Articles tagged "nirvana"

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Nirvana: Bleach

by AJ Ramirez

[5.Nov.09] :. Starting with Nevermind, Kurt Cobain intentionally simplified his compositions in order to emphasize their pop components. Less song-focused than later Nirvana works, Bleach acts as an interesting showcase of the band’s musical chops.

Yesterday's Jukebox

Books Review

Grunge by Michael Lavine and Thurston Moore

by Brendan Fitzgerald

[26.Oct.09] :. Sub Pop's first lens on the grunge scene offers an early look at the signs of flannel to come, and the distinctive regional imprints on the sounds that followed punk.

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Mixed Media

Happy anniversary, Nirvana! (MP3)

by Allison Taich

[23.Oct.09] :. It’s hard to believe, but this winter marks the 20th anniversary of the release Nirvana’s debut album, Bleach. In honor of this music milestone, Sub Pop is re-issuing...

Mixed Media

Sound Affects

Courtney Love, Ex-Nirvana Members Blast ‘Guitar Hero 5’ Cobain Avatar

by AJ Ramirez

[17.Sep.09] :. The latest entry in the popular Guitar Hero video game series has now hit store shelves, but there has been some public discontent over the game’s playable avatar of late Nirvana...

Sound Affects

Books Review

Grunge Is Dead by Greg Prato

by Zachary Houle

[22.Apr.09] :. Prato's book makes one misty eyed for the good ol’ days, when flannel was the fashion and sludge rock was king.

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News

Nirvana tribute band cater to the diehard fans

by Mike Osegueda [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[16.Apr.09] :. A week ago marked the 15th anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s death. One Chicago band is helping to keep Cobain’s - and his band Nirvana’s - legacy alive. Nevermind started playing...

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Q&A with ‘Grunge Is Dead’ author Greg Prato

by Glenn Gamboa [Newsday (MCT)]

[8.Apr.09] :. Though Greg Prato had never visited Seattle before he started his latest book, something in the city’s music scene from the early ‘90s - from Nirvana to Soundgarden - touched the writer...

Rebels Wit Attitude: Nirvana

by Iain Ellis

[11.Jan.09] :. In this excerpt from PopMatters' new book Rebels Wit Attitude, Iain Ellis discusses how Nirvana were a rocking perfect storm of punk’s attitude, metal’s riffs, and pop hooks.

Nirvana manager’s book tells of life in the rock ‘n’ roll trenches

by Patrick Macdonald [The Seattle Times (MCT)]

[8.Oct.08] :. SEATTLE—Danny Goldberg was the manager of Nirvana. In his long career in the music business, he also covered Woodstock for Billboard; did PR for Led Zeppelin; managed Bonnie Raitt and Warren...

Lady Lazarus by Andrew Foster Altschul

by Patrick Schabe

[19.Jun.08] :. Lady Lazarus is a naked lunch. The circuit is closed. The simulacrum ironically, paradoxically, signifies everything.

Nirvana bassist won’t take on Washington congressman

by Brad Shannon [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[12.Sep.07] :. OLYMPIA, Wash. - Critics of U.S. Rep. Brian Baird shouldn’t look to Krist Novoselic, former Nirvana bassist and active Democrat, to run for Congress in 2008. “Let me put it this way: No...

Nirvana by Everett True

by Leslie Joseph

[25.May.07] :. One of the author's major assertions, expressed through quotes of others, is that Nirvana remains a powerful entity owing much to the fact that Kurt Cobain is gone.

Nirvana: Nirvana - In Utero, A Classic Album Under Review [DVD]

by Jon Langmead

[20.Dec.06] :. Oft-repeated insights, well-understood points . . . little new to say, here.

Nirvana: With the Lights Out

by Tim O'Neil

[3.Dec.04] :. As amazingly important as Nirvana were, they became popular the same way anyone else ever has: they happened to be saying the right thing at just the right time. If their timing had been off by just the merest fraction, they could have easily fallen into line with the Pixies, the Replacements and Pavement as yet another greatly esteemed but commercially overlooked indie band.