It’s hard to imagine a musical landscape devoid of Kurt Cobain’s massive influence. Following a decade of hairspray, huge egos and decadent debauchery, Nirvana and Cobain, in particular, ensured that the nineties would rally against the commercialisation of rock and roll. Cobain achieved that with a return to personal and visceral songwriting, coupled with dynamic…
For most casual grunge fans, Kurt Cobain was the reason the movement existed in the first place. The Seattle scene could have gone under the radar for years, but once Cobain found his muse on Nevermind, everything changed within a few months as teenagers started donning flannel shirts and getting in touch with reality. Despite…
Many people would consider Kurt Cobain to be the greatest rock star of all time. A grunge pioneer and an outspoken voice for equality, with no reservations about smashing guitars on stage, he changed the face of the frontman in his music and in his beliefs. Alongside creating some of the most iconic alternative rock…
There always seems to be a clear divide between the pre-Nirvana and post-Nirvana sides of rock music. Although many artists may have secured their start before the grunge explosion came out in full force, even the non-hair metal types had difficulty fitting into the world that Kurt Cobain started once the 1990s officially took off….
Music has always been about relating to a listener on a visceral level. As much as people just listen for the catchy tune, having the right song means a bunch of memories flooding back to you in the right context, either remembering your days of growing up or meeting your first love somewhere between those…
There’s never been that much of a difference between the worlds of music and cinema. One might be in speakers, and the other on a screen, but true artists are usually kindred spirits who are never afraid to put their innermost thoughts out into the world. Although Jim Carrey kept most things lighthearted whenever he…
Kurt Cobain didn’t seem to have any sense of self-preservation when singing with Nirvana. As far as he was concerned, whatever came out was going to be authentic to how he was feeling in the moment, and if that meant singing in a whisper or shrieking his guts out, he was going to make sure…
Speaking to Apple Music’s Medicine at Midnight Radio recently, Dave Grohl has reflected on his time in Nirvana, the bands untimely spilt, and the loss of his later friend Kurt Cobain. “It is one of my life’s greatest heartbreaks,” says Grohl, “That Kurt isn’t still here to write more amazing songs.” Grohl regaled tales of…
There isn’t much in 1992 that could top a bill which included Mudhoney, Pavement and Sonic Youth. That was the delicious prospect facing those attending a show in the small Californian town of Castaic—until Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain jumped on stage to give a rare solo acoustic performance. A year after Nevermind had made Nirvana into…
We’re stepping back to 1991 to a lesser-discussed element of Nirvana’s now-iconic album Nevermind, a record which would go on to define the grunge sub-genre and further propel Kurt Cobain and the band to international stardom. While Cobain has always attempted to use his lyrical style to spread a message, on the two-and-a-half-minute song ‘Territorial…