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NEWS ABOUT: Kurt Cobain

Kurt Cobain stories: 13 news summaries

 Guitar Hero 5 
 Uses Cobain's 
 Image Illegally: Love 

Nirvana frontman's widow threatens to sue Activision

Sep 10, 09 4:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kurt Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, says she plans to sue Activision for allegedly including the Nirvana frontman’s image in its Guitar Hero 5 without permission, MTV reports. “For the record this Guitar Hero shit is breach of contract on a Bullys part and there will be a proper... More »

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entertainment • Courtney Love • Kurt Cobain • Nirvana • civil lawsuits • Activision • likeness infringement • rock music • video games • Guitar Hero 5

 Cobain Play 
 Hits London 


Jun 9, 09 7:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Teen spirit has hit a London stage in a play that involves the troubled life of rocker Kurt Cobain, reports the Independent. The production, Nevermind, features a struggling music critic, John, visited by Cobain's ghost. "Cobain appears as his alter ego: a success who couldn't deal with... More »

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suicide • theater • Kurt Cobain • London • Nirvana • rock and roll • Nevermind • Smells Like Teen Spirit • celebrity suicide

CD Smells Like Teen Spirit,
Sounds Like a Lullaby

Cobain 'Lullaby' Sending Tots to Slumber Land


May 28, 09 6:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new CD is lulling babies to sleep with the gentle sounds of Nirvana, AC/DC, and Queen, the Sun reports. The makers of Rockabye Baby created lullaby renditions of hits like "Smells Like Teen Spirit" with xylophones, wood blocks, and glockenspiels. The CD—which also includes songs from Bob... More »

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music • Kurt Cobain • Nirvana • rock music • babies

 Love to Fans: 
 I'm 'Not Suicidal' 

Singer regrets blog post about death

Nov 19, 08 1:07 PM CST
(Newser) - After alarming fans in a recent MySpace blog post about death, Courtney Love reassures everyone: “No, I am not suicidal,” Us magazine reports. The musician, whose husband, Kurt Cobain, committed suicide, posted a follow-up to explain: “Occasionally, like all of us, I get depressed.” She said... More »

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suicide • Courtney Love • MySpace • Kurt Cobain • depression • celebrity • blog • Frances Bean Cobain

 Artist to Smoke 
 Kurt Cobain's Ashes 

Nirvana frontman's supposed remains, stolen from wife, will star in Berlin exhibition

Oct 1, 08 2:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Australian performance artist who claims to have obtained late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain’s ashes will smoke them at a Berlin exhibition, NME reports. Artist Natascha Stellmach says the lighting up will symbolize Cobain’s ultimate freedom from the media. As to how she came by the remains,... More »

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Courtney Love • Kurt Cobain • Berlin • art • Nirvana • remains • ashes • exhibition • performance artist

 Love Sued
 Over Nirvana
 Catalog 

Company claims Cobain's widow broke verbal contract

Jul 23, 08 12:05 PM CDT
(AP) - Business firm London & Co. sued Kurt Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, for $975,000 yesterday, claiming she didn’t give them their share of the $19.5 million she earned from selling part of Nirvana's publishing catalog. They allege Love broke a verbal contract to share 5% of profits from... More »

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Courtney Love • music industry • Kurt Cobain • celebrity • Nirvana • music sales • civil lawsuits

Concert Review

Indie Heroes the Vaselines (Finally) Play the States

Only one date left for US fans to see Scottish group that was Cobain's fave

Jul 11, 08 6:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Known stateside as Kurt Cobain’s favorite band, Scottish rockers the Vaselines finally made their US debut Wednesday—18 years after their only release. To a small, adoring, and cultish crowd, the show was “the second coming of Jesus, John Lennon, and Ian Curtis, all at once," writes... More »

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Kurt Cobain • New Jersey • indie rock • Ian Curtis • Vaselines • Belle & Sebastian

 50 Top Pop Brainiacs 

Lennon, Marley, Berry rock on

May 25, 08 11:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - "Towering natural abilities" and "exceptional creative powers" infuse the most memorable music of generations, forged by Blender's top 50 pop-music geniuses. The top 10:
  1. Bob Dylan: Each of his brave self-reinventions is "an authentic American original."
  2. John Lennon: "His drive pushed the Beatles
... More »

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music • Kurt Cobain • Keith Richards • rock stars • Bob Dylan • John Lennon • pop music • celebrity • musician • Stevie Wonder • Miles Davis • Madonna • Mick Jagger • Thom Yorke • Bob Marley • Chuck Berry

 Chanel Eyes Cobain
 'Teen Spirit' 

15-year-old daughter of Love and Cobain may be Lagerfeld's new face

Apr 28, 08 11:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Karl Lagerfeld wants grunge god Kurt Cobain's 15-year-old living legacy as the face of his next Chanel ad campaign, the Daily Mail reports. Rocker mom Courtney Love keeps a tight leash on Frances Bean Cobain, who posed for a number of mags earlier this year, so no deal has been... More »

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Courtney Love • Kurt Cobain • model • Chanel • advertising campaign • Frances Bean Cobain • Karl Lagerfeld

Cobain Isn't
Curt in New Documentary

Nirvana leader opens up on life and Love in unheard interviews

Mar 21, 08 4:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new documentary tells the story of Kurt Cobain’s life in the singer’s own words, the Independent reports. Kurt Cobain: About a Son, on DVD this month, is constructed around 25 hours of previously unreleased interviews of the Nirvana frontman by journalist Michael Azerrad. Cobain, who committed suicide... More »

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music • Courtney Love • Kurt Cobain • DVD • Nirvana • documentary • rock bands • Michael Azerrad • interview

Fans to Reach Nirvana at
the Movies

Courtney Love will produce Universal bio-pic on Kurt Cobain

Oct 19, 07 3:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - The story of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain will soon come to life on the big screen, Variety reports. Universal Pictures has commissioned a screenplay about the troubled life of the grunge rocker, which will be based on the Cobain biography “Heavier than Heaven.” Courtney Love, the rocker’... More »

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Courtney Love • Kurt Cobain • Nirvana • Universal Pictures • Heavier than Heaven • Smells Like Teen Spirit

Courtney to Hawk Cobain Memorabilia

"I'm going to have a Christie's auction," singer mumbles

May 1, 07 6:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tormented rock queen Courtney Love is staging a high-profile yard sale for the personal effects of husband Kurt Cobain, the Nirvana frontman who committed suicide 13 years ago. "We'll make a lot of money and give a bunch of it to charity," the addled singer promises. More »

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music • Courtney Love • Kurt Cobain • celebrity • Nirvana • musician • Frances Bean Cobain

Swank Rehab Center Sues Courtney Love

The court forced  her into rehab. Now will it make her pay the bill?

Apr 2, 07 1:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Courtney Love, mother to Francis Bean, widow to Kurt Cobain, and unexplainable guest at Comedy Central's Pamela Anderson roast, is in the courts again. No drugs or assault on the docket this time: Beau Monde International, a plush rehab facility where Love spent three months in 2005, is trying... More »

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Courtney Love • rehab • Beau Monde • Kurt Cobain • Los Angeles • drug use • rehabilitation center • celebrity • Frances Bean Cobain

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