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Kim Gordon and Kurt Cobain
"I still have very vivid images of him laughing, smiling, and goofing around": Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon remembers Nirvana's Kurt Cobain

By Paul Brannigan Published

Kim Gordon remembers her friend Kurt Cobain, as the 30th anniversary of his death nears

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Kurt Cobain's Fender Mustang guitar
The guitar Kurt Cobain played at Nirvana's last show is up for auction, with an estimated price-tag of two million dollars

By Paul Brannigan Published

If the thought of owning Kurt Cobain's Fender Mustang guitar, aka 'Sky-Stang I', appeals, you might want to set two million dollars aside this weekend

Concerts & Shows
Kurt Cobain and The Beatles
"John Lennon was definitely my favourite Beatle... Paul McCartney embarrasses me:" Why The Beatles meant so much to Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, and changed his life forever

By Paul Brannigan Published

Dave Grohl might be good friends with Paul McCartney, but for Kurt Cobain, John Lennon was the Beatle who truly mattered, or so he claimed

Interviews
Nirvana, 1991
"Kurt was jealous of Dave": Nirvana's official biographer explains why Kurt Cobain was "condescending" towards Dave Grohl

By Paul Brannigan Published

Kurt Cobain and Dave Grohl's friendship was complicated by jealousy, says Nirvana biographer

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Kurt Cobain of Nirvana during the taping of MTV Unplugged at Sony Studios in New York City, 11/18/93
"It gets in the way of originality": Why Kurt Cobain thought it was a bad idea to get good at guitar

By Niall Doherty Published

In this rare interview from 1993, Kurt Cobain explains to a reporter why he was never interested in honing his craft when it came to the guitar

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Kurt Cobain and Madonna
Courtney Love says Nirvana's Kurt Cobain was as ambitious and hungry for success as Madonna

By Paul Brannigan Published

Courtney Love says that the idea that her late husband Kurt Cobain didn't want to be a rock star is bulls**t

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The guitar Kurt Cobain gave to Mark Lanegan
A battered guitar which Nirvana's Kurt Cobain gifted to his friend Mark Lanegan sells at auction for almost $600,000

By Paul Brannigan Published

Having parted with $596,900, an anonymous bidder is now the proud owner of a guitar once owned by Kurt Cobain

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Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain of Nirvana
Courtney Love shares Kurt Cobain's unpublished scrapped lyrics for Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit

By Liz Scarlett Published

Courtney Love reveals unused lyrics written in Kurt Cobain's journal that were originally intended for Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit

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A composite picture showing Kurt Cobain and Mark Lanegan
New book reveals Mark Lanegan co-wrote Nirvana's Something In The Way

By Stef Lach Published

Late Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan co-wrote Nirvana's Something In The Way with Kurt Cobain, according to former Queens of the Stone Age man Nick Oliveri

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A picture of a skateboard with an Iron Maiden logo drawn by Kurt Cobain
Tony Hawk unearths Kurt Cobain's skateboard with hand-painted Iron Maiden art

By Stef Lach Published

Skate icon Tony Hawk is planning something special after finding a skateboard featuring Iron Maiden Killers art hand-painted by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain

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