inspired the Pearl Jam song 'Jeremy' has spoken out 27 years after his death. He left a suicide note with a friend but police never revealed the contents. According to reports which circulated at the time, he got up in front of the class at 9. When he returned, he said: 'Miss, I got what I really went for,' and fired a caliber Magnum in his mouth.

It is the opening track and lead single from the band's second album, Nevermind , released on DGC Records. The unexpected success of the song propelled Nevermind to the top of several albums charts at the start of , an event often marked as the point where grunge entered the mainstream. The song was dubbed an "anthem for apathetic kids" of Generation X , but Nirvana grew uncomfortable with the attention it brought them. In the years since Kurt Cobain 's death, listeners and critics have continued to praise "Smells Like Teen Spirit" as one of the greatest songs of all time. The music video for the song is based on the concept of a school concert which ends in chaos and riot, inspired by Jonathan Kaplan 's film Over the Edge and the Ramones ' film Rock 'n' Roll High School. In subsequent years Amy Finnerty, formerly of MTV 's programming department, claimed the video "changed the entire look of MTV" by giving the channel "a whole new generation to sell to". Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain said that "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was an attempt to write a song in the style of the Pixies , a band he greatly admired:.

The song deals with teenage depression and suicide. It originally appeared on Billy Joel's Greatest Hits in and became a top ten hit, peaking at No. Joel, who had once attempted suicide himself, stated in a interview that he wrote the song as a way to help young people struggling with depression and thoughts of suicide. During the song, Joel audibly laughs after briefly hesitating and stuttering during one of the verses.

A Bismarck Legacy High School student is spreading his memory and helping other teens and parents have difficult but necessary conversations. The Eckert family was at a school conference when they received a phone call no parent expects. After the tragedy, his parents knew right away something needed to change.