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"I never realised how funky Dave was!": Watch a jazz professor at elite music school Juilliard try to play Dave Grohl's drum parts on Nirvana classic In Bloom without having ever heard the song
By Paul Brannigan published
Dave Grohl thought that no-one spotted his funk influences on Nevermind, but it turns out he was wrong

10 moments of genius from MTV Unplugged
By Niall Doherty published
As Nirvana’s iconic set turns 30, we pick out the ten best songs from the famous sessions

“We knew we didn’t want to do an acoustic version of Teen Spirit, that would’ve been horrendously stupid”: Revisiting Nirvana’s iconic MTV Unplugged performance 30 years on
By Niall Doherty published
The grunge icons did the show their way - and it was one for the ages

10 cover versions that are way more popular than the originals (according to Spotify)
By Paul Travers published
The Beatles, Bowie, Bob Dylan and Stevie Wonder have all seen covers of their songs become more popular than the original version

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
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