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"Despite recording some truly iconic albums that became a huge part of pop culture history, he always felt like one of us": Five seminal records Steve Albini worked on

A sound engineer and Albini fan honours an inspiration

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Helen Mirren Is 'So Sad' Kurt Cobain Is Dead Because He Never Got to Experience the Magic of GPS: It's 'The Most Wonderful Thing'

Revered actress Helen Mirren waxed poetic about GPS and lamented that Kurt Cobain will never be able to experience it.

Latin Times

“He never got to see GPS”: Helen Mirren feels “sad” for Kurt Cobain, but not for the reason you might expect

Helen Mirren feels sad Kurt Cobain never saw GPS

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Helen Mirren: it’s so sad Kurt Cobain died before GPS was invented

The Oscar-winning actor has made the latest in a series of references to the Nirvana frontman and the technological advances he didn’t live to see

The Guardian - UK

Helen Mirren says it’s ‘so sad’ Kurt Cobain died young as he would have loved to have seen GPS

Mirren wishes Nirvana frontman could have been alive to see invention of satellite navigation

The Independent UK

‘I have plenty of rhythm when I rap, but not so much when I have sex’: Professor Green’s honest playlist

The rapper is an ‘indie grunge boy’ at heart who belts out Nirvana at karaoke. But why does he blame his nan for his early taste in music?

The Guardian - UK

Anti-establishment the MC5 ironically get into the establishment with Rock & Roll Hall Fame invite

Before there was the Clash, Nirvana or Rage Against the Machine there was the MC5

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“Just ask Kiss, Nirvana and The Rolling Stones - all bands that became globally recognised brands”: How to build an artist identity that cuts through the noise

Establishing your artist name is more vital than you might think

MusicRadar

“Nirvana was an honest expression of not being ashamed to put your angst on the front page”: Run DMC rapper talks about how he relates to Kurt Cobain

Like Kurt, Darryl McDaniels has struggled with his mental health

MusicRadar

“We were too scared to take our own. We’d heard so many horror stories about guitars, planes and airports”: Wunderhorse turned up to the birthplace of Nirvana's In Utero, borrowed some guitars – and made one of the year’s best alt rock records

What started out as a solo project is now a proper band with ties that go back to childhood, and Midas is the sound of an indie collaboration in full bloom

Guitar World

"I was freaking out and bawling in the studio." Korn's classic debut album at 30: the weirdness, the trauma and the birth of nu metal

On October 11 1994, five misfits from Bakersfield, California would release an album that would change metal forever

Metal Hammer

Nixon embrace grunge with new range of spectacular Nirvana watches

Nixon, known for their Metallica, Rolling Stones & Grateful Dead timepieces and merch, release an eye-catching range of Nirvana watches

Louder

"Everything being diatonic is not some sort of requirement or restriction on things sounding good": Fans and music theory experts unpick Nirvana's About a Girl

"Everything being diatonic is not some sort of requirement or restriction on things sounding good"

MusicRadar

“You felt like something was happening and you were actually part of it. That's a pretty cool feeling.” Alice In Chains' Jerry Cantrell looks back on the dawning of the grunge revolution in Seattle

Jerry Cantrell reflects on the birth of the Seattle Sound

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YouTube’s bringing your favourite music back

Nirvana, Adele and other big names were temporarily removed from the streaming service, but now they're coming back

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“It’s devastatingly bleak in a way that resonates into our deepest self”: In his only interview, Sleep Token’s Vessel named his favourite album from the 1990s

Sleep Token’s singer gave Metal Hammer his first and last interview in 2017. When he did, he named the 90s alt-rock record that moves him most.

The Times of India

Adele, Green Day, Bob Dylan and others singers' music BLOCKED - Here's why

Hundreds of videos featuring songs by major artists such as Adele, Green Day, Bob Dylan, Nirvana, and R.E.M. have been blocked in the U.S. since Saturday, September 28, 2024 because of a dispute between YouTube and SESAC, a performing rights organization.

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Adele and Nirvana hits among music videos missing from YouTube in US amid copyright dispute

Hundreds of music videos by big names are unplayable in the US due to YouTube's copyright dispute with licensing company SESAC.

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The Independent UK

Kurt Cobain’s daughter Frances Bean gives birth to first child with husband Riley Hawk

Daughter of Nirvana singer and Courtney Love welcomed baby boy

The Independent UK

Foo Fighters cancel festival appearance after Dave Grohl scandal

The former Nirvana drummer announced earlier this month that he fathered a child outside of his marriage

The Conversation

The seven greatest cover songs of all time – according to music experts

We recently asked subscribers to our arts and culture newsletter, Something Good, to name their favourite cover song. We received a range of replies, from Beyoncé’s reimagining of the Dolly Parton classic, Jolene, to Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged recording of The Man Who Sold the World by David Bowie. Here’s how…

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“The first day of rehearsal they forgot me!” Watch Nirvana's first-ever TV performance as a four-piece, with future Foo Fighter Pat Smear on guitar

On September 25, 1993, Nirvana performed as a quartet on US TV show Saturday Night Live, playing two songs from their brand new album In Utero, with Pat Smear on second guitar

MusicRadar

"It's like I'm sitting here playing Kurt's Gospel through his Nevermind rig – it's crazy, it sounds exactly the same": Proof that the lost Mosrite Kurt Cobain used to record most of Nirvana's breakthrough album is the key to its guitar sound

You won't believe how close this sounds – and there's no Fender required

Woman & Home

Girl power, timeless talents and questionable fashion - the music stars of the 90s that we'll worship forever

Ready to revisit the 90s? These stars captured the sound and the spirit of the decade

Louder

“I like being in total control, then I hooked up with Kurt Cobain and everything lost control.” Courtney Love on “battling Kurt's dammed demons” and pouring “25 years of repressed rage” into Hole's music

Courtney Love looks back on Hole's early days, and how her life changed after she “hooked up” with her future-husband, Nirvana's Kurt Cobain

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