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The 10 funniest rock and metal songs according to Tenacious D

AC/DC, Disturbed, Electric Six: Tenacious D talk us through some of rock and metal's funniest songs

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Guns N’ Roses at Glastonbury review – a riotous trip into rock paradise

With a beaming Dave Grohl guesting on guitar and hits interspersed with homages to their influences, Axl and co make for hard-rocking – yet surprisingly polite – Saturday headliners

The Guardian - UK

Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl pictured taking the train to Glastonbury ahead of surprise set

Ex-Nirvana Drummer Dave Grohl jumped on the train ahead of his band the Foo Fighter's surprise Glastonbury set on Friday, delighting star-struck passengers

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"I meet people and I can tell in two seconds whether they’re a rocker or not": Across 40 years playing music, here are 10 life lessons Dave Grohl has learned

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl has learned a thing or two across his storied career

Metal Hammer

"We had to die" - A history of The Grunge Wars, told by those who were there

Three decades ago, GN’R’s Use Your Illusion and Nirvana’s Nevermind were released just two weeks apart, setting two musical cultures against each other. We asked combatants from both sides: who won the war?

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In 1992, Kurt Cobain's excitement at the prospect of Spinal Tap reforming led him to dream up some outlandish stage props which could turn future Nirvana live shows up to 11

When Spinal Tap alleged themselves to be the key inspiration behind a little band called Nirvana, it got Kurt Cobain considering a Stonehenge moment all of his own

Louder

Watch Soundgarden cover Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit at Lollapalooza 1992

Watch some true grunge history in action as Soundgarden perform the Nirvana classic as part of their festival set

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A beginner's guide to Sub Pop Records in five essential albums

Celebrated as the home of grunge, Sub Pop has evolved into one of America's most eclectic indie labels. Here is the Sub Pop story told via five key records

Louder

“He was pretty quiet. He just wanted to hang out”: Joe Perry remembers when Kurt Cobain met Aerosmith

Kurt Cobain may have had a reputation for ridiculing the classic rock bands who came before him, but he was actually a huge Aerosmith fan – Joe Perry remembers when the late singer came to visit the band backstage

Metal Hammer

20 bands whose second album is the best thing they ever did

The bands who defied the sophomore slump to deliver the greatest albums of their career

Louder

“He overdosed and was saved by an adrenalin shot”: How Urge Overkill went from being Steve Albini’s pet project to year-long parties and accidentally re-enacting that famous scene from Pulp Fiction

Urge Overkill were just “a scrappy punk rock band that played too fast”: How did they up touring with Nirvana and jet-setting with Chrissie Hynde?

Louder

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

Metal Hammer

Nirvana: Bleach - Album Of The Week Club review

Beneath the wilfully grubby production, Nirvana's debut album Bleach seethes with confidence, intelligence, star quality and pop sensibility

Louder

Nirvana fan? Here are five new bands you need to hear

Nirvana have inspired hundreds of bands since they turned music on its head some 30-odd years ago – here are five examples of how their influence is still making magic

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"I could throw out a few thousand dollars to have you snuffed out": The ugly truth behind Kurt Cobain's threats to "hurt" two female writers working on a Nirvana book

Listen to the disturbing voice message Nirvana's Kurt Cobain left for two UK music writers, threatening to "hurt" them

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Despite the bad blood between the Nirvana and Guns N' Roses camps, Courtney Love once appeared onstage with Slash, and it was pretty damn cool

Watch footage of Slash and Courtney Love onstage together in 2009

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Foo Fighters are grieving the only way they know how — through rock 'n' roll

Here's everything you need to know about the new Foo Fighters album and their return to the stage.

The Guardian - UK

Foo Fighters: But Here We Are review – a raw, unapologetic act of mourning

On the veteran band’s first album since drummer – and Dave Grohl’s best friend – Taylor Hawkins’ death, every anguished, searching and sometimes triumphant song is about death

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Courtney Love says Nirvana's Kurt Cobain was as ambitious and hungry for success as Madonna

Courtney Love says that the idea that her late husband Kurt Cobain didn't want to be a rock star is bulls**t

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Your essential guide to every Hole album

Courtney Love's finest work re-assessed

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Kurt Cobain’s Hair Inside Signed ‘Heart-Shaped Box’ On Sale For $20,000

Corban signed the box with “Krudt” during Nirvana's 1993 In Utero tour for a female fan. A piece of his remains are present.

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Foo Fighters’ new album But Here We Are is a defiant, emotional roar in the face of loss

Album review: Foo Fighters’ new album But Here We Are is the sound of 15 months of pent-up emotion being unleashed at once

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Kurt Cobain showed up to Nirvana's In Utero sessions with a chunk of the guitar Steve Albini smashed at Big Black's final show

Steve Albini reveals that Nirvana's Kurt Cobain owned a special memento from Big Black's farewell performance in Seattle

Louder

How Trompe le Monde proved that like most meaningful things, Pixies were simply before their time

Released the day before Nevermind, Pixies' fourth album helped set a blueprint for alternative music to come – not that they ever really got the credit for it

Metal Hammer

Revisiting the seven weeks in 1991 that changed music history forever

The 80s weren’t dead and the 90s hadn’t really begun. This is the story of how seven weeks of summer in 1991 belonged to rock (and not just grunge)

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