Nirvana’s Nevermind 20 years on – Track by track

The 20th anniversary of Nirvana’s historic second album Nevermind will no doubt cause some to reminisce on the way it shaped the musical landscape, while others will see it as nothing more than an excuse for a record company to make some more money. But regardless of which...

Kurt Cobain & the Rock & Roll Year: Why Do Rock Stars Die at 27?

Kurt Cobain Is Part of the 27 Club: The Rock & Roll Year Kurt Cobain committed suicide on April 5, 1994. He was 27 years old. Nirvana's effect on the music industry is still being felt, but fans and critics alike...

Kurt Cobain 1974 KDC Tapes Found: Pre-Nirvana Demos Soon on Sale

A man at a garage sale in Aberdeen, WA stumbled upon a box of cassettes that are childhood demos by the late Kurt Cobain. The individual purchased the cassettes solely based on the initials K.D.C. (Cobain’s...

Courtney Love loose legal control of Daughter Frances Bean Cobain

Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain's daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, now 17, has been appointed to new legal guardianship.  The guardians appointed by the court are Wendy O'Connor and Kimberly Dawn, Kurt Cobain's mother and sister.This gaurdianship was established because of a...

'Tweance': World's First Twitter Seance Involves Dead Celebrities

The fans of dead celebrities will get an unprecedented chance to engage in the world's first Twitter Seance, or 'Tweance', this Friday, October 30 -- the night before Halloween. Anyone with an Internet connection...

Michael Jackson's Death Predicted By Biographer

Michael Jackson's death was predicted by one of his biographers. Ian Halperin made headlines last year and early this year, both in Britain's The Sun and the US's In Touch, that Jackson would be dead within six months, alleging the pop star had been suffering a rare protein...

Where were you when Michael Jackson Died?

Where were you when Michael Jackson died? By now the whole world knows that Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, has died in California at the age of 50 from suspected cardiac arrest. Regardless of peoples' personal...

German Artist Hopes to Smoke Kurt Cobain's Ashes

Count this one for the craziest story of the week: German artist Natascha Stellmach raised more than a few eyebrows this week when she announced her plans to smoke Kurt Cobain's ashes as part of a performance art...

Nirvana's MTV Unplugged Performance Coming to DVD

Nirvana's infamous MTV Unplugged performance is finally coming to DVD on Nov. 20, just it time for Courtney Love to buy herself some more new lips for the holidays. The performance was...

Nirvana's MTV Unplugged Performance Coming to DVD

Nirvana's infamous MTV Unplugged performance is finally coming to DVD on Nov. 20, just it time for Courtney Love to buy herself some more new lips for the holidays. The performance was released on CD...

Love says Gibson helped her get sober

"NEW YORK - Courtney Love, who has been sober for 15 months, says Mel Gibson helped her on the road to recovery. Love, the former leader of the band Hole and widow of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, said Gibson had...

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