Dave Grohl, perhaps the last true rockstar, has enjoyed a career more than fitting the tag. Starting life as a lover of all classic rock from The Beatles to Rush, Grohl quickly developed into a young drumming prodigy. This skill would see him exit the traditional life, dropping out of high school in his junior…
Rock and roll is a genre that loves a pivot whenever they can get it. Even though it’s nice to have artists who try their hand at making a better version of what had come before, everyone remembers the moments when artists went against the program and began making songs that were quoting their own…
Prior to the emergence of the grunge movement, The Beatles provided the perfect primer, laying the necessary groundwork for acts like Nirvana to thrive on a violent concoction of punk and rock ‘n’ roll. “I would say the biggest influence I’ve ever had would be The Beatles,” Cobain once shared in an interview with Mimmo…
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’,…
Nirvana was never a band to play by the rules. The now-iconic grunge outfit, fronted by the enigmatic Kurt Cobain and backed by his closest friends Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl, smashed boundaries on every step of their meteoric rise to international fame. Shortly after releasing their In Utero album, Nirvana were at the peak…