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Rate September 12th 2009 Rock out

Original at vids.myspace.com external link    Mon, Oct 5

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the stuff is my own material and i also play quite a bit of NIRVANA: Lithium, about a girl, drain, smells like teen spirit, on a plain, radio ... vids.myspace.com

Rate Today In Music History: A Sad Anniversary

Original at Minnesota Public Radio external link    Fri, May 29

 MN 1991 - After just completing the recording of the 'Nevermind' album, Nirvana played a last-minute show at the Jabberjaw in Los Angeles. In the audience was Iggy Pop and L7 bassist Jennifer Finch, who brought along her best friend Courtney Love. ...

Rate The AZ of Island Records at 50

Original at The Sun external link    Thu, May 28

 UK N is for Nirvana. Not Kurt Cobain's grunge outfit but whimsical British psychedelic popsters who were early signings to Island. Their debut album The Story Of Simon Simopath (hated by the other Nirvana's faithful) lays claim to be the first concept ...

Rate Courtney Love sued by American Express over unpaid debt

Original at duniyalive.com external link    Thu, May 28

 India Last year, an accounting firm called London & Co. had filed a suit against Lover, claiming that she had failed to pay them profits from the sale of Cobain''s share of the Nirvana publishing catalogue.

Rate Alternative is dead, long live alternative

Original at Sacramento News & Review external link    Thu, May 28

Sacramento News & Review, CA My first memory is one of few and hardly unique: hanging out in my neighbor Paul's bedroom, listening to “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” For me, Nirvana was something totally alternative; for him, kinda ho-hum, been-there-done-that. ...

Rate Nirvana sending babies to sleep

Original at The Sun external link    Wed, May 27

 UK By EMMA MORTON BABIES are nodding off to grunge band Nirvana after a soothing lullaby version of one of its hits was put on a CD. Kurt Cobain's Smells Like Teen Spirit as well as songs by AC/DC and Queen have been recreated by musicians using ...

Rate All by myself: 10 great one-man band albums

Original at Anderson Independent Mail external link    Wed, May 27

 SC Dave Grohl was making home demos that would form the foundation for his first post-Nirvana album. The cannily titled “Foo Fighters” gathered the best of those home recordings into a pop-punk triumph. In deference to the memory of Kurt Cobain, ...

Rate Brothers Reunite Their Genre-Defying Band

Original at Epoch Times external link    Thu, May 21

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 NY With Cris out of the picture, Curt pushed the band forward, releasing limited material, and then went on hiatus to explore different avenues, playing with Eyes Adrift featuring Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic and Bud Gaugh from the band Sublime, ... Meat Puppets — Sewn ChartAttack

Rate Life's a little off key for Counting Crows singer

Original at Tonight external link    Wed, May 20

 South Africa Although the two singers weren't close, they shared a record label, Geffen, and Duritz was enough of a Nirvana devotee to feel unease when August And Everything After became the fastest-selling album since Nirvana's Nevermind two years ago. ...

Rate Adam Lambert tops Kris Allen on 'American Idol' -- but not by much

Original at entertainment/music/idol(weblogs.newsday.com) external link    Tue, May 19

 NY I haven't been this thrilled over a singer since Kurt Cobain and Nirvana. He's comments and restrictions! After that...watch out, world! Adam is Kris Allen was his usual balnd self. Lambert was the clear winner by a mile, but I'm guessing kris will win ...

Rate how to make Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) on guitar hero world tourVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Tue, May 19

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By rss@youtube.com (qazqazman127) Author: qazqazman127 Keywords: kurt cobain guitar hero world tour nirvana Added: May 19, 2009

Rate The Vaselines Played Bowery Ballroom

Original at New York Press external link    Mon, May 18

 NY But the 2 EPs and 1 album they recorded left a strong impact on a lot of musicians that followed, especially Cobain. Not only did Cobain name his daughter after Frances McKee, but Nirvana also recorded 3 Vaselines covers during their also short-lived ...

Rate Brooke needs a better shield

Original at The Spokesman Review external link    Sat, May 16

 WA Bassist Krist Novoselic (Nirvana) is 44. Singer Janet Jackson is 43. Actor David Boreanaz is 40. Political correspondent Tucker Carlson is 40. Actress Tracey Gold is 40. Actress Tori Spelling is 36. Actress Megan Fox is 23. Actor Marc John Jefferies is ...

Rate Meat Puppets are like a fine wine

Original at The Sun external link    Thu, May 14

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 UK IT is a crying shame that the Meat Puppets are best known for appearing with Nirvana on their gripping MTV Unplugged In New York... which turned out to be Kurt Cobain's last stand. To those in the know, the band from Phoenix, Arizona, are legends who ...

Rate REVIEW: Silversun Pickups - Swoon

Original at Undercover Music News external link    Sat, May 2

 Australia - Paul Cashmere ‘There's No Secret This Year' could have been on the Pumpkins last album ‘Zeitgiest' but then you drop down to ‘Catch & Release' and Aubert's guitar work is channeling Nirvana. He was around 12 or 13 when ‘Nevermind' and ‘Gish' impacted, ...

Rate Two Live Nirvana DVDs Coming

Original at Chart Attack external link    Thu, Apr 23    6 related articles

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 Canada Four Nirvana albums will be reissued on vinyl this year, but bassist Krist Novoselic told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer that no more unreleased songs would be coming out. "There's not going to be any new Nirvana records," he said. ...

Rate How to play Smells Like Teen Spirit by NirvanaVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at guitar-tube.com external link    Wed, Apr 22

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Guitar chord tutorial on how to play Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana. www.guitar-tube.com

Rate iTunes Starts Variable Pricing, Yahoo! Announces New Music Site

Original at Rolling Stone external link    Tue, Apr 7

All Nirvana songs are 99 cents, except for Smells Like Teen Spirit and Come As You Are which are $1.29. And this means every version of those two songs, so if you wanted the unplugged or a live version, you have to pay an extra 30 cents.

Rate How To: In bloom - Nirvana (Cover)Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Tue, Feb 24    2 related articles

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By rss@youtube.com (Weasleyman) Keywords: Me covering In bloom smells like teen spirit slts nirvana bass yamaha amp kustom krist novoselic curt cobain music musik guitar: Nirvana rape me real version easy song how to play weasleyman tutorial lesson bass-guitar kurt dave grohl nevermind in utero im MTV Video Music Awa...

Rate How To: Nirvana In Bloom Guitar LessonVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Tue, Jan 20

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By rss@youtube.com (Lessonsforyou) A Detailed look at how to play In Bloom by Nirvana.Intro Riff , Verse and Chorus explained. Author: Lessonsforyou Keywords: Nirvana In Bloom Guitar Lesson Kurt Cobain Nevermind Added: January 20, 2009

Rate Masterpiece: Siamese Dream

Original at dkpresents (WordPress) external link    Sat, Dec 27

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By dkpresents This music sounds like the work of a group that’s totally on the same page, but in truth the band members were barely speaking during these sessions, and legend has it that Corgan played everything but Jimmy Chamberlain’s drum kit. Some songs on Siamese Dream contain upwards of 100 guitar t...

Rate Our Reporter’s Dream Comes True: A Kiss From Courtney Love!

Original at mtv.com external link    Mon, Dec 15

By MTV News To the best of my recollection, the interview started with Courtney (who clearly hasn’t been watching MTV or checking out our Web site) saying, “MTV still has news? I miss the ’90s and Kurt Loder … this isn’t going to f—ing air.” It was love at first bleep!

Rate Podcast: Gravelands

Original at homercat (Blogspot) external link    Thu, Dec 11

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By noreply@blogger.com (homercat) Funny enough this guys name is James Brown and he comes from Belfast, Ireland and his day job is postal carrier. He was discovered singing Elvis songs at a karaoke bar. A record producer had the idea to record the Nirvana song "Come As You Are" with an Elvis impersonator and Jimmy the King was bo...

Rate Opinion: Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody: “Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ Is The Reason I Wanted To Be In a Band”

Original at Rolling Stone external link    Thu, Dec 11

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By Pete Maiden Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody talked with Rock Daily recently to discuss the artists and albums that were influential in helping craft Snow Patrol’s own sound, which include hits on both sides of the Atlantic like “Run,” “Hands Open” and “Chasing Cars,” as well as their new album A...

Rate Music News: Interview with Former Nirvana Manager, GNR Releases New Track, Hollywood Scale Back Parties..

Original at Kings of A&R￿ external link    Mon, Nov 17

By koar Former Nirvana manager Danny Goldberg On Kurt Cobain: “He’s the most talented person I ever worked with because he was talented in so many different ways. He’s a guitar player and a lead singer and he wrote all the songs. He did everything for Nirvana that it took Jimmy Page and Robert Plant to...

Rate Nirvana's Nevermind baby recreates famous image

Original at Collecting Vinyl Records external link    Fri, Nov 14

By Robert Benson(fonzie1957@verizon.net) Spencer Eldon stars on Nirvana's Nevermind album For Nirvana, it was the band's breakthrough record, bringing the Seattle grunge scene to a worldwide audience. The first single, Smells Like Teen Spirit has been described as one of the greatest rock songs of all time.

Rate John Lennon’s Organ, Cobain’s Bass Guitar Highlight Punk/Rock Auction

Original at Rolling Stone external link    Wed, Oct 29

By Daniel Kreps Memorablia from the Beatles, Nirvana, Pink Floyd and many more are among the most noteworthy items up for auction at Christie’s right now. The headliner: John Lennon’s portable organ from 1965, which he used when the Beatles played The Ed Sullivan Show and Shea Stadium, is estimated to fe...

Rate Foos fight McCain over song use

Original at OH NO!! external link    Thu, Oct 9

By Yan Chow US rock band the Foo Fighters have told John McCain to stop using song My Hero in his presidential campaign, saying it "tarnishes" the track. The Foo Fighters, fronted by former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, said they found out their song was being used through reports.

Rate Opinion: It’s Got To Be Nirvana

Original at Music.com external link    Wed, Oct 8

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Money, Nirvana freely admit, is the essential reason for them seeking to quit the Sub Pop nest. For instance, Nirvana will step onto UK stages this week featuring their fourth drummer this year! ! ! Mudhoney’s Dan Peters lasted just one gig and a Sounds photo-shoot before being told, Bugge...

Rate SPIN.com's Best of the Week, September 22-28.

Original at Spin external link    Fri, Sep 26

By Matt Kiser Mogwai, The Hawk Is Howling (Matador) David Grubbs, An Optimist Notes the Dusk (Drag City) Cold War Kids, Loyalty To Loyalty (Downtown) Jenny Lewis, Acid Tongue (Warner Bros.) Brightblack Morning Light, Motion to Rejoin (Matador) Blitzen Trapper, Furr (Sub Pop)

Rate Which Alt-Rock Classics Do We Hate Most?

Original at Idolator external link    Wed, Aug 13

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By Michaelangelo Matos Maura Johnston: I'll rep for Nirvana, sure. Hearing "Smells Like Teen Spirit" for the first time was revelatory, their "worst live show" ever that I saw in Chicago in the early '90s was gut-wrenching, and much of Nevermind still packs a punch today. But I'll never understand why "Come As You...

Rate Mudhoney

Original at Live on 35mm external link    Fri, Aug 1

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By Valerio Fact is that twenty years ago I was an Italian guy well aware of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Mudhoney , Screaming Trees but my listening of this music was mainly relegated to radio-rock airings while preparing university exams.

Rate Disturbed Vs. Dillinger Escape Plan: The Crankiness Continues [Axl Vs. Nirvana, This Ain't]Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Idolator external link    Wed, Jun 4

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By Anthony Miccio It all started when Dillinger Escape Plan guitarist Ben Weinman mocked Disturbed's sound check, claiming the body-modification champions were "practicing where they were going to walk and when they were going to put their leg up on the monitor and pose." Disturbed has since responded,...

Rate Nirvana, NIN, Wilco, Spoon Swag in Charity Auction

Original at OH NO!! external link    Wed, May 21

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Item # 374 – KURT COBAIN STAGE WORN JACKET Dark cerulean velvet jacket, with six brass buttons, worn by Curt Cobain on December 13, 1993 at a MTV Live and Loud at Pier 48, in Seattle Washington. No tags present.Other performers included The Breeders and Cypress Hill. Their set consisted of: Ra...

Rate Sounds Nirvana Concert Review

Original at Music.com external link    Sun, Mar 2

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Kicking off tonight with an adjective-defying greatest hits triad of ‘Love Buzz’, ‘Sliver” and ‘Dive’, Nirvana set the tone for a relentless and crowd pleasing evening. They forgo some of their best covers (The Wipers’ ‘D-7′ especially) as well as their more (yep) melodic and instantly...

Rate Opinion: Nirvana Live Tonight Sold Out DVD

Original at Music.com external link    Mon, Feb 18

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The film was originally conceived by Kurt Cobain, and was eventually completed by surviving members Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl shortly after Cobain’s death in 1994. Nirvana - Live! Tonight! Sold Out! Geffen Records $14.97 at Amazon.com

Year 2007

 

Rate David Byrne, Krist Novoselic, Carrie Brownstein Put the “Rock” In “Rock Writing”

Original at Rolling Stone external link    Mon, Nov 12

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By Daniel Kreps Then there’s Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic, who just began writing for the Seattle Weekly. While Novoselic talks at length about his band’s breakthrough hit “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” it’s obvious that his interests still lie mainly with political writing. What gave us that idea? “Po...

Rate Kurt Cobain: About A Son — Behind the Movie That’s Moving Audiences to TearsVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Rolling Stone external link    Thu, Jul 26

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By Lesley Savage Since a bit of footage from Kurt Cobain: About a Son hit the Web, there’s been a lot of speculation about the movie, due in October. So we got the scoop straight from the film’s co-producer, Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana author Michael Azerrad, who first met Cobain to interview him for a...

Rate Opinion: Sgt. Pepper Must Die

Original at Evil Genius Chronicles external link    Mon, Jul 2

By dave Here’s a great article of musicians talking smack about other highly regarded albums. No one will ever agree with all these. For example, I highly agree with the inclusion of Sgt Pepper and Pet Sounds but was kind of incensed by Nevermind and Daydream Nation. Oddly, Wayne Coyne was the one dow...

Rate Music DVD Review: The Jesus Lizard - The Jesus Lizard DVD

Original at Blogcritics external link    Thu, Jun 14

By Diesel Grunge! The indie-rock of the 90’s. It seems like it was only yesterday I was sporting flannels and wearing combat boots. My hair was bright red and I attempted to grow some facial hair. I was still a skater punk but I was enjoying this new genre of music. Bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam were being...

Rate What the heck are Fall Out Boy singing?Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Entertainment Weekly external link    Fri, May 11

By Karen Leigh Seriously, have you ever felt like a bigger loser than the day you discovered Jimi Hendrix did not, in fact, want to be excused to kiss this guy? Or that the men of Nirvana were here, now, entertainers — not here, now, in containers? (My friend Kerry and I once spent nearly half an hour trying t...

Rate Rape Me: Ben Kunkel Ponders Biography of Self, Nirvana

Original at Gawker external link    Sat, May 5

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In tomorrow's Times Book Review, 2005's it-novelist Ben Kunkel reviews Everett True's Nirvana: The Biography. Though there's no doubting Kunkel's competence in the relevant literature -- apparently, Heavier than Heaven is "badly marred" by the influence of she-devil Courtney Love...

Rate Podcast: Courtney Love plans to auction belongings of Kurt Cobain

Original at AZ Central.com external link    Mon, Apr 30

NEW YORK Courtney Love, widow of Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain, says she plans to sell most of his belongings.

Rate Podcast: Song of the Week: "On a Plain", the Nirvana (1991) and Lullabye (2006) Versions

Original at The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century :: Joey deVilla's Personal Weblog external link    Mon, Apr 2

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By Joey deVilla There have been a number of inventive approaches to this problem. Some alt-rock bands, such as They Might Be Giants, have written childrens' albums with songs that also appeal to adults. Another solution is the Rockabye Baby series of albums, which provide lullabye renditions of the musi...

Rate The Listening Room March 26, 2007: Nirvana, Joan Jett, Paul Westerberg, Genesis, Queen

Original at Blogcritics external link    Mon, Mar 26

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By DJRadiohead DJRadiohead: "Milk It" from In Utero by Nirvana You don't have to reinvent the wheel when you have a great formula and a great song. “Milk It” is not a lead song, it's a supporting one. It isn't the reason In Utero is a great album, but In Utero wouldn't be great without it.

Rate Music Review: Everybody Else (Self Titled)

Original at Blogcritics external link    Mon, Mar 26

By Larry Sakin It was little over fifteen years ago when Seattle grunge rockers Nirvana changed the world of rock music. Their rock anthem, “Smells like Teen Spirit”, signaled the death of both glam and heavy metal with the groups’ woefully cynical lyrics and powerful take on three chord rock music.

Rate Satire: Nirvana Song Sold for Use in Drano Advertisements; Last Remnants of 1990s Grunge Fans' Faith in Humankind Shattered

Original at Blogcritics external link    Sun, Mar 18

By Eric Whelchel “This opens the door for a series of other bold opportunities for our company,” Huntington IV continued. “Already we’re in negotiations for licensing other Nirvana songs, including “Territorial Pissings” for Roto-Rooter, “Big Cheese” for Velveeta, and “Come As You Are” for Big Bob’s...

Rate Podcast: The Sounds of World Wide Weed 34

Original at Dopefiend.co.uk external link    Thu, Mar 1

By queerninja@dopefiend.co.uk Playlist: Older Chests - Damien Rice; Highway To Hell - AC/DC; Run To The Hills - Iron Maiden; Roadhouse Blues - The Doors; Julies Been Working For The Drug Squad; Do You Realize - The Flaming Lips; Lucretia My Reflection - Sisters Of Mercy; Hotel California - Eagles; Nothing Else Matters -...

Rate Podcast: Hype! ("Everybody loves us, everybody loves our town")

Original at I AM FUEL, YOU ARE FRIENDS external link    Tue, Feb 20

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By heather Not For You (live on Self-Pollution Radio) - Pearl Jam With My Good Eye Closed (live in 1996) - Soundgarden And this is purely a bonus track from me; Green River is the now-defunct Seattle band of Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam, with Mark Arm and Steve Turner of Mudhoney.

Rate "Wall Street Journal" Asks: Have You Guys Heard Of This Shins Band? [The Shins]

Original at Idolator external link    Wed, Feb 14

By Brian Raftery Nirvana faced some of the same kinds of questions when they released their third studio album, "In Utero," in 1993. Nirvana's 1989 debut album, "Bleach," was an underground hit for Sub Pop, and the cries of "sell out!" from fans and critics began around its release, and only got louder as th...

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