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September 12th 2009 Rock out
Original at vids.myspace.com
• Mon, Oct 5
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
Today In Music History: A Sad Anniversary
Original at Minnesota Public Radio
• 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. ...
The AZ of Island Records at 50
Original at The Sun
• 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 ...
Courtney Love sued by American Express over unpaid debt
Original at duniyalive.com
• 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.
Alternative is dead, long live alternative
Original at Sacramento News & Review
• 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. ...
Nirvana sending babies to sleep
Original at The Sun
• 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 ...
All by myself: 10 great one-man band albums
Original at Anderson Independent Mail
• 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, ...
Brothers Reunite Their Genre-Defying Band
Original at Epoch Times
• Thu, May 21
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
Life's a little off key for Counting Crows singer
Original at Tonight
• 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. ...
Adam Lambert tops Kris Allen on 'American Idol' -- but not by much
Original at entertainment/music/idol(weblogs.newsday.com)
• 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 ...
how to make Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) on guitar hero world tourOriginal at YouTube
• Tue, May 19
By rss@youtube.com (qazqazman127) Author: qazqazman127 Keywords: kurt cobain guitar hero world tour nirvana Added: May 19, 2009
The Vaselines Played Bowery Ballroom
Original at New York Press
• 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 ...
Brooke needs a better shield
Original at The Spokesman Review
• 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 ...
Meat Puppets are like a fine wine
Original at The Sun
• Thu, May 14
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 ...
REVIEW: Silversun Pickups - Swoon
Original at Undercover Music News
• 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, ...
Two Live Nirvana DVDs Coming
Original at Chart Attack
• Thu, Apr 23
• 6 related articles
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. ...
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How to play Smells Like Teen Spirit by NirvanaOriginal at guitar-tube.com
• Wed, Apr 22
Guitar chord tutorial on how to play Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana. www.guitar-tube.com
iTunes Starts Variable Pricing, Yahoo! Announces New Music Site
Original at Rolling Stone
• 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.
How To: In bloom - Nirvana (Cover)Original at YouTube
• Tue, Feb 24
• 2 related articles
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...
How To: Nirvana In Bloom Guitar LessonOriginal at YouTube
• Tue, Jan 20
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
Masterpiece: Siamese Dream
Original at dkpresents (WordPress)
• Sat, Dec 27
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...
Our Reporter’s Dream Comes True: A Kiss From Courtney Love!
Original at mtv.com
• 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!
Podcast: Gravelands
Original at homercat (Blogspot)
• Thu, Dec 11
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...
Opinion: Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody: “Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ Is The Reason I Wanted To Be In a Band”
Original at Rolling Stone
• Thu, Dec 11
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...
Music News: Interview with Former Nirvana Manager, GNR Releases New Track, Hollywood Scale Back Parties..
Original at Kings of A&R
• 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...
Nirvana's Nevermind baby recreates famous image
Original at Collecting Vinyl Records
• 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.
John Lennon’s Organ, Cobain’s Bass Guitar Highlight Punk/Rock Auction
Original at Rolling Stone
• 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...
Foos fight McCain over song use
Original at OH NO!!
• 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.
Opinion: It’s Got To Be Nirvana
Original at Music.com
• Wed, Oct 8
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...
SPIN.com's Best of the Week, September 22-28.
Original at Spin
• 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)
Which Alt-Rock Classics Do We Hate Most?
Original at Idolator
• Wed, Aug 13
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...
Mudhoney
Original at Live on 35mm
• Fri, Aug 1
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.
Disturbed Vs. Dillinger Escape Plan: The Crankiness Continues [Axl Vs. Nirvana, This Ain't]Original at Idolator
• Wed, Jun 4
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,...
Nirvana, NIN, Wilco, Spoon Swag in Charity Auction
Original at OH NO!!
• Wed, May 21
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...
Sounds Nirvana Concert Review
Original at Music.com
• Sun, Mar 2
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...
Opinion: Nirvana Live Tonight Sold Out DVD
Original at Music.com
• Mon, Feb 18
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
David Byrne, Krist Novoselic, Carrie Brownstein Put the “Rock” In “Rock Writing”
Original at Rolling Stone
• Mon, Nov 12
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...
Kurt Cobain: About A Son — Behind the Movie That’s Moving Audiences to TearsOriginal at Rolling Stone
• Thu, Jul 26
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...
Opinion: Sgt. Pepper Must Die
Original at Evil Genius Chronicles
• 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...
Music DVD Review: The Jesus Lizard - The Jesus Lizard DVD
Original at Blogcritics
• 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...
What the heck are Fall Out Boy singing?Original at Entertainment Weekly
• 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...
Rape Me: Ben Kunkel Ponders Biography of Self, Nirvana
Original at Gawker
• Sat, May 5
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...
Podcast: Courtney Love plans to auction belongings of Kurt Cobain
Original at AZ Central.com
• Mon, Apr 30
NEW YORK Courtney Love, widow of Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain, says she plans to sell most of his belongings.
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
• Mon, Apr 2
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...
The Listening Room March 26, 2007: Nirvana, Joan Jett, Paul Westerberg, Genesis, Queen
Original at Blogcritics
• Mon, Mar 26
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.
Music Review: Everybody Else (Self Titled)
Original at Blogcritics
• 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.
Satire: Nirvana Song Sold for Use in Drano Advertisements; Last Remnants of 1990s Grunge Fans' Faith in Humankind Shattered
Original at Blogcritics
• 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...
Podcast: The Sounds of World Wide Weed 34
Original at Dopefiend.co.uk
• 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 -...
Podcast: Hype! ("Everybody loves us, everybody loves our town")
Original at I AM FUEL, YOU ARE FRIENDS
• Tue, Feb 20
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.
"Wall Street Journal" Asks: Have You Guys Heard Of This Shins Band? [The Shins]
Original at Idolator
• 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...