Dave Grohl has let the cat out of the bag on his one-off supergroup, and the lineup is jam packed with stars. It unsurprisingly includes, according to NME, members of the Foo Fighters (Dave himself, drummer Taylor Hawkins, guitarist Chris Shiflett, and bassist and Sunny Day Real Estate member Nate Mendel), Rage Against the Machine […]
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Full Details Regarding “Real to Reel,” The Soundtrack For Dave Grohl’s “Sound City” Documentary Revealed
December 14th, 2012 
Dayton O'Connor The complete track list and performer information for Sound City – Real to Reel, the soundtrack accompanying Dave Grohl’s Sound City documentary, was released today. The artist credits read like a who’s who of classic and contemporary rock royalty. People like Paul McCartney (shocker), Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac, Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick, Trent […]
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Paul McCartney Performs With Nirvana Members At Hurricane Sandy Benefit Concert, Records Song For Grohl’s ‘Sound City’ Documentary
December 13th, 2012 Brian Leak Take a second to absorb that lengthy headline. It’s a lot to think about. Featuring artists like the “Piano Man” Billy Joel, Alicia Keys, The Who, The Rolling Stones, and Chris Martin of Coldplay with Michael Stipe of REM, Wednesday’s 12/12/12 Concert For Sandy Relief was a massive success which not only resulted in a […]
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RUMOR: Nirvana Reunites with Paul McCartney
December 12th, 2012 James Shotwell Before we dig into this one, keep in mind the only sources so far are The Guardian and The Sun, both of whom have a questionable history when it comes to these kind of so-called exclusives. Rumor on the internet this morning is that Sir Paul McCartney will be joining the surviving members of Nirvana […]
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DAMMIT: Nirvana Musical Being Discussed
October 25th, 2012 Dan Bogosian We can all pray that this doesn’t happen (please God don’t let this happen), but today manager Sam Luft commented that he and Courtney Love are in fact “currently working on a possible motion picture or Broadway musical based on the Nirvana catalogue, based on her life and Kurt Cobain’s.” While we think this idea […]
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Cobain Daughter Claims Nirvana Fanatic Had Murder Plans, Broke Into Home
October 20th, 2012 Dan Bogosian Frances Bean Cobain, famed daughter of Kurt Cobain (of Nirvana) and Courtney Love (of drug abuse. I mean Hole), recently had her house broken into. This much we know as true. From there, the story differs: The LAPD tells that 22 year old Marc James Franco attempted burglary when he broke into Cobain’s house on […]
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Vampires Everywhere! Debut New Single “Drug Of Choice”
May 29th, 2012 Grant Trimboli The first single from Vampires Everywhere! has hit the net and it is already starting commotion on the blogsphere. Please listen to the stream of “Drug Of Choice” by simply heading here and let UTG know what your thoughts are! This song will be off of the group’s forthcoming release, Hellbound And Heartless, due to […]
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MUSIC HISTORY CLASS: The Death of Kurt Cobain
April 5th, 2012 Michael McCarron On this day in 1994, legendary Rock and Grunge icon, Kurt Cobain of Nirvana, committed suicide in his Seattle, Washington apartment. However, Cobain’s body was not discovered until 8 April when Veca Electric employee, Gary Smith, was at Cobain’s residence to install new security lights. Smith noticed a lifeless body on the floor of the […]
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Nemes Cover Nirvana’s “Heart Shaped Box”
January 23rd, 2012 James Shotwell Massachusetts’ Nemes have released a cover of Nirvana’s “Heart Shaped Box” that is sure to cap your night off right. Featuring the full band performing in unplugged fashion, Nemes’ take on “Heart Shaped Box” is a remarkable well done take on an oft-overplayed classic. You can view the performance for yourself, after the jump. Nemes […]
Courtney Love Offers Nirvana Songs To The X Factor
November 25th, 2011 Grant Trimboli Courtney Love is currently at the top of controversy, once again, for her Twitter statements to The X Factor producer Simon Cowell. Love is offering up Nirvana songs to contestant Janet Devlin, just because she is from the same town as her late husband, Kurt Cobain. I’m sure that if Kurt was alive today he […]
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The Muppets Covered Nirvana (Seriously)
November 8th, 2011 James Shotwell As you may or may not be aware, The Muppets arrives in theaters November later this month and as such, a soundtrack for the film has been released. Contained on that recording a cover of the Nirvana classic “Smells Like Teen Spirt.” Don’t worry, we have the audio. Before you click past the jump and […]
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October 17th, 2011 Melanie Rock’s Backpages, the world’s largest online library of rock journalism, is launching an eBooks department in celebration of it’s 10th birthday in November. This new branch is headed by former MOJO editor Mat Snow. The eBooks will consist of two series which further initiate Rock’s Backpages as an electronic publisher of elite rock writing.
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