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HISTORICAL FACTS: 10 | History Defined

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 Independent UK

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…

The Conversation

“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

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"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

MusicRadar

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

Woman & Home

“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

Louder

Need to calm down? Try Rockabye Baby’s ‘Lullaby Renditions’ of Taylor Swift songs

Company has previously created baby-friendly versions of songs by Metallica, Snoop Dogg, Nirvana and Beyonce

MusicRadar

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DrumCraft reintroduces its Bell Brass snare drum, offering you the snare sound of Metallica, Nirvana, RATM and more for under £800!

At 12kg, it might break your back, but it won’t necessarily break the bank

MusicRadar

“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

Louder

Printing on eggshells or skateboards: Nirvana CPH brings alive creative visions on any surface

Meet Nirvana CPH, the secret production partner behind some of luxury and fashion’s biggest brands

Wallpaper

Dave Grohl's wife Jordyn Blum being consoled by Hollywood star after cheating revelations

The Foo Fighters frontman admitted to cheating on their mother and is now doing ‘everything’ to ‘regain family’s trust and earn their forgiveness’

Evening Standard

The Jesus Lizard: Rack review – Chicago punks return with pyrotechnics undimmed

The Nirvana peers’ first album in 26 years is a masterclass in tightly controlled chaos

The Guardian - UK

“His ‘Mr Nice Guy’ Days Are Over”: Dave Grohl’s Interview Analyzed In Light Of Family Scandal

The Foo Fighters frontman seemed to have a lot on his mind when he attended a Wimbledon match in July. The post “His ‘Mr Nice Guy’ Days Are Over”: Dave Grohl’s Interview Analyzed In Light Of Family Scandal first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Grohl fathers child outside marriage

In a statement, Grohl says he's doing everything he can to regain the trust of his wife and children

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Evening Standard

Dave Grohl's daughters delete Instagram accounts after he admits to fathering secret baby outside marriage

Foo Fighters frontman admitted to cheating on their mother and is now doing ‘everything’ to ‘regain family’s trust and earn their forgiveness’

The Independent UK

Dave Grohl says he's father to a new daughter outside his 21-year marriage

Dave Grohl says he has fathered a new daughter outside his 21-year marriage to wife Jordyn Blum

MusicRadar

“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

Metal Hammer

“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

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“When I heard Nirvana’s Live at Reading it became less about learning solos than putting the guitar in front of an amp and making it scream”: Fontaines D.C.’s Carlos O’Connell on playing Rory Gallagher’s Strat and why a spring reverb is the best overdrive

One half of the Fontaines D.C. six-string machine talks songwriting and influences, and admits that he, too, is a disciple of YouTube’s Kurt Cobain tone guru Aaron Rash

Louder

"If the world was a fair place, everyone's Greta Van Fleet records would spontaneously turn into Great Western Valkyrie": Rival Sons' fourth album finds them on top of their game

After turning heads with Pressure & Time in 2011, Rival Sons returned to the studio with a new bassist and a fistful of big ideas

Guitar World

“Everybody was trying to make money off us, and we were oblivious. I thought everybody understood what we were doing. We weren’t trying to be Nirvana”: Page Hamilton on Helmet’s 1994 classic Betty – the unsung curveball the critics tried to kill

After the claustrophobic intensity of Meantime, Hamilton opened up the doors and chased down different sounds on album number three. No one was ready for Betty

Metal Hammer

Legendary New York metal venue Saint Vitus closes permanently

The Brooklyn bar – which has hosted shows by Megadeth, Anthrax, Converge, Nirvana and Blink-182 – was shut in February and won’t reopen its doors

MusicRadar

Kurt’s Cologne is a Small Clone clone from PastFX that offers three decades of BBD-driven stereo chorus for Nirvana tones and more

Nevermind the vintage originals. This has switchable '70s, '80s and '90s modes, high and low cut switches, and an eight-way depth rotary dial to offer many variations on the theme

Metal Hammer

“There are three songs that don’t sound like anything we’ve done before”: Anthrax have written “13 or 14 songs” for new album

The thrash metal masters haven’t released a new record since For All Kings in 2016

MusicRadar

How a chance encounter in rural Ireland inspired Dave Grohl to form the Foo Fighters: “Even in the most remote area I could possibly find, I can’t outrun this thing... so I thought, ‘I'm gonna go home, and I’m gonna start over’”

The Irish hitch-hiker who inspired Dave Grohl to form Foo Fighters has come forward

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