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"We jokingly called the album Commercial Suicide while we were making it." Why one of the world's biggest rock bands had to go back to "ground zero" on their riskiest and darkest record

"Some reports said that it was a great record, but we should consider changing our name"

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Dave Grohl visited by Taylor Hawkins in his dreams

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl is visited by the ghosts of his deceased loved ones in his dreams revealing he's been visited by his late bandmate Taylor Hawkins as well as Nirvana star Kurt Cobain and his mother Virginia.

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Dave Grohl says he had to ‘turn everything off’ after admitting to affair

The Foo Fighters singer admitted in September 2024 that he had fathered a child outside of his marriage.

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Hole’s Melissa Auf der Maur: ‘Courtney Love is a maniac and a hero – and yes, you can be both’

INTERVIEW: The bassist for the rock band Hole has written a tender, dishy and wildly funny new memoir about her time in a group beset by tragedy and chaos. She speaks to Adam White about beauty, trauma, her inevitable romance with Nirvana’s Dave Grohl, and her determination to reframe Courtney…

The Independent UK

‘Validation was an insatiable monster’: Dave Grohl on Foo Fighters’ punk-rock return – and life after his infidelity

In his first newspaper interview after fathering a child outside his marriage, Grohl discusses his changed outlook, his grief for Taylor Hawkins, and the 430 therapy sessions he’s had

The Guardian - UK

"I was afraid of silence, afraid of having to feel." Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl reflects on the aftermath of the death of his best friend and bandmate Taylor Hawkins

"Losing Taylor was never meant to be"

Louder

“My life was going down the toilet. I was trying to stay out of everybody’s way, just to finish what I’d started." The story behind the troubled birth of Foo Fighters' second album, The Colour And The Shape

Despite countless setbacks and obstacles, Dave Grohl emerged from Kurt Cobain's shadow with a clutch of songs that primed Foo Fighters for stadiums

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"We had expected empty rooms, possibly even bottles of urine, but from the first night everyone knew the words." The sudden rise, spectacular fall and slow road to recovery of America's great lost AOR band

Despite falling record sales and changes in the musical landscape, Tyketto stayed true to their style. Now, with a new album on the way, they’re finding a new audience

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“When everyone’s staring at you, you can’t run off and cry. You just gotta deal with it”: Witch Fever’s Alisha Yarwood on superhero stompboxes, dream tours with IDLES, and why ‘That Great Gretsch Sound’ was doom-punk all along

Raw, feminist, fiercely unrelenting, Witch Fever have taken their sound from clubs to arenas. Here, Yarwood talks tonal epiphanies, starting on drums, and finding freedom on bigger stages

Guitar World

“We played it at CBGB’s. The label guy said, ‘That’s a single.’ We said, ‘Oh, no... That’s not going on the album. That’s a joke song!’” It was nothing more than a throwaway jam – then they were playing it at the Grammys in tuxedos

In the annals of ’90s alt-rock one-off hits, few were more improbable than Liar, the snarky funk-metal jam that brought hardcore heavyweight Henry Rollins and his band onto mainstream radio, and to music's biggest stage

Guitar World

Kooler than ever: Kim Gordon on punk, Kurt and slopaganda

In Sonic Youth she destroyed the rock mainstream alongside Nirvana in the 90s, and now as a blistering solo artist she’s continuing the fight against autocrats, algorithms and music that sucks

Evening Standard

"We beat Britney Spears!" The song that turned a group of Dutch goths living with their parents into one of Europe's biggest bands

With Ice Queen, Within Temptation helped to crystallise the scene we know today as symphonic metal

Metal Hammer

Foo Fighters at Shepherd's Bush Empire: Peak Dave Grohl for die-hards and new moshers

5/5 This surprise show tied into a new album announcement was a treat for fans with Dave Grohl loving every second

Evening Standard

The guitar Kurt Cobain played in Nirvana's iconic video for Smells Like Teen Spirit is coming up for auction next month

Kurt Cobain's 1969 Fender Mustang will be auctioned alongside guitars once owned by David Gilmour, Prince, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash and more

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Beyerdynamic DJ 300 Pro X review

The Beyerdynamic DJ 300 Pro X are great DJ cans, with a perfect balance between loud bass and detailed, delicate treble, but only in electronic genres.

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Courtney Love’s Reaction To Kurt Cobain Homicide Claim Revealed By Report

Courtney Love reportedly rejects renewed claims about Kurt Cobain’s passing, choosing to honor his memory instead.

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Kurt Cobain’s death branded potential murder by top cop who audited Nirvana star’s passing

Ahead of the 32nd anniversary of the rocker’s death from a shotgun wound to the head, Kurt Cobain’s death has been branded a potential murder by the police officer assigned to audit his passing.

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From Kurt Cobain's death to Beyoncé's Illuminati ties: The weirdest music conspiracy theories

Warning: This article contains references to suicide, drug use and plenty of baseless conspiracy theories. Tin hats on, sheeple...

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The Guardian - UK

The Guide #230: From Oasis to Bowie, your stories of seeing pre-stardom acts

In this week’s newsletter: Everyone has to start somewhere … and in front of someone. Thankfully, these soon-to-be-huge artists left the mime act and dodgy covers (mostly) in the past

Metal Hammer

"It's as if overnight the world decided Deftones were the most culturally important band since Nirvana." Alternative metal's original baddies get hot and heavy as they kick off their UK tour in Birmingham

TikTok, baddiecore and the nu metal renaissance: Deftones are finally getting their dues

Metal Hammer

“I’m not in any way afraid of death." The triumph and tragedy of Nirvana's final album

On February 13, 1993, Nirvana began recording their much-anticipated follow-up to Nevermind. It would be their masterpiece

Euronews

Forensic experts’ new report claims that Kurt Cobain may have been murdered

The untimely demise of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain is once again making headlines. More than 30 years since his death, a new forensic report suggests that the rocker’s death may have been a homicide staged as a suicide.

Guitar World

“I taught myself to scream in secret, in the car and the shower. I kept that in my back pocket until we’d had a few rehearsals!” Meet Cwfen, the Scottish doomgazers ruling the night with haunting shows and steel guitar picks

Guitarist-singer Agnes Alder and lead guitarist Guy DeNuit on finding success when they least expected it, bidding against big names over rare gear, and how a Game Boy and Nirvana tab book changed their lives forever

Louder

"It was this dream song that just turned up as I was waking up one morning. It came to me fully formed." The story of the cinematic classic that kick-started Bob Mould's second life

Bob Mould spent much of 1991 on punishing tours in a bid to salvage his ailing career - then came the song that showed him the way forward

Metal Hammer

"Having to resort to writing something like this is so embarrassing." The story behind the extremely controversial Nirvana song that almost got them banned and made a US President smash up his own daughter's CD

Kurt Cobain was convinced no one could misunderstand the intent of the lyrics to this track. Sadly, many still did

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