Nirvana

Paul McCartney jammed out with Dave Grohl and the rest of what’s left of Nirvana, but they didn’t play what you’d think they would. Was it a disaster?

The story of Patty Schemel, the drummer of Courtney Love’s seminal band Hole. As a young girl who always knew she was different, Patty never dreamed she would one day be on the cov…

Follow the Foo Fighter’s 17 year history, from band’s very first songs created as cassette demos by Dave Grohl during his tenure as Nirvana’s drummer, all the way through the creat…

Has it all been done before? Maybe. What’s the difference between a reference and an outright copy? Let’s explore that fine line with some blatant examples.

20 years ago today a little band from Seattle called Nirvana debuted their album Nevermind. It did pretty well. Wanna look at the videos?

With the 20th anniversary of Nerevmind coming up this weekend there’s lots of Nirvana in the air. Here, the London-based lo-fi act Porcelain Raft gives a swirly treatment to…

How do we even start to cover the covers? Maybe with some connections: Dirty Beaches does Johnny Cash — Cash does Nine Inch Nails — Reznor & Karen O do Zeppelin — it just goes o…

A clip from indie-punkster EMA, covering the improvised jam from Nirvana’s Nevermind. This track and others are available on Spin’s Newermind: A Tribute Album To Nirvana’…

Nirvana’s Nevermind turns 20 years old on September 21st. Leading up to the big anniversary, Spin has put out this free tribute album with 13 artists performing each of Ne…

Beginning as an observation of the music of Kurt Cobain and his Seattle/Portland contemporaries, Kurt and Courtney took a different turn when Courtney Love intervened. What emerges…

17 years ago today. Considering the impact Nirvana had it’s nearly impossible to pick just one track as the stand out, but I think their session for MTV’s Unplugged is my favorite …

Debuting at SXSW is a new documentary about The Foo Fighters, Back and Forth. Born from the ashes of Nirvana and Sunny Day Real Estate, The Foos became one of the biggest bands in …

Kathleen Hanna was a friend of Curt Cobain’s back in the day and explains the genesis behind Nirvana’s epic hit “Smells Like Teen Spirit”.

Courtesy DJ Lobsterdust comes this absolutely batcrap mix of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana and “Poker Face” by Lady Gaga – and somehow it works. Have a listen after the jump…

“It’s an honor to be put in the same sentence with the Postal Service,” James Young – better known as one-man Christian emo synthpop act Owl City – told Entertainment W…