Grunge, as a music scene, was firmly rooted in live performance. From the early days of groups like Mudhoney or Soundgarden, images of angsty adolescents packed together in small rooms with walls dripping in sweat became as important an aspect as the music itself. Inevitably, then, when grunge kings Nirvana rose to prominence, their live…
The success of any rock band can be both a blessing and a curse. Although it might be nice to have one’s name up in lights and have people sing your song, a lot more baggage comes with being in a rock band than most normal people would want to deal with. While Kurt Cobain…
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…
It’s not uncommon for people to inherit the musical tastes of their parents. That doesn’t mean that they only listen to the music they heard in the family home, but instead that they found their love for music through their parent’s taste and then expanded upon it depending on what was released at the time….
Describing Nirvana’s music as a single genre is challenging, given the diverse range of styles they explored. From ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ to ‘Very Ape’ to ‘Paper Cut’, each song feels like it could belong to a different band entirely. Despite Kurt Cobain’s myriad influences, his heart was always drawn to punk rock, a genre…
When Kurt Cobain tragically took his own life in 1994, he left a generation of music lovers in mourning. Some mourned the loss of an all-conquering icon. Others mourned Nirvana’s frontman and their favourite singer no longer being there to serenade their restless souls. For Dave Grohl, he mourned for his friend. There are countless…
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…
Today, festivals are nothing compared to what they used to be. Previously, people would go to festivals expecting to see the world change right before them, and if anything other than the extraordinary happened, crowds left unimpressed. One night, at Reading festival in 1992, the crowd saw some of the most bizarre sets ever performed…
The incredible talents of Kurt Cobain gave the world so much in such a short space of time. Not only did the songwriter create some of the most iconic tracks of the 1990s with Nirvana, but he also inspired an entire generation of fans to think for themselves and embrace nonconformity. From his humble beginnings…
For many recording purists, it’s recording to tape or nothing at all. Rock and roll has always been known as a dirty genre, so why try to clean it up when putting everything into a computer? The entire heart of rock and roll is all about being a little bit rough around the edges, but…