Foo Fighters, QOTSA, Led Zep Members Record New Album

The rock titans' release has "beats and sounds like you’ve never heard before," says Josh Homme's wife, Spinnerette frontwoman Brody Dalle.
Dave Grohl / Josh Homme / John Paul Jones

It's a rock'n'roll obsessive's wet dream: Foo Fighters frontman / ex-Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones, and Queens of the Stone Age bandleader Josh Homme are working on a new album -- together!

SPIN.com's Best of the Week

From Green Day's new tour to the Lollapalooza lineup, this week's top stories had us asking, "Is it summer yet?"
Green Day's Billy Joe / Eminem / Perry Farrell

This week's top stories had us thinking that summer couldn't come soon enough: Green Day announced their summer tour plans, while officials unveiled the lineup for this year's Lollapalooza festival. Meanwhile, Eminem unveiled the pilled-out cover of his summer release and Oasis announced plans to take a summer vacation -- for five years!

Live Nirvana DVD Due in November

The grunge icons cover Boston's "More Than a Feeling" and "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the U.K.'s Reading Festival in 1992. Click here for details!
Nirvana

There are great performances, and then there are legendary performances -- and Nirvana's set at the U.K.'s Reading Festival in 1992 is without a doubt the latter.

Courtney Love Declares War on Cobain Estate Robbers

Plus: Billy Corgan and Brandon Flowers talk smack about the deceased Nirvana frontman on the 15th anniversary of his death.
Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love and Frances Bean / Photo by Guzman

Today, April 8, 2009, is the 15th anniversary of the discovery of Kurt Cobain's body at his home outside Seattle, WA. And while the anniversary of one's death is usually a time for paying homage, this has been a tough week for the Nirvana frontman's widow Courtney Love.

What If Kurt Cobain Didn't Die?

Chuck Klosterman theorizes on what the rock god's future could have held, had he not died 15 years ago.
Illustration by Lara Tomlin

In SPIN's April 2004 tribute issue to Kurt Cobain, then senior writer Chuck Klosterman posed a compelling and unique question: "What would have happened if Cobain lived?" Below, read Klosterman's theory about what the rock god's future could have held, had he not died 15 years ago.

The Ghost of Kurt Cobain

On the 15th anniversary of the Nirvana frontman's suicide, SPIN revisits his life, music, and legacy.
Kurt Cobain / Photo Courtesy Alice Wheeler, April 2004

Editor's Note: 15 years ago on Wednesday, April 8, the body of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain was discovered at his mansion just outside Seattle, WA. Coroner's reports claim he killed himself three days earlier, making this Sunday, April 5, the unofficial anniversary of Cobain's death.

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