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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

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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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Friday essay: I loved being a ‘90s rock journalist, but sometimes it was a boys’ club nightmare

In the 1990s, I was a rock journalist striving to assert myself as a young woman, working at the heart of the United Kingdom’s male-dominated music press. I loved my job. I met and interviewed all my favourite bands, and spent my twenties and early thirties in a whirl of…

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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

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"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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“We were a punk band with Beatles melodies. We had no effects, barely any equipment, just loads of attitude, 12 cans of Red Stripe and ambition." Why Definitely Maybe will forever be Oasis' finest hour

The greatest rock album of the '90s was released on this day 31 years ago. Now a new generation is discovering its irresistible swagger

Louder

“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

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The checked shirt trend is making a comeback — here's how to style it now

From Freaks and Geeks to chic, the demand for checked shirts is going to boom this autumn — mark our words

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

“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

MusicRadar

Relatives of deceased stars wade in on Rod Stewart’s controversial AI Ozzy Osbourne tribute

British rock singer raised eyebrows when he shared a video featuring an AI likeness of the Black Sabbath frontman taking selfies with other late stars, including Prince, Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse

The Independent UK

“Kurt said, ‘I want the guy that did the Slayer album’”: How Kurt Cobain brought a more aggressive edge to Nevermind with the help of Slayer’s producer

Cobain sought out Slayer collaborator Andy Wallace to help give Nevermind an extra edge

Guitar World

“Icontend that I was the first person to actually have a Super Fuzz Big Muff – before the rest of the boys”: How Courtney Love created the grunge classic that was released during her darkest hour

Hole’s song Violet came out just a week after Kurt Cobain’s suicide

MusicRadar

"When we worked with Kurt, I thought, 'What does a producer do?'": Melvins’ Buzz Osborne reckons Kurt Cobain was sacked rather than quit

The grunge/sludge hero just delivered his take on how producer Kurt Cobain came to part ways with the band

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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 Guardian - UK

‘Our stage is a giant pair of open legs!’ Meet Glastonbury’s most obscure acts

It’s not all about the headliners. Away from the big stages, feminist punks are singing songs about UTIs and Elvis has been reborn as Kurt Cobain

Evening Standard

Neil Young at Glastonbury review: did this show even happen?

4/5 Neil Young’s headline slot on the Pyramid Stage was untelevised and not hugely attended but still rocked

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Louder

“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.

Evening Standard

Nine Inch Nails at the O2: 'Trent Reznor is the last great art rock star'

4/5 Despite technical problems, Nine Inch Nails prove that they are still pushing the boundaries of music and perhaps the perfect band for dark times

MusicRadar

“In the ’80s,MTVbuttered our bread. But after Kurt Cobain wore his grandfather’s sweater in the video forSmells Like Teen Spirit, there was no place on MTV for bands like us and Mötley Crüe”: The life and death of the thinking person’s hair metal band

Two top 10 hits and two million album sales couldn't save them

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Courtney Love has 'friend with benefits'

Courtney Love has found a "friend with benefits" but doesn't want to name the famous individual.

Guitar World

“Ever dreamed of owning a piece of Nirvana’s legacy?” A Kurt Cobain guitar pick previously sold for more than $14k – now his MTV Unplugged plectrum is being raffled off for much, much less

The raffle will help raise funds for the Royal College of Music – and it offers the chance to own a slice of music history for just the price of a coffee

MusicRadar

Your chance to win Kurt Cobain's plectrum — used during Nirvana’s legendary MTV Unplugged show

Visitors to the new London exhibition can enter the prize draw

Guitar World

A pink Daisy Rock acoustic guitar, signed by Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus, has just smashed its estimate as it sells for over $100,000 at auction

Eddie Van Halen guitars also surpassed their estimates at Julien’s annual Music Icons event – but a Kurt Cobain acoustic remains unsold

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