It’s been 25 years since the release of the classic live Nirvana album, MTV Unplugged in New York, and to celebrate, the record is getting an…
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The progenitors of grunge, Nirvana are a rock band from Aberdeen, Washington. In the late ’80s Nirvana established themselves in the burgeoning Seattle grunge scene with the line of up lead singer Kurt Cobain, bassist Krist Novoselic, and drummer Dave Grohl.
They released their first album, Bleach, in 1989 with independent label Sub Pop. In 1991, after signing to DGC Records, Nirvana found worldwide mainstream success with Smells Like Teen Spirit, the first single from their landmark second album Nevermind, produced by Butch Vig.
Nevermind sold 30 million copies worldwide and Nirvana have endured as one of the most powerful voices in ’90s music culture. After Kurt Cobain’s death in 1994 the seminal grunge outfit were hailed as a flagship band in rock history. Dave Grohl went on to form famous rock band Foo Fighters.
In December 1993, two months after the band unleashed In Utero, Nirvana performed at Pier 48 in their hometown of Seattle, which was recorded and…
Lil Nas X has released an edgy new track Panini, which credits Kurt Cobain.
The Nirvana song In Bloom, off their iconic Nevermind album, has been interpolated into…
Over 10 years ago, Universal Studios Hollywood went up in flames but has recently returned to the news due to a series of cover-ups by…
The world-record breaking auction house, Julien’s Auctions, held its marquee music auction event MUSIC Icons on Saturday at the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square. The auction…
Kurt Cobain came from a small town. Aberdeen was nowhere, a place where a mixed-up kid like Kurt could never aspire to anything more than…
Iconic ’90s photographer Chris Cuffaro describes his own time in the grunge scene like “an outsider who was welcomed into the best party ever.” Well, as the…
Ever wanted to own a piece of history? Well now you can, for the low low price of approximately US$50,000…
Photo: Charles Peterson
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Danny Goldberg, the guy who managed Nirvana during their rise in the early nineties, is prepping a new book to release alongside the 25th anniversary…
Apparently Marc Jacobs were going to revive Punk with their new Redux Grunge collection but things have taken a turn for the worst. Nirvana are…
Thought of by many as the most iconic rock track of all time, Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit is the song that ignited the 90’s…
Nirvana fans rejoice – a rare, Bleach-era interview from 1989 has just been unearthed and it’s guaranteed to give you a chill down the spine.
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On the eve of Sydney’s BAD Friday festival, we were hunting after the kind of tunes that are just bad to the bone. You know,…
