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UNCOVERED: Krist novoselic - Caught on Camera

The 30 greatest Nirvana songs ever, and the stories behind them

The very best of the best of Nirvana

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“I didn’t think Pat would be our guitar player. I just sent him a tape. And he was like, ‘Oh my god, it’s so poppy’”: How Pat Smear surprised Dave Grohl and joined the Foo Fighters

These songs were absolutely not In Utero part II as Dave Grohl gamed-out his post-Nirvana musical future

Guitar World

Gibson brings back the Thunderbird bass beloved by Krist Novoselic and Gene Simmons – and it’s been given some fresh upgrades

New take on the bass combines heritage with modern performance

Guitar World

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“I’m not in any way afraid of death." The triumph and tragedy of Nirvana's final album

On February 13, 1993, Nirvana began recording their much-anticipated follow-up to Nevermind. It would be their masterpiece

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"We spend a lot of time stabbing babies, fornicating with dogs, bombing churches." The dark, twisted, brilliant but largely forgotten grunge band who could have been bigger than Nirvana

The story of the cult Seattle band who should have become superstars but couldn't catch a break

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“I said, ‘Listen, I don't think you should die!’” How Dave Grohl realised that the end was near for Kurt Cobain and Nirvana

“Five minutes later the phone rings, and someone goes, ‘Dude, turn on CNN’”

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“I wanted to write the most ridiculous pop song I had ever written”: the Nirvana B-side that paved the way for Nevermind’s all-conquering success

Embarking on a little pop experiment, Kurt Cobain emerged with one of the most enjoyably silly songs of Nirvana’s career

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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

The Guardian - UK

"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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“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

Ahead of Oasis' tour, a look at famous and brief band reunions: Nirvana, Outkast and more

The Britpop band Oasis will reunite for a 2025 world tour kicking off Friday in Cardiff, Wales

The Independent UK

“To have Kurt’s beautiful voice over one of my songs would have been amazing”: the story behind every track on Foo Fighters’ monumental debut album

It’s 30 years since Dave Grohl kicked off a game-changing second act, and this was the record that started it all.

Louder

“They were just asking for it”: When Kurt Cobain deliberately sabotaged Nirvana’s Top of the Pops appearance

Cobain later said his mock-baritone vocal was an attempt at imitating Morrissey

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“I was really fortunate that I got to work with Kurt. He had a real ear for a hook – playing bass with him was super-easy”: Krist Novoselic achieved harmony through Kurt Cobain’s chaos –and was the making of this Nirvana classic

All great bands have players that fit together, and Nirvana was no exception

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“My rig broke on live TV. I started hitting it as hard as I could, but the bass would not break… so I threw it in the ocean”: L7’s Jennifer Finch on touring with Nirvana, gigging with Courtney Love and donating her Ghost bass to the Punk Rock Museum

The athletic low-end of Sub Pop’s only Los Angeles band signing, Finch reflects on how picking up an instrument sparks disruption, that iconic Reading Festival 1992 set and loaning Krist Novoselic her storied Ghost bass

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Watch official pro-shot footage of Post Malone and Nirvana members performing Smells Like Teen Spirit for Saturday Night Live's 50th anniversary

Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear were joined by Post Malone for lively performance of Nirvana's smash hit from Nevermind

Guitar World

“Kurt launched into that track and totally went off. In the middle of the song, he smashed his guitar to bits”: The making of the album that virtually invented a new genre, sold 30 million copies, and changed rock forever

One of the best-selling albums of all time, Nirvana's Nevermind re-shaped popular culture and guitar-based music almost overnight. This is how it was made

Guitar World

“If we can fill the performance with these incredible women singing Nirvana songs, then we’ll have achieved our own revolution”: Nirvana reunite unannounced at FireAid concert, with four guest frontwomen

But for Violet Grohl taking the place of Lorde, it was the same group of singer/guitarists the remaining Nirvana trio played with at their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction performance in 2014

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Why Dave Grohl only wants female singers to front Nirvana reunions

A ‘Hervana’ performance at the FireAid benefit concert in California was met with a rapturous reception from fans of the Nineties rock band

MusicRadar

Nirvana’s surviving members catch a global audience off guard as they make an unscheduled appearance at FireAid

The band appeared at last night’s charity spectacular with guest vocalists St Vincent, Joan Jett, Kim Gordon and Violet Grohl

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Watch Dave Grohl's daughter Violet front a surprise Nirvana reunion, and Billie Eilish join Green Day, at emotional FireAid concert in Los Angeles

Joan Jett, Kim Gordon and St. Vincent also joined Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear onstage at the charity fundraiser in Los Angeles

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

Best of 2024: The drum part that introduced Nirvana and a drummer named Dave Grohl to the world was released on this day in 1991

Guitar World

“We knew we didn’t want to do an acoustic version of Teen Spirit, that would’ve been horrendously stupid”: The story of Nirvana's seminal MTV Unplugged set

Resisting network pressure to simply play the hits, Kurt Cobain, Pat Smear, Krist Novoselic, and Dave Grohl pulled together a remarkable and eclectic set that served as the haunting apex of Nirvana's final chapter

The Independent UK

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

Guitar World

“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

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