Among the vibrant rock scene of the 1990s, there are few names as legendary as Nirvana. Poster boys of Seattle’s grunge revolution, the Kurt Cobain-fronted trio indefinitely altered the landscape of American rock music through seminal releases like Nevermind and In Utero. Nirvana also helped to launch the career of future Foo Fighters frontman Dave…
As today is Krist Novoselic’s birthday we thought we’d take a look back at one of the bassist’s best performances. We’re revisiting his iconic isolated bass track for Nirvana’s ‘In Bloom’. Few tracks embody the spirit and ethos of Nirvana like ‘In Bloom’. The Nevermind track was a deliberate thumb to the nose of the…
At a time when millions of people are forced to stay home amid strict social distancing measures, we’re dipping back into the Far Out archives to keep us entertained. A couple of years ago four extremely rare Nirvana demo tapes, which surfaced online having been shared by musician John Purkey, a friend of the late…
Underpinning the meteoric success of Nirvana was a lifelong love of music. From sugary 1960s pop to hardcore, Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl had been captivated by the world of music since their childhood. A desire to emulate the innovation of their heroes whilst also doing something completely new fuelled everything they did….
At the start of the 1990s, Nirvana was the breath of fresh air that most of the rock scene needed. Instead of the thousands of hair metal bands that liked to strut their stuff all over MTV, Kurt Cobain didn’t care one bit about what the mainstream had to say, often playing the music he…
Courtney Love, the former partner of Kurt Cobain, has shared unpublished lyrics that the late legend wrote for the biggest Nirvana hit, ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’.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…
The entire wave of alternative music was brought to a standstill when news of Kurt Cobain’s death broke. Although Nirvana never had that much output while Cobain was alive, what fans were left with was the wildest music of the 1990s, from alternative anthems to caustic rock and roll. If Cobain had managed to conquer…
Of all the titans of grunge, Nirvana was never known as the most lyrical band in the world. Although Kurt Cobain may have stirred up kids’ souls across the globe whenever he sang, his lyrics were often abstract tone paintings that had to do more with the sound of the words than anything too lyrical….
Steve Albini, the American musician, and record producer famed most for working with Nirvana, Pixies, The Breeders and PJ Harvey, has revealed that his experience working with Nirvana wasn’t enjoyable. In 1993, Kurt Cobain asked Albini to produce Nirvana’s third and final album, In Utero. The Nirvana frontman had been impressed with the producer’s previous…
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…