5 Bands Kurt Cobain Would Love

The Nirvana frontman would be 42 today. SPIN's David Marchese picks five groups he'd champion, if he were still around.
Kurt Cobain

February 20 marks what would have been Kurt Cobain's 42nd birthday. He died almost fifteen years ago, on April 5, 1994.

Buy Kurt Cobain's T-Shirts!

The Nirvana frontman's birthday is Friday, February 20. Dress appropriately.
Kurt Cobain

Kurt Cobain was known for his slacker fashion style that brought disheveled flannel, ragged jeans, and thrift store T-shirts to the forefront of '90s couture.

Watch Now: 41 Minutes of Vintage Nirvana!

Check out Kurt, Krist, and Dave in top form at a 1991 gig in New Haven.
Nirvana / Photo courtesy nirvana-music.com

Sometimes, a casual search on YouTube yields a total gem, a discovery that makes you feel like that guy in Blood Diamond, imbued with the knowledge that the treasure you've unearthed is truly life-altering.

SPIN.com's Best of the Week, September 22-28.

What we learned this week: Kurt Cobain was a Metallica fan. Ben Folds has plenty of free time. Weezer are talented and quirky. And more.

It's time for the Presidential debates, but here at SPIN.com we're too busy rocking out to argue about politics -- and with a week like this one, who could debate that? We've seen My Bloody Valentine's long-promised reunion, witnessed Weezer's electrifying tour-opener, and heard a sweet tune or two. Check out this week's highlights below.

Exclusive: Metallica's Kirk Hammett Discusses Kurt Cobain

Watch the guitarist talk about meeting a then-unknown Cobain in this outtake from a new DVD documentary.
Kirk Hammett / Photo by Eric Nowels

Who knew Kurt Cobain was a Metallica fan? Kirk Hammett spills the beans in this exclusive clip, not available on the DVD, from the documentary Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal, about how the poster child of grunge "loved Ride the Lightening and 'Whiplash.'"

SPIN's Week in Review, June 2-6

What we learned this week: Kurt Cobain's fans can go a little overboard. Disturbed inspire Orthodox Jews' forbidden devotion. And much more.
Nirvana

Though its solstice is still a few weeks off, summer unofficially kicked off this week as many Americans came to terms with June's arrival: "Whoa, so I guess summer's here, right?" But, aside from the definition of SPF, much was learned in these past five days, with lessons bestowed from Kurt Cobain's, ahem, most devout fans, Disturbed's surprisingly vast Orthodox Jew following, Stroke-gone-sol

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