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Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged show is a hallowed chapter of Kurt Cobain’s history – it almost never happened

PLAYBACK: The Seattle grunge band performed on MTV Unplugged in a funereal setting of lit candles and white lilies. Mark Beaumont chronicles the troubled days leading up to the show, during which Kurt Cobain faced money-minded executives, a nervous fire marshal – and his inner demons

The Independent UK

Ghostly returns, cursed cheese sales and gothic maths – take the Thursday quiz

Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday, with a bit of Halloween thrown in

The Guardian - UK

Helen Mirren Is 'So Sad' Kurt Cobain Is Dead Because He Never Got to Experience the Magic of GPS: It's 'The Most Wonderful Thing'

Revered actress Helen Mirren waxed poetic about GPS and lamented that Kurt Cobain will never be able to experience it.

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“He never got to see GPS”: Helen Mirren feels “sad” for Kurt Cobain, but not for the reason you might expect

Helen Mirren feels sad Kurt Cobain never saw GPS

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Helen Mirren: it’s so sad Kurt Cobain died before GPS was invented

The Oscar-winning actor has made the latest in a series of references to the Nirvana frontman and the technological advances he didn’t live to see

The Guardian - UK

Grief is complex – but why did so many people target Liam Payne’s ex after his death?

COMMENT: In the wake of the One Direction star’s tragic death, Payne’s former partner Maya Henry has been caught in a maelstrom of toxic public discourse, writes Olivia Petter

The Independent UK

Hollywood star Helen Mirren is sad that Kurt Cobain didn't live to see the invention of satellite navigation

She's only saying what we all think

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Helen Mirren says it’s ‘so sad’ Kurt Cobain died young as he would have loved to have seen GPS

Mirren wishes Nirvana frontman could have been alive to see invention of satellite navigation

The Independent UK

55 First Experiences That Ended Up Being The Last Because Of How Bad They Were

They say you should do everything at least once to live life to the fullest. However, these people would disagree. The post 55 First Experiences That Ended Up Being The Last Because Of How Bad They Were first appeared on Bored Panda.

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The Evolution of Celebrity Street Style in Photos

From Paris Hilton to Cardi B.

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“Nirvana was an honest expression of not being ashamed to put your angst on the front page”: Run DMC rapper talks about how he relates to Kurt Cobain

Like Kurt, Darryl McDaniels has struggled with his mental health

MusicRadar

"Everything being diatonic is not some sort of requirement or restriction on things sounding good": Fans and music theory experts unpick Nirvana's About a Girl

"Everything being diatonic is not some sort of requirement or restriction on things sounding good"

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Kurt Cobain’s Daughter Welcomes Baby With Tony Hawk’s Son, 30 Years After Her Father’s Passing

Tony Hawk's son and Kurt Cobain's daughter welcomed their first child together. The post Kurt Cobain’s Daughter Welcomes Baby With Tony Hawk’s Son, 30 Years After Her Father’s Passing first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Kurt Cobain’s daughter Frances Bean gives birth to first child with husband Riley Hawk

Daughter of Nirvana singer and Courtney Love welcomed baby boy

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Frances Bean Cobain & Riley Hawk Just Welcomed The Most Genetically Cool Bub In History

The (nepo) grandbaby of Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love and Tony Hawk has arrived!

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“The first day of rehearsal they forgot me!” Watch Nirvana's first-ever TV performance as a four-piece, with future Foo Fighter Pat Smear on guitar

On September 25, 1993, Nirvana performed as a quartet on US TV show Saturday Night Live, playing two songs from their brand new album In Utero, with Pat Smear on second guitar

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"It's like I'm sitting here playing Kurt's Gospel through his Nevermind rig – it's crazy, it sounds exactly the same": Proof that the lost Mosrite Kurt Cobain used to record most of Nirvana's breakthrough album is the key to its guitar sound

You won't believe how close this sounds – and there's no Fender required

Woman & Home

Girl power, timeless talents and questionable fashion - the music stars of the 90s that we'll worship forever

Ready to revisit the 90s? These stars captured the sound and the spirit of the decade

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"The future of music is not Taylor Swift." Monster Magnet's Dave Wyndorf shares his wisdom on AI, aliens and the state of rock'n'roll

Monster Magnet's space lord has a lot to say on rock'n'roll, the future and what it takes to become stoner rock royalty

Louder

“I like being in total control, then I hooked up with Kurt Cobain and everything lost control.” Courtney Love on “battling Kurt's dammed demons” and pouring “25 years of repressed rage” into Hole's music

Courtney Love looks back on Hole's early days, and how her life changed after she “hooked up” with her future-husband, Nirvana's Kurt Cobain

Marie Claire

This is the one London Fashion Week street style trend I kept seeing on repeat

Grunge all the way

The Guardian - UK

‘I love it when things get out of hand’: the return of outrageous 90s rockers the Jesus Lizard

Darkly comedic, frequently naked and with fans in Kurt Cobain and Henry Rollins, the quartet burned a bloodstained trail through the alt-rock scene. They explain how they’re staying dangerous after 26 years away

Inverse

30 Years Ago, One Legendary Rock Album Secretly Introduced a Bizarre Sci-Fi Villain

Beware Bokkus! Weezer's comeback tour features a strange sci-fi alien storyline. Here's its origin story.

Guitar World

“When I encounter Kurt Cobain’s Sky Stang I, I'm evaluating it like a tech. Then I'll have a beer and go, ‘Did that just happen?!’” From fixing Lennon’s Framus to giving Prince's Cloud III a CAT scan – it's all in the life of an A-list guitar appraiser

In his work for the prestigious LA auction house, Julien’s, Mike Adams has gone from guitar tech to guitar detective

MusicRadar

“We’ve got a new drummer, his name is Dave, he’s the best drummer in the world!”: the story of Dave Grohl's drums on Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

The drum part that introduced Nirvana and a drummer named Dave Grohl to the world was released on this day in 1991

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