Nirvana's most famous song reached 1 billion views on YouTube, making 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' the second-most-viewed ’90s music video on YouTube, only trailing Guns N’ Roses’ 'November Rain' (1.3 billion views). GN’R also have the most-viewed video of the ’80s - 'Sweet Child O’ Mine' recently topped 1 billion views.
YouTube Music and Universal Music Group have started a project of remastering a series of iconic music videos. The first group of videos to be remastered include works by Lady Gaga, Janet Jackson, Tom Petty, Nirvana ('Smells Like Teen Spirit' included), Beastie Boys (watch Sabotage' below), with new titles appearing each week, and over the […]
French fashion label Vetements is selling an “Oversized Printed Cotton-Jersey T-Shirt” that rips off the “Corporate magazines still suck” shirt that Kurt Cobain famously wore on the cover of Rolling Stone in 1992. They sell it for $550! The shirt reads “CORPORATE MAGAZINES STILL SUCK A LOT!” The “A LOT!” is a new addition to […]
The surviving members of Nirvana - Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear - reunited last weekend (Oct. 6) at Cal Jam 18 in San Bernardino, Calif. They were joined by special guests Joan Jett and Deer Tick's John McCauley, with McCauley leading the band through "Serve the Servants," "Scentless Apprentice" and "In Bloom," before […]
Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl played drums for an energetic horn-filled rendition of Nirvana's 'In Bloom', during a surprise appearance with Trombone Shorty and The Preservation Hall Jazz Band at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles last weekend. This is only the second time Grohl has played 'In Bloom' live since Nirvana’s split - the first […]
“For years I couldn’t even listen to any music, let alone a Nirvana song. When Kurt died, every time the radio came on, it broke my heart” Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl sad GQ in an interview. He adds, “I don’t put Nirvana records on, no. Although they are always on somewhere. I get in the car, […]
