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Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged show is a hallowed chapter of Kurt Cobain’s history – it almost never happened

PLAYBACK: The Seattle grunge band performed on MTV Unplugged in a funereal setting of lit candles and white lilies. Mark Beaumont chronicles the troubled days leading up to the show, during which Kurt Cobain faced money-minded executives, a nervous fire marshal – and his inner demons

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“Players have been requesting a reissue of this model for decades”: Epiphone has brought back its quirky cult classic 1970s Grabber bass beloved by Gene Simmons, Krist Novoselic and Mike Dirnt

The double-cut four-string was a hit back in the 1970s, and finally makes a triumphant return in the form of a more affordable Inspired by Gibson Epiphone reissue

Guitar World

“You can get lost in the kitten vortex for hours.” A wide-ranging interview with The Jesus Lizard's David Yow, taking in new album Rack, a try out for Nirvana, acting, a sadistic witch, and a cat riding a goat

The Jesus Lizard are back, and David Yow has things on his mind

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“We’ve got a new drummer, his name is Dave, he’s the best drummer in the world!”: the story of Dave Grohl's drums on Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

The drum part that introduced Nirvana and a drummer named Dave Grohl to the world was released on this day in 1991

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“He says, ‘Here you are, my good man’ and he hands me this glass of champagne.” How a wayward flying bass led to Nirvana meeting Queen legend Brian May for the very first time

The 1992 MTV Awards was a memorable evening for Nirvana, in more ways than one

Metal Hammer

“That song has a Led Zeppelin-meets-Frank-Zappa unison riff up front, but I tried to imagine what Krist Novoselic might play”: Fusion bass great Jimmy Haslip breaks down his 2001 project with Robben Ford and Vinnie Colaiuta

Jimmy Haslip is a lefty who plays a left-handed 6-string bass with the strings reversed

Guitar World

Come As You Are: Novoselic plays with Nirvana tribute act

Krist Novoselic guests with Nirvana tribute act

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“The last time I played that song was 30 years ago”: Krist Novoselic revisits three Nirvana classics as he joins FooVana hybrid tribute act

The bassist surprised concert-goers as he joined the Foo Fighters/Nirvana covers band to celebrate the grunge legend's legacy

Guitar World

“I stuck with Gibson basses because they’re so dense”: Krist Novoselic dons a Thunderbird as he debuts his new band in Kurt Cobain's hometown – and pays tribute with a rendition of Nirvana's debut single

Krist Novoselic and his new band, The Bona Fide Band, gave a nod to Kurt Cobain and Nirvana with their own rendition of Love Buzz

Guitar World

“If it brings back memories and feelings for people, that’s the magic of music.” Watch ex-Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic perform the grunge gods' debut single Love Buzz in Kurt Cobain’s hometown

Krist Novoselic’s new band The Bona Fide Band rocked Aberdeen, Washington on June 21

Louder

Generative AI is in the crosshairs at Meta and Alphabet annual meetings as shareholders vote for detailed reports

Shareholders at Meta and AlphaBet will vote on proposals calling for detailed reports by the companies about how generative AI technology is being used to create and spread misinformation.

Fortune

"I miss playing those songs, I miss being that drummer": Dave Grohl on the time Nirvana reunited at Cal Jam 2018

Grohl was joined by Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear and two guest vocalists to run through six Nirvana classics at his own festival

Louder

How to watch 'Kurt Cobain: Moments That Shook Music' online from anywhere now

This new documentary features rare archive footage, taking a look at the last days of Kurt Cobain's troubled life. Here's how to watch "Kurt Cobain: Moments That Shook Music" from anywhere.

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"He was mad, when he set it up… it shocked him how bad it sounded": Steve Albini has just given his most insightful interview on the recording gear behind Nirvana's In Utero and why Kurt Cobain's touring amp setup failed to impress in the studio

Amps, mics and the pedal on Heart-Shaped Box that nearly caused a rift between Cobain and Krist Novoselic – "He really thought Kurt was trying to sabotage the song"

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"I actually became a Nirvana fan when I was no longer in the band": Drummer Chad Channing remembers Kurt Cobain and his 1990 Smart Studios sessions with the band that shaped Nevermind

Channing's drums appear on one song on the final Nevermind album – "It was the one song that I guess Kurt said, ‘No, I definitely do not want to redo this,"

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"I was just shut down. I remember trying to make myself cry and I couldn’t": Dave Grohl on the final days of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain

"A lot of s**t went down that nobody knows about..."

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"Sometimes when you're scared and your adrenaline's pumping, you just start beating the shit out of your instrument": revisiting Nirvana's electrifying 1992 appearance on Saturday Night Live

Celebrating the equipment-smashing, French-kissing day Nirvana knocked Michael Jackson off the top of the charts

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"I finally understood that I was in the middle of a Nirvana reunion": revisiting the night that 'Sirvana' - Sir Paul McCartney and the surviving members of Nirvana - rocked Madison Square Garden for charity

On this day in 2012, a Nirvana reunion of sorts took place in New York City. Courtney Love was not amused

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"Circus magazine said, 'If Lee's voice was any higher and raspier, his audience would consist exclusively of dogs and extraterrestrials": Watch Geddy Lee read from his memoir My Effin' Life onstage in Seattle with Nirvana's Krist Novoselic

Geddy Lee has a suggestion for you if you don't like his singing voice, and it's a pleasingly unfiltered suggestion

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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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"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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"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

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

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"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

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The song Filter wrote to impress Trent Reznor that ended up angering thousands of Nirvana fans

Hey Man Nice Shot kicked off Richard Patrick's post-Nine Inch Nails career, but became mired in controversy after Kurt Cobain's death

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