Nirvana

Dave Grohl: 'I thought Nirvana's Reading Festival show would end our career'

New Musical Express (Free subscription) | yesterday

Drummer predicted the headline gig would be 'a disaster'

Competition: Nirvana Live At Reading CD/DVD

Alter The Press! (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

To celebrate the recent release of the Nirvana Live At Reading CD/DVD, we have managed to secure a fantastic prize for one lucky reader: We have one copy on CD, DVD, a Nirvana t-shirt and poster up for grabs and to be in with a chance, all you have to do is answer one simple question: What band did Nirvana drummer (Dave Grohl) go onto to form? E-mail you answer along with your name and address to competitions@alterthepress.com...

Jello Biafra and Shepard Fairey Spoof Obama 'Hope' Image

Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive Any album with a title that openly mocks President Obama needs a cover that's equally subversive, and Jello Biafra 's artwork for 'The Audacity of Hype' certainly delivers. The former Dead Kennedys frontman opted for a version of Shepard Fairey's famous "HOPE" picture and replace Obama's image with a demonic version of himself, fangs and horns included...

Dave Grohl Admires His Led Zeppelin Band Member

andPOP.com News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Dave Grohl is admired by many. The Nirvana drummer, turned Foo Fighters lead singer, and most recently, Them Crooked Vultures drummer, has had quite the music career. Still, he has his idols too. And one of them is in his new band. Playing with Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones in his new super-group Them Crooked [...]

'Patently not true'... Everett True Debunks Some Nirvana Myths...

The Daily Swarm (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

Clash : 1. His band didn’t know what was going on when Kurt turned up on stage in the wheelchair This one is patently not true. Aside from anything else, Krist Novoselic introduced Nirvana that evening as I appeared on the edge of the stage with the wheelchair, “…he’ll pull through. With the help of his friends and his family, he’ll pull through”. The whole stunt...

Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, Krist Novoselic, Nirvana, Queens of the Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures: Krist Novoselic Has Mad Bro Love For Dave Grohl

prefixmag (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

Nirvana co-founder and bassist Krist Novoselic had some nice things to say about his former band mate Dave Grohl yesterday in his column on Seattle Weekly ’s website. After reading a profile on Grohl in Sunday’s New York Times , Novoselic came to the following conclusion: Dave Grohl is the greatest rock musician in the world today. Don't believe me? The man is dominating November music...

Krist Novoselic's Love Letter To Dave Grohl...

The Daily Swarm (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Something dawned on me when I was reading Sunday’s New York Times: Dave Grohl is the greatest rock musician in the world today. Don’t believe me? The man is dominating November music releases. Here we go: Nirvana’s Reading DVD , Foo Fighters’ Greatest Hits, and new work with Them Crooked Vultures….I remember going to the airport and picking this dude up. He was easygoing—just...

Krist Novoselic Calls Dave Grohl 'Greatest Rock Musician in the World'

Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Filed under: News Although the surviving members of Nirvana have always been tremendously loyal to each other, former bassist Krist Novoselic has taken his allegiance to a new level with this week's installment of his Seattle Weekly blog . Novoselic has proclaimed former bandmate Dave Grohl "the greatest rock musician in the world today". While it's weighty praise, Novoselic insists such...

Dave Grohl Explains John Bonham Tattoo Obsession

Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009

Filed under: News , Holy Hell It's no secret that Dave Grohl loves him some Led Zeppelin . Most notably, he's invited Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones to jam with his Foo Fighters , which eventually led to the formation of Them Crooked Vultures with Queens of the Stone Age 's Josh Homme . But this love affair hasn't been a recent thing by any means. In an interview with Rolling Stone , Grohl reveals...

Nirvana live at Reading DVD

Comfort in Sound (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009

Since Nirvana last took to the Reading Festival stage a whole generation has been born and grown up. Finally after all the bootlegged copies, this legendary gig is available on DVD and CD. The first thing you notice is how the Reading Festival main stage has changed. Only seventeen years ago and all the huge video screens and fancy lighting rigs are gone. Despite its differences, there is something...

Win the Nirvana Catalog

PopWreckoning (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009

From the band that made grunge cool, we bring you the entire Nirvana catalog. Relive Dave Grohl behind the drums before Them Crooked Vultures. Ride along the bass lines of Krist Novoselic. Lose yourself in Kurt Cobain’s vocals and lyrics. We’re giving away: Nevermind, Unplugged, Greatest Hits, In Utero, Incesticide, From The Muddy Bands of [...]

Krist Novoselic Interviews Dale Crover and Chad Channing, the Drummers Who Played On Bleach...

The Daily Swarm - Headlines (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009

From his Chad Channing interview : KN My favorite song on the record is “Blew,” probably, because it has a groove, and again, it’s the sole survivor of the Doom Pop experiment. CC Gotta have a special bit of love for that tune. It’s a survivor! On “Scoff,” I would do my double kick pedal with that rhythm between the floor tom. Then the guitars come in with the same...

Nirvana – Live at Reading 1992, 02/11/2009

Addict Music (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009

For Kurt Cobain and Nirvana, it could be easily argued that the gig captured on this hour and half DVD was their defining moment.

Dave Grohl Says He Thought Kurt Cobain Would 'Die Young'

Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

Filed under: News , R.I.P. , UK Former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl has said he had a premonition his old bandmate Kurt Cobain would die early. The Foo Fighters frontman and member of supergroup Them Crooked Vultures told BBC Radio 1 he had prepared himself for the fact Cobain would not live long. He told DJ Jo Whiley: "There are some people that you meet in life that you just know that they are...

• Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, Kurt Cobain, Nirvana: Dave Grohl Says He Knew Kurt Cobain Would Burn Out, Not Fade Away - prefixmag
• Dave Grohl - Grohl I Knew Cobain Would Die Young - Contactmusic Ltd
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Dave Grohl - Dave Grohls Kurt Premonition

Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

Dave Grohl knew Kurt Cobain would die young. The ex-Nirvana drummer revealed he could tell that the volatile singer and guitarist was fragile and had already...