Nirvana

Written by: Rob Latham Grunge legends Nirvana ’s epic 1992 show at England’s Reading Festival has finally been released on CD and DVD. Recorded at the very height of Nirvana fever on the back of the release of Nevermind , one of the greatest rock albums of all time, clearly none of the songs are going to be new but still it is very much worth a purchase, as it’s not very often you get to here Nirvana at their magnificently raw best. Cobain’s trademark vocal sounds, which sound as though his throat is about to rip out of his neck, combined with his ... Read Full Story

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit Lyric Verse 1- Load up on guns Bring your friends It's fun to lose and to pretend She's overborne and self-assured Oh no, I know a dirty word Chorus- Hello, hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello ,hello With the Lights out it's less dangerous Here we are now entertain us I feel stupid and contagious Here we are now entertain us A mullato an albino A mosquito my libido yay Verse 2- I'm worse at what I do best And for this gift I ... Read Full Story

Kurt Cobain's appearance in the latest "Guitar Hero" video game is not hitting the right notes with the surviving members of Nirvana. Krist Novoselic (kris noh-voh-SELL'-ehk) and Dave Grohl said in a joint statement Thursday that they were "dismayed and very disappointed" that an avatar of the late Nirvana frontman could be used to play songs by other artists. Activision, the game's publisher, said in a statement Thursday that they secured the necessary licensing rights from the Cobain estate to use the singer's likeness as a fully playable character in "Guitar Hero 5," which includes the Nirvana tunes "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and "Lithium" ... Read Full Story

by Albert Costill As many of you probably know, April 5, 2009 marked fifteen years since Kurt Cobain committed suicide. Nirvana wasn’t the first of the so called “grunge” bands, but they were the band that brought Seattle to the world. See, in 1991 we didn’t have the access that we have now to music. We had to rely on the radio, and yes, even MTV. Unless you were tapped into a live music scene, or even college radio, there was little exposure to music outside of the radio and MTV. When I got turned onto Nirvana by a friend, I would patiently listen ... Read Full Story

It's been a busy year for former Nirvana bassist turned politico Krist Novoselic (noh-voh-SEL'-ich). He released a new record in May, had a short-lived protest candidacy for clerk of his home county in Washington state, and is now focused on keeping an alternative voting system in place in another county. "Politics is just organizing people toward common goals, and I feel like I'm doing a lot of good work," Novoselic said after speaking at a luncheon hosted by Washington state Secretary of State Sam Reed. "It takes a while but you have successes and you have setbacks." Novoselic said Thursday that he's already working ... Read Full Story