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“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

“A special rendition”: Post Malone proves his guitar hero credentials once again as he fronts Nirvana reunion and nails Smells Like Teen Spirit at SNL50

The under-appreciated guitarist took on lead and vocal duties for the one-song performance – and the internet absolutely loved it

Guitar World

Watch Post Malone join the surviving members of Nirvana for a frenzied blast through Smells Like Teen Spirit

The "Post Nirvana" performance took place at the SNL50 Homecoming Concert at New York's Radio City Music Hall

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"We all appeared on stage wearing robes and holding candles:" Joe Satriani on G3 pranking, handling Yngwie Malmsteen and the Halloween costume he'd rather forget

After three decades of changing line-ups, the original G3 – Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Eric Johnson – returned to the stage

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“I’m a Nirvana fan, but it was just a regular guitar to me”: Opeth frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt left unimpressed by Kurt Cobain’s “haunted” Martin acoustic

Åkerfeldt got a chance to play the late Nirvana frontman’s 1953 D-18, aka Grandpa, in a recent visit to the Martin Museum

MusicRadar

“Sounds just like Slash, doesn't it?”: Slash joins forces with Tom Morello for a three-song cameo at LA Wildfire Relief shows – taking on MC5 and an AC/DC classic

Morello added an extra Slash to AC/DC –and recruited his guitar-slinging son, plus members of System of a Down, Måneskin, and Wu-Tang Clan for his all-star fundraiser

Guitar World

“It didn’t feel that good. There was nothing special about it, other than it had belonged to Kurt Cobain.” Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt wasn’t impressed when he got to play the Nirvana frontman’s guitar

The Opeth mainman admits he wasn’t that wowed when he recently got his hands on Kurt Cobain’s “haunted” guitar

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John and Yoko, Cher, Lisa-Marie Presley: 3 memoirs illustrate the peculiar lives of celebrities

Throughout the 1990s, I was a music journalist in London. I profiled hundreds of rock bands at the start of their careers, including Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails and the Foo Fighters. I can’t imagine a better way to have spent my twenties. But I…

The Conversation

Neil Young – has the godfather of grunge just given us the first Maga anthem?

IN FOCUS: The Glastonbury headliner and contrarian-in-chief shows no signs of losing his edge. Stevie Chick explores his life, career, his new unreleased album from the Seventies and his ominous rock augury

The Independent UK

“When I came up with the guitar part, Krist looked at me and said, ‘That is so ridiculous’. I made the band play it for an hour and a half”: It defined the '90s, yet Nirvana’s biggest anthem started out as a self-confessed rip-off

It was written to be the ultimate pop song, and with over two billion streams, the legacy of Nirvana’s most popular cut endures

MusicRadar

“Someone told us that guitar was haunted – people who had it had accidents. I’m a Nirvana fan, but it was just a regular guitar to me”: Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt said the Martin museum felt like the “Holy Land,” but one guitar he played there left him cold

Åkerfeldt was decidedly more moved when handed a 19th century Martin, a guitar so pristine he was scared to play it

Guitar World

“We're gonna play something we thought was appropriate for the evening”: Watch Slash join the Black Crowes for a heartfelt Led Zeppelin cover at star-studded FireAid benefit concert

Unlike the surviving members of Nirvana, the Black Crowes were featured on the FireAid bill beforehand, but they had a surprise of their own up their sleeves

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

Guitar World

"We got any Led Zeppelin fans out there?" Watch pop superstar Pink absolutely smash a timeless Led Zeppelin classic at Los Angeles FireAid benefit show

Pink proves once again that she is one of pop music's great voices with a flawless take on a Led Zeppelin classic

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Message in a pedal: Behringer's new Chorus Symphony is a clone of pedal made famous by The Police, Joe Satriani and Nirvana

We might be in the middle of winter, but it's already time for the sound of Summers, apparently

The Independent UK

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

The Independent UK

Nirvana reunites with unexpected Kurt Cobain replacement

Nirvana reunited to perform at the FireAid benefit concert in Los Angeles on Thursday, 30 January, with an unexpected special guest as Kurt Cobain's replacement.

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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

The Independent UK

FireAid delivered loads of surprises. Here are some of the best moments from the musical benefit

FireAid brought together artists from musical generations and genres to help raise money for Los Angeles-area wildfire relief efforts

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"If Kurt Cobain and Chris Cornell were to decorate their shared home in heaven, they would use our Dirty Collection." Flexing an imaginary endorsement from two dead rock stars must surely be the weirdest and most random product launch idea ever

"These hues are our grunge heroes with a sexy AF personality." Of course they are hun

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"We made a lot of people angry." When At The Drive-In released the brilliant Relationship of Command 25 years ago, their label boasted they would "save rock". Instead, the band hyped as 'The Next Nirvana' found themselves fighting to save their souls

“This band can save rock”, At The Drive-In's record company boldly declared as the Texan post-hardcore band prepared to release their third album, Relationship of Command. But six months later, the band fell apart. Now we know why

The Independent UK

Jackie Farry, tour manager, Nirvana associate and nanny to Frances Bean Cobain, dies aged 58

Tour manager and friend of Kurt Cobain had a love for music ‘matched only by her sharp wit, humour and magnetic personality’, her friend said

MusicRadar

“He was a great guitar player. He’s not looking at what he’s playing, so obviously he really knows the instrument”: Which grunge icon could Joe Satriani be talking about?

Plus, he highlights the “only problem” with Yngwie Malmsteen

Guitar World

“The four-chord pattern riff is unoriginal but the dynamic contrasts add to the potency of one of the best guitar riffs of the ’90s”: Nirvana track named the best guitar riff of all time by surprising new study – which leaves out some huge hits

Many of the big hitters feature, but not where you’d expect them to be – and there are some notable absences, too

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