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NEWS ABOUT: Nirvana

Nirvana stories: 15 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

OPINION


 The Worst Lyrics 
 of All Time 

'I feel real phoney when my name is Bill... or was that Phil' and more

Jun 3, 09 2:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Great music can inspire, but even the greats have thought up some atrocious lyrics. NME mines these gems:
  • "What else could I say? Everyone is gay." (Nirvana, All Apologies)
  • "I met a girl. She asked me my name. I told her what it was."
... More »

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entertainment • Bob Dylan • list • pop music • Kiss • Nirvana • Razorlight • Jennifer Lopez • worst songs • lyrics • R. Kelly • Rod Stewart

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

Courtney Love Knocks Jews
... in Jewish Magazine

Singer utters a few colorful words on girl bands, actors and parenting, too

Jan 16, 09 3:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Courtney Love says she’s sober, but her recent anti-Semitic remarks in a Jewish magazine might give some observers pause, the New York Post reports. “Every time you buy a Nirvana record, part of that money is not going to Kurt’s child, or to me, it’s going... More »

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music • Courtney Love • parenting • Nirvana • rock bands • Jewish • anti-Semitism • interview • celebrity interview

 Nevermind Baby 
 Recreates 
 Classic Cover 

17 years later, Calif. teen hits same pool where he shot pic for Nirvana album

Nov 11, 08 5:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Spencer Elden, instantly recognizable from a photo snapped 17 years ago for the cover of Nirvana’s seminal album Nevermind, got back into the same California pool recently to update the shot, Chris Vinnicombe reports for MusicRadar.com. “For reasons known only to himself,” and wearing a swimsuit,... More »

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MTV • Nirvana • Spencer Elden • Nevermind • nude photo • album sales

 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

 Best Brouhahas Over Albums

Recent controversy over Nas's new release is far from the first

Jul 28, 08 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nas’s new album gained its fair share of buzz before release because he originally planned to call it the 'n-word.' He settled on no title at all. Other album controversies, from the Los Angeles Times:
  • The Beatles, Yesterday and Today: The so-called butcher cover featured mutilated baby
... More »

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list • pop music • Nirvana • Beatles • album • controversy

 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

 Rolling Stone's
 Top Guitar Classics 

The greatest riffs, from Bill Haley to Metallica

Jun 1, 08 6:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - There are those tunes driven by the rhythm section, but nothing lights a fire in the blood quite like the power of the perfect guitar riff. Thus, Rolling Stone suggests its favorite guitar anthems, hitting all stops between BB King and King Crimson. The top five:
  1. Johnny B. Goode:
... More »

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music • Rolling Stones • Rolling Stone • Jimi Hendrix • Nirvana • guitar • Van Halen • Beatles • Led Zeppelin • Chuck Berry

Smells Like
Teen Nostalgia

As baby boomer baubles grow less desirable, collectors turn to Nirvana, G N' R

May 8, 08 3:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Grunge is passé, but the market for its collectibles isn’t, reports Portfolio. Nostalgia plays a big role in determining what's hot, and prices on items of baby boomer vintage, even from the likes of the Fab Four, are starting to drop. Meanwhile, the demand for Gen X artifacts—... More »

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Christie's • Jimi Hendrix • auction • Nirvana • guitar • memorabilia • Generation X • Eric Clapton

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

Iconic Baby, Now a Teen, Feels 'Creepy'

Skinnydipping Nirvana cover boy looks back with mixed feelings

Aug 23, 07 5:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - One of rock music’s most famous cover subjects is a little leery of his past. Spencer Elden was 3 months old when he appeared naked as a money-grubbing underwater baby on Nirvana’s Nevermind; now he says the photo, on an album that sold tens of millions of... More »

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music • nudity • surfing • Nirvana • platinum records • Spencer Elden • Nevermind

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

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