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![]() Check out Rolling Stone's coverage of the show here. Below is a YouTube video of the Nirvana cover from the Weezer show. |
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![]() The strangest moments of the night came during their covers of Oasis’ Morning Glory and Nirvana’s Sliver, the latter of which came after Cuomo played the Cobain-saluting Heart Songs on a record player. As posted in a previous story, Weezer openly advertised their love of Nirvana on the recently-released Red Album. Back in 1998, Weezer played an entire show of Nirvana covers under the name "Goat Punishment". |
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![]() Who knew Kurt Cobain was a Metallica fan? Kirk Hammett spills the beans in this exclusive clip from the documentary Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal, about how the poster child of grunge "loved Ride the Lightening and Whiplash." The footage is not featured in the newly-released DVD version of this documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early 80s and its impact on the music scene. | |
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![]() According to Rolling Stone, San Francisco punks Flipper were forced to cancel their upcoming tour after bassist Krist Novoselic, formerly of Nirvana, left the band to take care of "responsibilities at home." Flipper are seeking a new bassist. All concert dates listed on the band's MySpace have been removed. More info, including a press release from the band, can be found here. | |
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![]() Duran Duran's Rio topped the chart, followed by Bjork's All Is Full of Love, A-ha's Take on Me, Michael Jackson's Thriller and Sigur Ros's Svefn-g-Englar. Around 40,000 MTV viewers voted for the poll and the results will be broadcast on Sunday. | |
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![]() Cobain rose to superstardom from the ultra-purist indie/punk scene and maintained a posture of ambivalence toward his pop success to the bitter end — even in his muddled suicide note. At the height of Nirvana mania in April 1992, Cobain appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone wearing a hand-lettered T-shirt railing against "corporate magazines." Yet Goldberg quotes Cobain’s bandmate Krist Novoselic: "You know who wanted to reach more people the most of the three of us? Kurt. He wanted to make it big." And Goldberg tells how Cobain ordered the removal of references to "punk politics" from Nirvana’s press kit to emphasize the band’s sense of humor and broaden its mainstream appeal — to make things just a bit clearer for puff-piece writers in those corporate magazines. Beneath Cobain’s punk-rock glower and ratty cardigan lurked a savvy brand-management specialist. Bumping into Geniuses is now availble for purchase and can be ordered here. | |
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