Jon Wayne, a Texas pig rancher ripped off by Nirvana

In 1985, a band called Killer Banana submitted a video to the MTV Basement Tapes, which later ended up on VHS tapes of obscure indie music that circulated from VCR to VCR along the American West Coast. It’s the only song known by them. The resemblance with “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana is astonishing. But who was this band? Well, Let’s talk about one of its members: Jon Wayne, a Texas pig rancher turned failed country star.

Written by Tome