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"John Lennon was definitely my favourite Beatle... Paul McCartney embarrasses me:" Why The Beatles meant so much to Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, and changed his life forever

Dave Grohl might be good friends with Paul McCartney, but for Kurt Cobain, John Lennon was the Beatle who truly mattered, or so he claimed

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The electric guitar shredded itself to death in the ‘80s. It had to start over, but the ‘90s grunge revolution didn‘t just change the face of guitar playing – it changed the world

Guitar World presents a grunge guitar guide to the ‘90s, the decade when Seattle became the epicenter of the musical universe, and resurrected the electric guitar with a raw, dirty sound that gave birth to a whole new generation of guitar players

Guitar World

Taylor Swift, Jennifer Lawrence, and Hailey Bieber have all been spotted with bags from this sustainable brand – yours for under £300

It bag status achieved

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Five Nights at Freddy’s to Garth Marenghi: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

No time for trick or treat? Try pizza with a side order of murder in Josh Hutcherson’s new film, or go into your dark place in the company of Matthew Holness’s awful horror author

The Guardian - UK

Kurt Cobain’s daughter Frances Bean marries Tony Hawk’s son Riley, and fans are feeling nostalgic

‘That’s a match made in heaven,’ says fan

The Independent UK

Sonic Life: A Memoir by Thurston Moore review – nerd’s eye view

The Sonic Youth frontman leaves personal confession out of this first-hand account of 80s and 90s alt rock

The Guardian - UK

Grunge and rap to feature in new lesson aids for music teachers in England

Curriculum resources also to include more diverse English literature texts and history topics such as ‘imperial decline’

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Guitar played by Kurt Cobain at Nirvana’s last performance to go to auction

The blue left-handed Fender Mustang electric guitar is estimated to fetch between one million to two million US dollars (£820,000 to £1.64 million).

The Independent UK

Strictly Come Dancing’s week one dances and songs have been revealed – from Jonas Brothers to Nirvana

All 15 couples will compete for the first time on Saturday

The Independent UK

Black Friday music deals 2024: From merch and collectibles, to headphones and vinyl, bag a bargain with our top picks

This year's Black Friday is only a matter of hours away and we're covering all the biggest and best music deals. Read on for shopping tips, FAQs and more sweet-sounding discounts

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His friend’s murder rocked Hua Hsu’s life – and made him the person he is today

Twenty-five years after the senseless killing of his friend, the author and journalist finally feels a sense of peace

The Guardian - UK

How to spend a day in Capitol Hill, Seattle’s trend-setting neighbourhood

This neighbourhood is one of the coolest on the US west coast, and a microcosm of modern, innovative Seattle – Richard Franks discovers superb drinking dens and a vibrant LGBTQ+ scene in the home of grunge

The Independent UK

"It turned out to be a wonderful show, and it healed us for a little while": Nirvana at Reading 1992 - a story of rumours, a wheelchair and salvation

In the build-up to Nirvana's final UK show the band were unhappy and underprepared... and then Kurt Cobain was pushed onstage in a wheelchair

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“Sick”: In 1985, Kurt Cobain carved one word into this Teisco Del-Ray guitar. Now it has sold at auction for $153,000

The instrument recently sold at auction for a price that far exceeded the $10,000 minimum bid

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"It would just have reminded me of being back in Nirvana. It would have been sad, for me personally": Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl on why he turned down joining Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty once asked Dave Grohl to become an official Heartbreaker, but the Foo Fighters frontman wasn't keen

The Guardian - UK

Kids going to Reading? Don’t panic! It’s a rite-of-passage for UK teenagers

It may have become a lightning rod for parental anxiety but this very British festival is still the dream gig for 16-year-olds fresh from GCSE hell

MusicRadar

13 easy drum songs every beginner should learn

Stop cramming and start jamming with these must-know easy-drum classics for beginners

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Calvin Harris reveals his early love of Jamiroquai and the Spin Doctors: “I became obsessed with basslines… they had an amazing bass player”

The producer also says he tried to learn the “intricate and cool” bassline from Nirvana’s Lithium

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"Dave was really nervous about talking to these guys": Why Dave Grohl ditched the Foo Fighters to make extreme metal supergroup Probot, featuring members of Venom, Sepultura, Motorhead and more

Tired of playing rock shows with Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl recruited his favourite vocalists for the all-star metal project Probot

The Guardian - AU

Five Great Reads: Matildas meet their match, smartphone-free life, and the ‘jerkoff’ who produced Nirvana

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales

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The super rare Fender amp that Kurt Cobain used on In Utero

The 4x12 Fender Quad Reverb was only made for four years in the 1970s – and Cobain's was a very specific version

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"We kept the groupies and drug dealers away": Steve Albini on the making of In Utero, Nirvana's bleak, beautiful swansong

The unimaginable success of Nevermind made Nirvana the world's most reluctant and confused rock stars. Steve Albini looks back on what Kurt Cobain's band did next, and the birth of their dark masterpiece In Utero

Guitar World

The surprising secret behind Kurt Cobain’s guitar tone on Nirvana’s In Utero has been discovered, 30 years on from its release

And it’s not a magic pedal, magic amp or a magic guitar...

Louder

"Food was flying everywhere, with no regard for the industry geeks whose suits were getting splattered": That time Nirvana got kicked out of their Nevermind release party for starting a drunken food fight

Prior to the release of Nevermind, Nirvana were kicked out of their own album listening party for drunken shenanigans involving guacamole, smuggled bourbon and vomit

The Guardian - UK

The evolution of Steve Albini: ‘If the dumbest person is on your side, you’re on the wrong side’

The long read: Steve Albini was long synonymous with the indie underground, playing in revered bands and recording albums by the Pixies, PJ Harvey and Nirvana. He also often seemed determined to offend as many people as possible. What led him to reassess his past?

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