Grunge rock’s most attractive and romantic frontman, Kurt Cobain, had a penchant for the ugly, the obscene, and the poetic. He was sort of a walking dichotomy; he hated the mainstream, and he hated fame, but he also wanted both. As he attained a slice of them, he altered their constitution forevermore. When Nirvana started…
he may have had the songwriting skills that most other artists would die for, but he was just as likely to sink like a stone had he not had the fantastic basslines of Krist Novoselic behind him or the pummelling groove of Dave Grohl anchoring everything down. While the band had a drummer problem before…
Dave Grohl isn’t the kind of person many would consider nasty or intimidating. If anything, there’s a good chance that you ran into him in a pub, Grohl would end up buying you a drink and talking music all night long. While that’s the version of Grohl that he moulded himself into over the years,…
The Beatles and Nirvana are two of the most acclaimed and essential rock bands ever. Ringo Starr revealed what he thought when he first heard Nirvana and his opinion of Kurt Cobain in particular. In the same vein, Cobain named his favorite Beatle. In a 2019 Rolling Stone article, Ringo and Nirvana’s Dave Grohl interviewed…
One of the most exciting collaborations in the 2010s was when Paul McCartney teamed up with the remaining members of Nirvana. While Nirvana was a legendary band of the 90s, the grunge-rock band couldn’t compare with the iconic status of The Beatles. So, it makes perfect sense that Nirvana’s bass guitarist Krist Novoselic was horrified…
Even the greatest artists need a kick in the ass sometimes. No one can claim to be operating at the top of their game forever, and whether it’s through management or their floundering career, it’s always a good idea to try something new to keep everything fresh whenever musicians make a record or go out…
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…
Former Nirvana drummer, Dave Grohl, has explained how the backlash he received from fans of his old band only motivated him to make Foo Fighters the success they are today. Speaking with MOJO, the Foos frontman said: “They were like, ‘How dare you be in a band again? Your music is fucking shit and that…
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…