Every now and again, a rupture comes along that breaks the linear plodding of pop culture. In the 1990s, that was ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’, a mammoth anthem that launched Nirvana to manic heights and dragged grunge along with them. But since then, the great vastness of the internet seems to have smothered those ruptures. […]
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No one’s ever going to find a band that was as good at self-deprecation as Nirvana. While the last thing that most bands want to do is tell everyone how much their music sucks, Kurt Cobain could only be brutally honest whenever he gave interviews, and when listening to him talk about the mixes of […]
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Oh, to have been one of the lucky souls at one of the early Nirvana shows. You often wonder if people witnessing history are actually aware of it, but surely those rock lovers had an inkling. Stuart Braithwaite wrote in his book about the magic that was seeing Nirvana live for the first time, and […]
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Anyone who considers themself to be a fan of Nirvana can probably claim to have heard all of the songs the band ever recorded as a group, and considering there are only three studio albums to their name, this doesn’t seem like something that would take a great amount of effort to achieve. However, if […]
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Many people will study Led Zeppelin for the impact they made in bursting onto the rock scene, but for Dave Grohl, the real importance was in how they executed the big finish. The early days were, of course, instrumental for their own reasons as they established the blistering force by which Led Zeppelin would come […]
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On July 19th, 2025, Queen guitarist Brian May turned 78 years old, and he’s done a lot in those years, including playing with some truly exceptional musicians. With so much experience within the world of music, the first thing that May knows about is the guitar; his knowledge of the six-string is second to none, […]
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The weekly BBC program Top of the Pops showcased popular talent from 1964 until 2006, and was known for its strict control over production. Artists often lip-synched through their biggest hits in an effort to curb unwanted language or behavior on the air. Nirvana was scheduled to perform on the show in November 1991, but […]
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When Kurt Cobain and Dave Grohl skyrocketed to fame with Nirvana, they were never in it for the competition. The world may have magically ordained Seattle as the next hub of interesting music, but it wasn’t like Mudhoney and Mother Love Bone were trying to outdo each other on the circuit when they started playing […]
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