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"What are you 'gonna do when you run out of all the lyrics Kurt left for you?": Watch Courtney Love take down a disgruntled sexist Nirvana fan who suggested she stole lyrics from Kurt Cobain after his death to use in her own band

Hole frontwoman Courtney Love keeps her cool when a fiery Nirvana fan calls in to ask some rather inappropriate, misogynistic questions on the Howard Stern show

Louder

“Kurt ended up giving me this rad guitar!”: Foo Fighters’ Pat Smear recalls how his ‘good’ guitar wasn’t good enough for Nirvana

He heard somebody say: “We can’t let him on stage!”

MusicRadar

“We’re doing my first-ever gig with Nirvana on SNL. What I didn’t know was there was a discussion about my guitar like, ‘No, we can’t let him on stage’”: Pat Smear’s first Nirvana appearance almost didn’t happen – because of his guitar

Smear had bought a 1982 Charvel when he was playing with Nina Hagen – but the guitar didn't quite impress the Nirvana troupe

Guitar World

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“I don’t trespass on people’s style. It’s like, ‘Oh, God, you sound like that guy... Why?’ We’ve already seen that painting, don’t do that. It’s boring”: The Pixies’ guitarist Joey Santiago on living life as an outsider guitar hero

Long ago, the Pixies blazed a trail for Nirvana and others to follow. But now, as before, there is no masterplan. As guitarist Joey Santiago says: “I still go by feel – and with my gut”

Guitar World

Charli XCX Styles Taylor Swift's Favorite $420 Bag With a Fur Coat and Jorts

It's a wearable olive branch.

Marie Claire

The UK is currently going nuts about Chris McCausland, the blind comedian who dances to Kiss

Watch Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell tango to Rock And Roll All Nite by Kiss on Strictly Come Dancing

Metal Hammer

“Kurt was sitting in the bathtub with a Walkman on, listening to the song, and when the tape ended, he kissed me and said, 'Oh, finally, now I don't have to be the only songwriter in the band!'”: Dave Grohl's evolution as a songwriter

“I was in a band with one of the greatest songwriters of our generation, so I didn’t really want to rock the boat”

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“I bought it off a druggie – which I feel terrible about”: From his beloved '59 Strat to his stable of ultra-delicate steampunk guitars, Rick Springfield discusses his guitar journey, and his mission to buy up every instrument he had to part with

The pedal-avoiding Jessie’s Girl songwriter recalls some of his best and worst purchases, and his experiences working with Neil Giraldo and Dave Grohl

Guitar World

How to recreate classic recorded drum sounds from The Beatles, Metallica, Nirvana and more

ArtOfDrumming shows you how to make your drum recordings sound like the greats

MusicRadar

"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

MusicRadar

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

MusicRadar

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

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‘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 Independent 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

MusicRadar

“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

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“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

Metal Hammer

"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

Louder

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

MusicRadar

"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"

Metal Hammer

“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

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

Metal Hammer

“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.

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