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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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  'I Want My MTV' Authors Pick 1991's 10 Best Videos

  December 7, 2011 – Nineteen-ninety-one was maybe the most chaotically diverse year in MTV's history, the real story being that that multiple stories were being shouted simultaneously. …
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  Nirvana Reissuing 'Teen Spirit' to Aid U.K. Sales Campaign

  December 6, 2011 – Nirvana are giving an early Christmas gift to British fans who want "Smells Like Teen Spirit" to hit the top of the U.K. charts in time for the holidays. As the NME points out, the band's label appears to be re-releasing the track as a limited edition 7" single in recognition of a Facebook campaign that aims to make the song Britain's "Christmas No. …
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  Courtney Love to Simon Cowell: 'Want Some Nirvana Songs?'

  November 28, 2011 – A campaign is underway pitting Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" whoever wins The X Factor for Britain's coveted "Christmas No. 1" single. But what if U.K. music fans didn't have to choose? That seemingly far-fetched idea moved one step closer to the realm of the somewhat-plausible on November 24, when Courtney Love offered up a Nirvana song to the U.K. …
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  Courtney Love Flips Out Onstage Over Cobain Poster

  November 14, 2011 – Courtney Love launched into a bizarre rant Sunday night at the SWU Festival in Brazil. …
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  The Muppets' 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' Has Arrrived

  November 8, 2011 – And we were kind of wrong: It actually didn't easily top these other five abominable Nirvana covers. Our bad. Actually, this one is Kermit's bad. Or Fozzie. We're making Fozzie take the hit for this (via Stereogum). Play  …
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  Listen to a 40-Minute Unearthed 1990 Nirvana Show

  November 4, 2011 – The 20th anniversary of Nirvana's Nevermind arrived with much fanfare last month. But rarities from the Seattle grunge legends continue to hit the Web and the Boston Phoenix has got its hands on a recording of of the band's show at now-shuttered club ManRay in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on April 18, 1990 — before Dave Grohl joined as the drummer. The crowd only numbered between 60 to 75 people, according to the Phoenix. …
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  'Instrument': Stories Behind Kurt Cobain, Bon Iver and More Artists' Favorite Gear

  November 3, 2011 –  …
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  Don't Bug Duff McKagan With Kurt Cobain Conspiracy Questions

  October 26, 2011 – This is what happens when you disrespect Duff McKagan. The former Guns N' Roses bassist and current member of Velvet Revolver and Loaded visited Seattle University last week to sign his new memoir, It's So Easy and Other Lies. …
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  Brits Want Nirvana's 'Teen Spirit' to Hit No. 1

  October 17, 2011 – It's almost Halloween, which means it's time for U.K. fans to start fighting over what song should top the British charts during the Christmas week. The hotly debated "Christmas No. …
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