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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

"We had an A&R person at Geffen saying, 'You guys can be the Pink Floyd of the underground.' I was, like, No, we can’t." Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore remembers Nirvana and 'The Year That Punk Broke'
By Paul Brannigan published
Thurston Moore: "When I was putting this book together my agent basically said, Give me your Kurt chapter"

“We were the same side of the coin – we were just different coins." Eddie Vedder on Kurt Cobain, and the time they slow danced together
By Niall Doherty published
The Pearl Jam frontman reflects on his complex relationship with Kurt Cobain

Watch the the hilariously weird moment that Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers played a trumpet solo with Nirvana
By Niall Doherty published
Watch the Red Hot Chili Peppers man lend his brass skills to Smells Like Teen Spirit at a festival in Brazil in 1993

"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

Watch as Rush legend Geddy Lee goes native with bassists from Metallica, Primus, Nirvana and Hole in new TV show Geddy Lee Asks: Are Bass Players Human Too?
By Paul Brannigan published
The first trailer for Rush bassist Geddy Lee's new four-part series on some fellow four-string legends has been released

10 rock anthems only played live once
By Paul Brannigan published
Wanna know which Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soundgarden, Foo Fighters and Faith No More songs have made it on to gig setlists once and once only? We have the answers

Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Steve Albini recall Nirvana's prank telephone calls to Eddie Vedder and Gene Simmons during the making of In Utero
By Paul Brannigan published
Recording In Utero in rural Minnesota in the dead of winter, Nirvana had to make their own fun: cue silly phone calls to fellow rock stars who had no idea they were being pranked

"They thrived on the tension. They walked the precipice and won": the story of the show that propelled Nirvana from the underground to worldwide attention
By Tom Bryant published
In late 1989, at the end of a gruelling European tour, Nirvana faced their biggest show of their lives: It was a disaster... but it was also a triumph
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