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Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have proven their fashion competency in the retail world, hitting nearly every price point successfully. With their pitch-perfect fashion lines, Elizabeth and James and The Row, the pair have demonstrated their abilities to create fierce high-fashion. Read More »
Indie singer Lana Del Rey stuns in the latest cover story for L'Uomo Vogue. Shot by Francesco Carrozzini, Lana's look is vintage, reminiscent of the 1950s. In line with the vibe, the songstress rocks a bold red lip and auburn retro waves. In the interview, the sultry singer talks about what influenced her latest album, Ultraviolence. Read More »
Apparently, Iggy Azalea totally respects fellow songstress Lorde, but she thought the 17-year-old's tribute to Nirvana at the 2014 Hall of Fame induction ceremony was a tad bit "inappropriate." Read More »
In 2005, actor Michael Pitt (Boardwalk Empire) did a spot-on portrayal of the late singer/songwriter Kurt Cobain in the indie film, Last Days. Now, Bluewater Production offers readers a different take on the rock’s star rise and fall to stardom with Tribute: Kurt Cobain. Read More »
Psych guitar prodigy Jay Reatard died at the age of 29 in 2009. However, before he passed, he recorded a cover of Nirvana's "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle" for a planned In Utero tribute album. The album has been tangled up in development for so long that In Utero: In Tribute is just now getting a release (Record Store Day, April 19). Read More »
As we've already covered, Nirvana were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in their first year on the ballot. Unfortunately, this means that Courtney Love and Dave Grohl will have to put aside their long-standing animosity toward each other and sit at a table together for a few hours. Love explained how potentially awkward the ceremony could be in a recent interview with Access Hollywood. Read More »
Surprising literally no one, the most over-appreciated band of the '90s is gaining entrance to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on their first ever ballot. Grunge titans Nirvana will be inducted along with Peter Gabriel, Hall and Oates, Linda Ronstadt, The E Street Band, Cat Stevens and KISS (finally). Read More »
It's no secret that Kurt Cobain and godmother of riot grrl Kathleen Hanna were close friends (after all, Hanna is the one who wrote "Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit" on the wall of his apartment- an act that lead to a sea change in '90s mainstream music). Still, it is interesting to hear Hanna detail her relationship with the late Nirvana frontman in the new Kathleen-centered documentary The Punk Singer. Read More »
Apparently, dude's really want to be Kurt Cobain (I don't want to give any spoilers, but they know how it ends, right?). Courtney Love told Fashion magazine that she still gets hit on by actors who want to gain her favor and portray the former Nirvana frontman in the long-in-development Cobain biopic. Read More »
PBS' Blank on Blank YouTube series has quickly become one of the most fascinating interview features to hit the Internet. In these videos, lost interviews that have since been found (duh) are shared, accompanied by some animation in order to create the video experience for viewers. In the most recent Blank on Blank installments, a lost cassette tape featuring an interview with Kurt Cobain is shared. In this newly found cassette, we get a deeper look into the mind of Nirvana's songwriter as he opens up about his childhood and his sexuality. Read More »
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2014 may end up be one of the diverse ones to date. Last night (Oct. 15), 16 potential inductees into the hall were announced, and include first-time eligible nominees Nirvana, alongside Hall & Oates, KISS, Peter Gabriel and Cat Stevens, according to The Cleveland Plain Dealer. Read More »
While these interviews have been available to Nirvana completists on CD for quite a while, the three interviews below have stumbled into the realm of cat pictures and porn for the first time. The interviews were all performed by Metal Hammer's James Sherry and cover everything you would expect from a band on the rise (they span from pre-Nevermind to right after the album went platinum). Read More »
Gene Simmons has always been an outspoken figure in music. As one of the singers of Kiss, he rocked the world for decades and has acquired quite the reputation with the ladies. The man is considered a music icon, which is a title he takes very seriously and doesn't think it should just be handed out to musicians. For instance, he doesn't consider Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain or singer Amy Winehouse to be music icons because they are dead. That is honestly his reasoning. Read More »
