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  Hole Guitarist Pens 52-Chapter 'Letters to Kurt' Book

  February 27, 2012 – Courtney Love is not the only member of Hole who has plenty to say about the loss of Kurt Cobain. Onetime Hole guitarist Eric Erlandson has announced plans to publish a 52-chapter book comprised of "prose, poetry, and free association" that explores "rock ‘n’ roll, drug abuse, and the loss of Cobain," according to the New York Times. It arrives on April 8 (via Akashic Books), three days after the 18th anniversary of Cobain's death. …
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  Kurt Cobain Would Have Turned 45 Today

  February 20, 2012 – Dave Matthews, Billy Corgan, Noel Gallagher, and Scott Weiland will all turn 45 this year. Kurt Cobain would have joined them today had he not sadly joined a more morbid club on April 5, 1994. SPIN has done a lot of Cobain appreciating in our time, but last summer we went all out celebrating the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's landmark 1991 album Nevermind. Why? …
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  'Instrument': Stories Behind Kurt Cobain, Bon Iver and More Artists' Favorite Gear

  November 3, 2011 –  …
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  SPIN.com's Best of the Week

  July 16, 2011 – This week, the White Stripes released two vintage covers, Lil Wayne dropped a hot new mixtape, and SPIN kicked off the 20th anniversary celebration for Nirvana's Nevermind. …
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  SPIN.com's Best of the Week

  June 25, 2011 – This week, Bon Iver released their acclaimed second album, Santigold chatted about her fall release, and Nirvana announced a 20th-anniversary deluxe reissue of Nevermind, complete with B-sides, rarities, and a live DVD. …
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  Kurt Cobain Honored, Bloc Party End Hiatus + More

  April 6, 2011 – On the 17th anniversary of his death, Kurt Cobain's hometown of Aberdeen, WA unveiled a statue on April 5 to commemorate the Nirvana frontman's life. …
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  WE REMEMBER: Kurt Cobain

  April 5, 2011 – Seventeen years ago on April 8, the body of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain was discovered at his mansion just outside Seattle, WA. …
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  Surviving Nirvana Members Reunite Live

  December 22, 2010 – Tuesday night at Paladino's club in Tarzana, California, Foo Fighters played a "secret" show where the group debuted new songs from their upcoming album, due out next year. But fans were treated to an even bigger surprise during the Foos set: the surviving members of Nirvana - Grohl, bassist Krist Novoselic, and touring guitarist Pat Smear - reunited on-stage for the first time since 1997. …
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  Director on Cobain Biopic: "Raw and Chaotic"

  July 20, 2010 – Oscar-nominated writer-director Oren Moverman (The Messenger) has spoken out about his Kurt Cobain biopic, currently in development, which he promises won't be a typical Hollywood version of the late Nirvana frontman's life and career. "It'll be raw and chaotic, which is what Cobain's life was like," Moverman told Ryan Gilbey, a film writer for the U.K.'s Guardian. …
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  Robert Pattinson Tells Off Courtney Love

  July 13, 2010 – When rumors surfaced in the Spring that Twilight star Robert Pattinson might be cast in a biopic about the late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love loudly expressed her disapproval -- and now the big screen vampire is biting back. The English heartthrob addressed Love -- the late singer's wife and mother to their daughter, Frances Bean -- in an interview with the Daily Mirror, blasting the whole debate as "ridiculous," and savi …
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