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“Kurt ended up giving me this rad guitar!”: Foo Fighters’ Pat Smear recalls how his ‘good’ guitar wasn’t good enough for Nirvana

He heard somebody say: “We can’t let him on stage!”

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“We’re doing my first-ever gig with Nirvana on SNL. What I didn’t know was there was a discussion about my guitar like, ‘No, we can’t let him on stage’”: Pat Smear’s first Nirvana appearance almost didn’t happen – because of his guitar

Smear had bought a 1982 Charvel when he was playing with Nina Hagen – but the guitar didn't quite impress the Nirvana troupe

Guitar World

“We knew we didn’t want to do an acoustic version of Teen Spirit, that would’ve been horrendously stupid”: The story of Nirvana's seminal MTV Unplugged set

Resisting network pressure to simply play the hits, Kurt Cobain, Pat Smear, Krist Novoselic, and Dave Grohl pulled together a remarkable and eclectic set that served as the haunting apex of Nirvana's final chapter

Guitar World

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19 hit songs hated by the musicians who wrote them

THE LIST: We all have those tunes that just get under our skin, but what happens when it’s one you came up with in the first place? Kevin E G Perry and Roisin O’Connor take a look at artists who’ve come to loathe their own creations

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“Kurt was sitting in the bathtub with a Walkman on, listening to the song, and when the tape ended, he kissed me and said, 'Oh, finally, now I don't have to be the only songwriter in the band!'”: Dave Grohl's evolution as a songwriter

“I was in a band with one of the greatest songwriters of our generation, so I didn’t really want to rock the boat”

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The 27 Club isn’t true, but it is real − a sociologist explains why myths endure and how they shape reality

There’s a certain allure to the notion that some of the world’s brightest stars burn out at the age of 27. The so-called 27 Club has captivated the public imagination for half a century. Its members include legendary musicians Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse.…

The Conversation

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

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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.

Latin Times

“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

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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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“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

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"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!

Metal Hammer

“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

Metal Hammer

"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

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