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20 hrs ago | CANOE - JAM! Music

Grohl knew Cobain would die young

Dave Grohl. Dave Grohl always knew his Nirvana bandmate Kurt Cobain would die young - so he prepared himself for his pal's early death.

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Related Topix: Grunge, Seattle Metro, Suicide, Music

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Seattle Times

Sub Pop's reissue of 'Bleach' is pure, brilliant Nirvana

A review of the reissue of Nirvana's 1989 debut album, 'Bleach." Reviewer Jonathan Zwickel says it's "as seething and catchy and funny as 20 years ago." Jonathan Zwickel Listen to "Love Buzz" . Nirvana, 'Bleach' Today Sub Pop reissues Nirvana's 1989 debut, "Bleach." The reissue's a big deal, deserving of appraisal and celebration.

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Related Topix: Grunge, Pop/Rock, Shocking Blue

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Earvolution Liner Notes

Monday's Earful: Lenny Kravitz @ Irving Plaza; Phish, Gov't Mule Cover The Rolling Stones

Twenty years ago, an uninspired and jaded Generation X pondered their future while staring at a bleak job market, the trickle down economics of Reagan era failing to bring about feelings of prosperity or any sense of hope in Americaa s youth.

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Related Topix: The Rolling Stones, Pop/Rock, Black Entertainment, Lenny Kravitz, Blues, Gov't Mule, Grunge

Sat Nov 07, 2009

CrossCut

Discovering Nirvana's lost treasures

I remember the time I didna t see Nirvana in concert and I remember it well. The year was 1994 and my cousin had extra tickets to both of Nirvanaa s Seattle Center Coliseum concerts.

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Related Topix: Grunge

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Reverb

Meanwhile on the Daily Weekly, Novoselic Talks About Touring...

Gary Thorstensen, Kurt Cobain and Kurt Danielson in Budapest during a 1989 tour that took Nirvana and Tad through East and West Germany.

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Related Topix: Grunge

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Http

DVD review: 'Nirvana Live at Reading'

Tech-savvy whiz kids seem to get their hands on a band's music just days after an album goes through its final mixing stages.

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Related Topix: Grunge, Online Music, Entertainment

Ultimate-guitar.com

Nirvana: Live At Reading [Reviews]

Released: Nov 2, 2009 Genre: Grunge Label: Geffen Number Of Tracks: 25 Bootlegged for years following the performance, the new issues present the performance for the first time mastered and color corrected.

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Related Topix: Grunge

BBC

No Doubt sue over Band Hero game

Rock band No Doubt are suing the makers of a music video game over the way they are portrayed in it.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, No Doubt, Video Games, Gwen Stefani, Hot Chicks, Grunge

Wed Nov 04, 2009

MSNBC

New Nirvana Material: Will Fans Buy It?

When a catalog is so noteworthy, and yet so pitiably small as Nirvana'sa 'three studio records, an outtakes collection, an inconsistent box set of demos, and multiple live shows that duplicate most of these songs again and againa 'a passionate base of support turns into something like a church.

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Related Topix: Grunge, Kurt Cobain

Express

Singer Julian Casablancas picks up where his band, The Strokes, left off a " with uneven results.

"WHY CAN'T YOU ignore the things I did before?" asks Julian Casablancas on "Out of the Blue," the lead-off track from his solo debut, " Phrazes for the Young ." It's hard to determine just how he intends that rhetorical question, but it sounds like one of the funniest lines he's ever written as well as one of the most tragic, given what he's asking ...

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Strokes, Grunge, Lower East Side (New York, NY)

CNN

Foo Fighters taking a break

A huge portrait of Dave Grohl hangs in the Control Room of the Foo Fighters' Studio 606.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Foo Fighters, Northridge, CA, Queens of the Stone Age, Grunge, Music, Entertainment

Tue Nov 03, 2009

WNOL-TV New Orleans

Backtracking: 'Nirvana Live at Reading'

Nirvana's performance at England's Reading Festival in summer 1992 is widely viewed as the most celebrated set in the spectacular band's brief history.

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Related Topix: Grunge, Entertainment

WUBB-FM Portsmouth

Bring... - Evanescence / Paul Mc...

Anarchy cheerleaders are awesome! Watch Amy and Terry from Evanescence debate nerds vs.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Evanescence, Grunge, Arkansas

411mania.com

Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits Review

Dave Grohl - vocals, guitar Chris Shiflett - guitar Nate Mendel - bass Taylor Hawkins - drum Track listing: 1. All My Life 2. Best of You 3. Everlong 4. The Pretender 5. My Hero 6. Learn to Fly 7. Times Like These 8. Monkey Wrench 9. Big Me 10.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Foo Fighters, Suicide, Grunge, Music, Entertainment

The Oregonian

Song of the Day: 'About a Girl' by Nirvana

But it will always be worth a listen. Let us know what you think of the song in the comments at the bottom.

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Related Topix: Grunge, Music, Entertainment

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Http

Nirvana Live at Reading

Referred to as the Seattle sound, the distorted, electric guitar-driven sound of early grunge bands like The Melvins, Mudhoney, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam opened up a whole new era of music.

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Related Topix: Grunge, Mudhoney, The Ramones, Punk, Folk-Rock, God, Pop/Rock, Nevermind, Entertainment

Ultimate-guitar.com

Motorhead To Enter Studio In February [News]

Motorhead frontman Ian " Lemmy " Kilmister told ABORT Magazine's E.S. Day in a new interview that the band will hit the studio in February " to rehearse, write and record " its next album.

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Related Topix: Heavy-Metal, Motorhead, Pop/Rock, Foo Fighters, Grunge, Northridge, CA, Comedy, Entertainment, Television

UPI

Deluxe works to honor Nirvana's 'Bleach'

The Sub Pop record label in Seattle says it is releasing deluxe editions of Nirvana's "Bleach" in honor of the 20th anniversary of the album's release.

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Related Topix: Grunge, Aberdeen, WA, Music, Entertainment

Sun Nov 01, 2009

The Seattle Times

'Live at Reading' DVD shows Nirvana at its artistic peak

A review of Nirvana's "Live at Reading," a concert film released for the first time in 5.1 Surround Sound, recently remastered under the supervision of the remaining members of the band.

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Related Topix: Grunge

Sat Oct 31, 2009

MTV News

Foo Fighters Welcome Mixed Reactions To New Single 'Wheels'

Those tracks will be celebrated on the upcoming Greatest Hits, a compilation of the group's biggest smashes, including "Learn to Fly," "Best of You" and "Everlong." The album also contains two new songs: a rugged rocker called "Word Forward" and the new single "Wheels," which the band debuted on the lawn of the White House over the summer and which ...

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Related Topix: Foo Fighters, Pop/Rock, Grunge

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