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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 4 - The Untold Story

“I asked them, ‘What’s it like to be famous?’ and they all said, ‘We hate it’”: The story of the landmark grunge album that paved the way for Nirvana’s Nevermind but set the band that made it on the path to darkness

A year before Nirvana broke out with Nevermind, Alice In Chains Seattle’s grunge scene on the map

Metal Hammer

“I was with Ozzy nine months and it didn’t end in a good break-up”: Drum legend Carmine Appice on getting high with Jimi Hendrix, falling out with Ozzy Osbourne and the late guitar hero he spoke to just before he died

Drum legend Carmine Appice has been in the business for 60 years – and he’s crossed paths with everyone from Jimi Hendrix to Dave Grohl

Louder

“It’s fun to have shreddiness, but even my dad would say the best solos are the ones you can sing”: Wolfgang Van Halen reveals the Mammoth guitar solo that was inspired by Smells Like Teen Spirit

The Nirvana classic embodies some soloing advice that Wolfgang once got from his dad, the late, great Eddie Van Halen

Guitar World

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10 Songs That Made Their Writers Millionaires

Most people recognize the singers behind the world’s biggest hits, but few realize that the real money often flows to the writers. A well-written song can outlive its performer, generating royalties from radio play, movies, ads, and streaming for decades. Many of these writers never step into the spotlight, yet…

Plunged in Debt

“We were being told that we were going to be the new Nine Inch Nails, the new Nirvana, even though we don’t sound remotely like them”: The story of Godflesh – the cult metal duo worshipped by Metallica, Korn and Type O Negative

Godflesh are far from metal’s most famous band, but they’ve influenced Metallica, been asked to tour with Danzig and almost had one of their members hired by Faith No More

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“M***********, you stole my guitar sound!”: the classic Nirvana song that another major 90s artist says ripped him off

This grunge icon reckons Kurt Cobain & co.’s biggest hit smells less like Teen Spirit and more like they nicked his guitar sound

Louder

The one where Courteney Cox plays Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit on the drums and goes viral

Here she is now, entertaining us

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Nirvana child abuse lawsuit over Nevermind album cover dismissed again

Spencer Elden claims appearing on the cover caused him ‘extreme and permanent emotional distress’

The Independent UK

Afternoon Update: Erin Patterson to appeal convictions; PNG’s defence treaty with Australia; and Nirvana’s legal win

Patterson’s barrister Richard Edney confirmed she would appeal during a short hearing in Melbourne

The Guardian - AU

‘People seemed deeply insulted’: how cult 90s band Rachel’s took chamber music out of the classical world

The graceful ensemble prefigured the neo-classical phenomenon and found surprising success in the post-Nirvana alt-rock boom. After the deaths of two members, reissuing their debut has proven bittersweet

The Guardian - UK

“Is this the best guitar I've ever played? Including the ones in your museum? I believe so”: Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt teams up with Martin to create a new signature acoustic that blends traditional style with a key, ultra-modern twist

Mixing the old and the new, the front porch and campfire with devil's horns, the limited-edition model is luxurious from top to bottom

Guitar World

Nixon just dropped a brand new Nirvana watch - here's how you can save 10% on it right now

Nixon add the Special Edition Sentry Wobble to their Nirvana watch range - and it’s available right now in the US and UK

Louder

Never-before-seen Nirvana concert footage up for auction

Bonhams Los Angeles are giving Nirvana fans the chance to own a rare artefact from the band's history.

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Noem releases highlight reel of raid that arrested American citizens set to Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’

Noem, nicknamed ‘ICE Barbie’ by critics, shared the bizarre footage set to a Nirvana song on X

The Independent UK

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“Anyone encountering them afresh may wonder how success largely eluded them”: 60s psych rock duo Nirvana prove they were ahead of their time on The Show Must Go On

12-disc full catalogue collection shows how they bemused and confused by incorporating classical instruments long before it was common

Louder

The 10 best B-side albums

Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Oasis, The Smiths, Deftones, the Manics and more all had classics going spare, as these superlative compilations prove

The Guardian - UK

Bruce Loose brought his own unique blend of complexity and a menacing darkness to San Francisco punks Flipper

The singer, who died from a heart attack on 5 September, ripped up the two-minute hardcore song blueprint and won over a legion of fans including Kurt Cobain and Jane’s Addiction

Louder

"There was so much interest in Nirvana. I couldn’t believe it." What Dave Grohl thought of the much-loved grunge exhibition in Seattle which has closed after 14 years

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Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl to be honoured at LA gala for his volunteer work with people experiencing homelessness

Former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl's passionate service to local community will be recognised at Hope in the City of Angels gala

MusicRadar

“I started pacing around the room - usually I take notes but I was just taking it all in. I went ‘Play it again'”: How Dave Grohl delivered the incredible Smells Like Teen Spirit drum track

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

MusicRadar

"Play eighth notes on the hi-hat, kick on one and three, snare on two and four and you’re playing AC/DC”: 13 easy drum songs every beginner should learn

Stop cramming and start jamming with these must-know easy-drum classics for beginners

Metal Hammer

Debate: What's the greatest grunge album ever?

Nevermind? Dirt? Ten? God's Balls? Spanking Machine? We want to know the one elite grunge album you can't live without

Metal Hammer

"I was told by somebody from Nirvana’s label that they sold an extra million copies of Nevermind after my parody came out." How Nirvana rescued 'Weird Al' Yankovic from "the wilderness"

"Dave Grohl saw me perform in Seattle once and said it was the loudest show he had ever heard"

The Guardian - UK

No Apologies review – what if Kurt Cobain was transgender?

In a poetic performance, former teenage grunge obsessive Emma Frankland takes heart from a fantasy about the Nirvana musician

MusicRadar

“Literally the first chord I hit on it after I put it together just gave me goosebumps”: Nirvana tone guru Aaron Rash solves Kurt Cobain’s Heart-Shaped Box guitar mystery – and opens Pandora’s box for the tonewood debate

Rash's latest break in the In Utero case arrived via a late-night epiphany and the help of ChatGPT, and it might just reignite the conversation about the impact of body wood on tone

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