Saint Laurent selling secondhand band T-shirts in its vintage collection Shirts in the range, which is dominated by Nirvana designs, have sold for as much as £3,295 The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2023
We Failed Amy Winehouse Dead for over a decade, the iconic singer-songwriter has never gotten the same due as her male counterparts The Walrus · Jul 21, 2023
"He’s a desperate, untalented piece of s***": Nirvana on the time Bon Jovi wanted to look like them In this 1993 interview, Nirvana's Kurt Cobain rails against the "desperate" rock dinosaurs looking to him for fresh inspiration Metal Hammer · Jul 21, 2023
In the 90s, we worried about Nirvana ‘selling out’. I wish that concept still made sense Big data has helped the music industry sell us only what we already like – but the results are less alive and less surprising, says Montana-based writer Dan Brooks The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2023
"It sounds exactly like the record" – guitarist nails Kurt Cobain's Nirvana In Utero distorted tones with two pedals, a Fender amp and some insider information Aaron Rash's two-year tone odyssey pays off MusicRadar · Jul 17, 2023
“He loves you guys. He doesn’t like anybody, but he loves you guys”: Joe Perry on the time he met Kurt Cobain – and Aerosmith’s unlikely influence on Nirvana The Aerosmith man once met Kurt Cobain backstage in Seattle, but says the Nirvana frontman was almost non-verbal Guitar World · Jul 14, 2023
"It was a lot of work writing this book. I'm not gonna say it was easy. I was a mess": Bikini Kill/Le Tigre's Kathleen Hanna announces 'raw and insightful' memoir Rebel Girl Bikini Kill / Le Tigre icon Kathleen Hanna to publish Rebel Girl memoir next year Louder · Jul 13, 2023
Kurt Cobain-signed 1966 Fender Jaguar, Elvis Presley’s Rosewood Telecaster head up bumper guitar auction A Gibson Sonex signed by Steve Vai, Warren Haynes, Eric Johnson, Al Di Meola and many more can also be found in the mammoth auction catalog Guitar World · Jul 11, 2023
Remembering the time MTV got a bunch of unsuspecting college students to review Nirvana's In Utero Nirvana's third and final record, In Utero, got a mixed report from students when MTV headed to a college campus in 1993 Metal Hammer · Jul 9, 2023
10 non-famous bands who have the same name as a way more famous band The psychedelic Nirvana, the thrash Poison and the early 70s Iron Maiden - come on in, your time is now Metal Hammer · Jul 8, 2023
The world’s most expensive guitar pick? A Kurt Cobain-signed plectrum, thought to have tracked the Nevermind demos, has sold at auction for over $14,000 The pick features Cobain’s doodled take on the Dunlop Tortex logo. “I knew this piece was special when I saw it,” says buyer Shaun Ertischek Guitar World · Jul 6, 2023
How Depression Affects People Even at the Linguistic Level From the way you move and sleep, to how you interact with people around you, depression changes just about everything. Inverse · Jul 1, 2023
A beginner's guide to 90s UK indie in five essential albums There was more to 90s indie than just Britpop, but it's a pretty good place to start... Here, the story of how one decade saw a genre morph beyond all recognition, told by the albums that made it happen Louder · Jul 1, 2023
"It gets in the way of originality": Why Kurt Cobain thought it was a bad idea to get good at guitar In this rare interview from 1993, Kurt Cobain explains to a reporter why he was never interested in honing his craft when it came to the guitar Metal Hammer · Jul 1, 2023
Metal Hammer · Jul 1, 2023 "There was something about this music" - Eddie Vedder and the magical intensity of of Pearl Jam How the tragic end of Mother Love Bone and a surfing scientist brought Pearl Jam to life, and an album called Ten
Metal Hammer · Jun 28, 2023 "Oklahoma City bomb, Kurt Cobain, Pokémon, Tiger Woods, MySpace, Monsanto GMOs": Fall Out Boy update Billy Joel's We Didn't Start The Fire, revisit 34 years of history and pop culture Fall Out Boy make up their own new lyrics to Billy Joel's 1989 hit We Didn't Start The Fire, reference everything from Kurt Cobain and Pokemon, to Donald Trump and Elon Musk
MusicRadar · Jun 27, 2023 Nirvana fan tries to recreate Steve Albini's aluminum Veleno guitar that Kurt Cobain used on In Utero It's very ape, and very nice
Creative Bloq · Jun 27, 2023 The best logos of the 1990s – as picked by experts Of their time, yet timeless, we list the best logos of the 1990s.
Guitar World · Jun 26, 2023 John Frusciante’s guitar teacher once told him he wasn’t a good guitarist – so he learned to play like Steve Vai: “No-one was going to say that to me again” The Red Hot Chili Peppers guitar hero recalls being criticized because he couldn’t play the blues scale fast enough: “It was about the worst feeling I could imagine”
Zenger · Jun 25, 2023 Fat Mike’s Punk Rock Museum In Vegas Celebrates Inclusivity Museum features artifacts from punk legends like Joe Strummer and Kurt Cobain, and even has a chapel for punk fans to get married.
Metal Hammer · Jun 22, 2023 "We had to die" - A history of The Grunge Wars, told by those who were there Three decades ago, GN’R’s Use Your Illusion and Nirvana’s Nevermind were released just two weeks apart, setting two musical cultures against each other. We asked combatants from both sides: who won the war?
Louder · Jun 21, 2023 In 1992, Kurt Cobain's excitement at the prospect of Spinal Tap reforming led him to dream up some outlandish stage props which could turn future Nirvana live shows up to 11 When Spinal Tap alleged themselves to be the key inspiration behind a little band called Nirvana, it got Kurt Cobain considering a Stonehenge moment all of his own
Louder · Jun 19, 2023 A beginner's guide to Sub Pop Records in five essential albums Celebrated as the home of grunge, Sub Pop has evolved into one of America's most eclectic indie labels. Here is the Sub Pop story told via five key records
Metal Hammer · Jun 18, 2023 “He was pretty quiet. He just wanted to hang out”: Joe Perry remembers when Kurt Cobain met Aerosmith Kurt Cobain may have had a reputation for ridiculing the classic rock bands who came before him, but he was actually a huge Aerosmith fan – Joe Perry remembers when the late singer came to visit the band backstage
Louder · Jun 15, 2023 20 bands whose second album is the best thing they ever did The bands who defied the sophomore slump to deliver the greatest albums of their career