The story of Nirvana is about as famous as they come. A band formed by high school friends Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic, they took years to iron out their sound. After making waves on the underground, drummer Chas Channing left and was replaced by Dave Grohl, the missing piece of the puzzle. What ensued…
While a member of bands like Rapeman, Big Black, and Shellac, Steve Albini also founded the recording studio Electrical Audio. And thanks to his knowledge off the stage, he helped record countless songs for bands like The Jesus Lizard, the Breeders, PJ Harvey, and the iconic Nirvana. Sadly, on May 7, news broke that the…
Nirvana’s Nevermind is such a cultural behemoth that everyone has their favourite track. The record is a complete masterpiece from start to finish, and no matter what Kurt Cobain would say about it after the trio were catapulted to Beatles-esque fame, every song is an unfettered classic. Naturally, given music’s inherent subjectivity, listeners can make…
A new documentary by the BBC is to be unveiled surrounding the death of Kurt Cobain. The frontman of Nirvana took his own life on April 5th, 1994, which brought the band to an end. The documentary, entitled Moments That Shook Music: Kurt Cobain, sets out to take the viewer through the final hours of…
It’s safe to say that unless you have had your head firmly placed underneath a rather large rock, then you will have some knowledge of Nirvana and their teen-angst anthem ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’. It’s a song that has transcended the ideals of normal music to became, and remained, a bastion of anti-authoritarian feeling and…
Danny Goldberg, the former manager of Nirvana, has claimed that Kurt Cobain was interested in working on solo material away from the band. Goldberg, having just releases his new book on managing Nirvana, Serving the Servant, on the same date that marked 25 years since Cobain killed himself, has opened up about his close friendship…
The sounds of the city often have a tendency to merge into one another. Rain bounces off the ground, car tyres screech, horns honk and sirens are heard in the distance. Amongst all of this, the sound of a spray can blend into its surroundings like a heartbeat, undetectable to any nearby authorities as a…
Finding a signature sound is one of the hardest things to come by for any musician. There have already been thousands of artists before that have their sound nailed down to a science, so how are you supposed to differentiate yourself from the millions of other prospective superstars who are trying to figure things out…
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’,…
The album Nevermind is the pinnacle of Nirvana’s commercial and critical success in part thanks to the immediacy of its songs. From the opening guitar strums of the lead single ‘Smells like Teen Spirit’, the record is filled with catchy hooks and lyrics aplenty. Yet some of the lyrics are definitely easier than others to…