“Smells Like Teen Spirit” is undoubtedly Nirvana’s signature song. However, Kurt Cobain wasn’t always enthusiastic about the track. During Kurt Cobain’s tragically short time in the spotlight, Nirvana gave the world several classic tracks. “Smells Like Teen Spirit” remains the bands’ signature song. In fact, some people know “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and no other…
When they cement rock into musical history, Nirvana will probably be given a prime spot among the all-time greats. The world was coaxing by just fine listening to hair metal, then in one fell swoop, Kurt Cobain turned up with music that made every single teased-hair band seem irrelevant by comparison. We should probably credit…
Courtney Love, the former partner of Kurt Cobain, has shared unpublished lyrics that the late legend wrote for the biggest Nirvana hit, ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’. Love, the frontwoman of Hole, revealed the lyrics while appearing on Rob Harvilla’s podcast 60 Songs That Explain The ’90s. Amid some fascinating anecdotes about her infamous relationship with…
Alongside being one of the greatest rock stars of all time, Kurt Cobain was a passionate and outspoken supporter of women’s rights. This advocacy often bled into Cobain’s work within music – from penning anti-rape songs in ‘Rape Me’ and ‘Polly’ to platforming female-fronted bands with Nirvana support slots. Cobain often called in up-and-coming, female-fronted…
The music of Nirvana was always a beautiful contradiction. Despite the fact that the melodies spinning around in Kurt Cobain’s head may have been prime radio fodder from the first minute they hit your eardrums, he never wanted anything to do with the mainstream charts, either, practically doing everything he could to mess up his…
The writer Graham Greene once said that “there is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in“. For Kurt Cobain, as for millions of people, that Promethean moment arrived when a certain band illuminated a brighter future. “At a really early age, I wanted to be a rock ‘n’…
A US appeals court has reinstated a legal case against the rock group Nirvana, which alleges that the band published child sexual abuse images on the cover of their 1991 album, Nevermind. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a prior ruling from a lower court, stating that Spencer Elden, the baby featured on…
Nirvana’s meteoric rise to fame brought both opportunities and challenges for Kurt Cobain. While he appreciated reaching a wider audience, he grappled with the notion of selling out and maintaining his independence as a rock musician. Cobain’s introspective struggles were reflected in his music, including the song ‘I Hate Myself and I Want To Die’,…
John Lennon, a member of the legendary Beatles band, had a complex and often scrutinized relationship with his fellow bandmate Paul McCartney. Despite any personal differences that made headlines, Lennon did not shy away from praising McCartney’s songwriting skills. Among the vast catalog of Beatles’ hits, a few stood out for Lennon as McCartney’s best…
There’s a side of rock and roll excess that’s rarely discussed with the same sense of awe as decades of drink and drug use. Naturally, conversations around those two have shifted in modern times toward a more sympathetic tone, but even now, when people ask themselves how Keith Richards is still standing, it’s at least…