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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
By: Ron Hart It's too easy to become jaded with Nirvana, especially if you went to high school or college during the short period they ruled the world in the early 1990s. The rampant manufacturing of Kurt Cobain's image and legacy by mainstream America has been nauseatingly on par with that of Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and Jim Morrison (all of whom also died at the age of 27yes, yes we all know)....
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Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
DAVE GROHL was convinced NIRVANA's concert at the U.K.'s Reading festival in 1992 would be so disastrous, it would end the band's career forever.The trio's headlining slot...
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Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive Any album with a title that openly mocks President Obama needs a cover that's equally subversive, and Jello Biafra 's artwork for 'The Audacity of Hype' certainly delivers. The former Dead Kennedys frontman opted for a version of Shepard Fairey's famous "HOPE" picture and replace Obama's image with a demonic version of himself, fangs and horns included...
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The Daily Swarm (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Clash : 1. His band didn’t know what was going on when Kurt turned up on stage in the wheelchair This one is patently not true. Aside from anything else, Krist Novoselic introduced Nirvana that evening as I appeared on the edge of the stage with the wheelchair, “…he’ll pull through. With the help of his friends and his family, he’ll pull through”. The whole stunt...
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prefixmag (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Nirvana co-founder and bassist Krist Novoselic had some nice things to say about his former band mate Dave Grohl yesterday in his column on Seattle Weekly ’s website. After reading a profile on Grohl in Sunday’s New York Times , Novoselic came to the following conclusion: Dave Grohl is the greatest rock musician in the world today. Don't believe me? The man is dominating November music...
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The Daily Swarm (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Something dawned on me when I was reading Sunday’s New York Times: Dave Grohl is the greatest rock musician in the world today. Don’t believe me? The man is dominating November music releases. Here we go: Nirvana’s Reading DVD , Foo Fighters’ Greatest Hits, and new work with Them Crooked Vultures….I remember going to the airport and picking this dude up. He was easygoing—just...
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Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Filed under: News Although the surviving members of Nirvana have always been tremendously loyal to each other, former bassist Krist Novoselic has taken his allegiance to a new level with this week's installment of his Seattle Weekly blog . Novoselic has proclaimed former bandmate Dave Grohl "the greatest rock musician in the world today". While it's weighty praise, Novoselic insists such...
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PopWreckoning (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
From the band that made grunge cool, we bring you the entire Nirvana catalog. Relive Dave Grohl behind the drums before Them Crooked Vultures. Ride along the bass lines of Krist Novoselic. Lose yourself in Kurt Cobain’s vocals and lyrics. We’re giving away: Nevermind, Unplugged, Greatest Hits, In Utero, Incesticide, From The Muddy Bands of [...]
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The Daily Swarm - Headlines (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
From his Chad Channing interview : KN My favorite song on the record is “Blew,” probably, because it has a groove, and again, it’s the sole survivor of the Doom Pop experiment. CC Gotta have a special bit of love for that tune. It’s a survivor! On “Scoff,” I would do my double kick pedal with that rhythm between the floor tom. Then the guitars come in with the same...
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ContractsProf Blog (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
We had previously mentioned Courtney Love’s threatened lawsuit against Activision for breach of contract – namely, for creating a game “Band Hero” that allows players to use a Kurt Cobain avatar to sing other artists’ songs. Now, the band No...
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
A dog trainer to Seattle's wealthy is missing and presumed dead, and the boyfriend of the man's ex-wife has been charged with murder.
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Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Nirvana's early drummer Chad Channing reveals why he was originally forced from the band.
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Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
No Doubt are suing the makers of a music video game.The American rock group agreed to have their name and likenesses used in 'Band Hero', but the band's manager,...
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The Celebrity Blog , Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity... (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Rock band No Doubt are suing the makers of a music video game over the way they are portrayed in it. The group agreed to be used in Band Hero, but object to players being allowed to use singer Gwen Stefani to perform songs by other artists. They accuse Activision of breach ...
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