Tag Archives: Nirvana

Kurt Cobain: Twenty Years Later

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Sean Beaudoin

On the 20th anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s death, Sean Beaudoin declines to tell you what it all means. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | Tagged bleach, courtney love, frances bean, Grunge, hole, in utero, Kurt Cobain, Lollapalooza, Nevermind, Nirvana, rock and roll hall of fame, Seattle, smells like teen spirit, suicide | 6 Comments

Calm Like a Bomb: Bruce Pavitt Recalls Nirvana’s ’89 European Campaign

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Stephen Tow

Bruce Pavitt’s Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989 covers the final eight days of the TAD/Nirvana 1989 European tour, beginning in Rome where Kurt Cobain had an emotional meltdown, to a triumphant finale at London’s Astoria Theater. Continue reading →

Posted in Rock and Roll Coffee, Saturday Music | Tagged bruce pavitt, experiencing nirvana, Grunge, London, Music, Nirvana, Seattle, sub pop | 5 Comments

Song Beneath the Song: “Hey Jealousy” by the Gin Blossoms

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Greg Olear

Twenty years ago, “Hey Jealousy” climbed to #4 on the Billboard charts. A few months later, the man who wrote the song killed himself. Continue reading →

Posted in Song Beneath the Song | Tagged Doug Hopkins, Gin Blossoms, Hey Jealousy, irony, Kurt Cobain, Nirvana, Robin Wilson, Tempe | 50 Comments

The Dead Daisies: The Return of the Supergroup

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Joe Daly

“Nirvana were massively influential, but after [Kurt Cobain] popped himself, I kind of had more respect for him, actually…if you really hate what you’re doing, then why are you doing it?” -Dead Daisies vocalist Jon Stevens Continue reading →

Posted in Rock and Roll Coffee, Saturday Music | Tagged Dead Daisies, Dizzy Reed, Nirvana, Richard Fortus | Leave a comment

The Time I (Almost) Defined a Generation

Posted on December 8, 2012 by James Greer

In which James Greer, then a music writer at SPIN, moves in mysterious ways. Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Popular Culture | Tagged Bob Gucchione Jr., Generation X, Jane's Addiction, Lollapalooza, Nevermind, Nirvana, Perry Ferrell, Slacker, spin, u2 | 1 Comment

In Honor of National Pot Smokers’ Day

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Diana Spechler

In which Diana Spechler reminisces about illegally buying liquor, and the Boston College student who sold it to her. Love and drugs at the age of seventeen.
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Posted in Memoir | Tagged 4/20, Boone's Farm, Def Leppard, Grateful Dead, National Pot Smokers' Day, Nirvana, Purple Rain, shoulder-tapping, virginal adolescence, Zima | Comments Off