The 1990s band Paul McCartney would’ve joined
When Paul McCartney started penning songs somewhere in the Scouse suburbs as a teenager, he also unknowingly began forging a legacy for himself. Solo piano practice sessions turned into The […]
The only Nirvana songs credited to all three members
Any aspect of Nirvana songs that catches the most attention tends to return to Kurt Cobain’s work. While every member of the band brought their signature flash to the production […]
How did Nirvana choose their name?
For many, the word “Nirvana” has become more associated with and emblematic of the grunge band rather than the word alone or its etymological significance. The name has transcended linguistic […]
Thurston Moore discusses why “Nirvana stood alone”
As one of the founding fathers of alternative rock, former Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore has more understanding than most of the genre’s formative years. One area that he is […]
Listen to Nirvana’s remastered John Peel session from 1989
One of the defining musical acts of the 1990s, Nirvana is a truly iconic band. Releasing the smash-hit album Nevermind in 1991, the Kurt Cobain-fronted group broke the underground grunge […]
‘Moist Vagina’: The Nirvana song too controversial for ‘In Utero’
Kurt Cobain described the back cover of 1993’s In Utero, which he designed, as “sex and woman and in utero and vaginas and birth and death”. It was a semi-ironic […]
Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’: What Inspired the Line ‘Here We Are Now, Entertain Us’
Some classic rock lyrics are iconic. Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” gave us one of the most famous lyrics of the 1990s: “Here we are now, entertain us.” Kurt Cobain […]
1 Song From The Beatles’ ‘The White Album’ Paved the Way for Nirvana and Other Grunge Bands
The Beatles paved the way for many things, including the British ska scene, the mainstream acceptance of psychedelia, and the entire genre of heavy metal music. It’s also arguable a […]
The band so good they made Kurt Cobain cry
It might seem like an oxymoron, but Kurt Cobain’s success came from his outsider status. Forging grunge music around biological imagery, anti-establishment views, and themes of purity and impurity, Nirvana […]
The live performance Kurt Cobain thought he could never top
During the prime of grunge, all roads led back to Nirvana. Although many luminaries from the Seattle scene may have been famous at the start of the 1990s, every aspiring […]