Here is a very interesting story from the Seattle Times about the boxed set, and the battle over the song "You Know You're Right". This story is probably the most interesting I've read in years. For one, it's obvious that the Seattle Times have used this site when researching for the story, and they mention it several times in the article. Second, the article CONFIRMS that the boxed set actually EXISTS and is finished. It apparently contains [at least] 45 songs. The song in question, "You've Got No Right", has been discussed in this news section many times. As mentioned in the article, a short clip from a live performance of it, is available in the sound gallery. The song was also performed by Hole at the MTV Unplugged show some years back. The song has, as the only one, been confirmed to be included with the boxed set as far back as a year, by both Krist and Dave. The article also mentions that the boxed set was indeed scheduled for a September/October 2001 release (the 10th anniversary for Nevermind). But if a trial, set for December 2002, has to resolve things first, the set could be delayed significantly - at least if it should contain this song. I think it's a bit unreasonable to assume that this song alone could be what sells the box, and make it jump to 15 million units sold. That is obviously unrealistic - regardless of how good the song is. It's truly sad that Krist and Dave have to fight with Courtney over the rights to Nirvana. I personally don't see why Courtney should have the rights. Sure, she married their lead singer, but Krist and Dave created the music. You can read the full court document concerning the ruling of the case here, or the injunction on the case here.

Here are some quotes from the court document; "On her own behalf and on behalf of her daughter, plaintiff Courtney Love Cobain ('Courtney Love') has come to this Court to seek relief against David Grohl and Krist Novoselic, who are the two surviving members of her husband's group, Nirvana, against the business entity Nirvana, L.L.C. ('the LLC') and against the successor holder of The David Geffen Company's contract with Nirvana ('Geffen/Universal').

All parties agree that much is at stake here, including the possible publication of a previously unreleased and potentially very valuable recording by Kurt Cobain." - "The present dispute has arisen from the impending contract deadline for delivery of 45 previously unreleased Nirvana master recordings for inclusion in a Boxed Set. Defendants Grohl and Novoselic would like to go forward with Geffen/Universal in the preparation and ultimate release of a Boxed Set coordinated with the tenth anniversary of the release of Nirvana's first hit album 'Nevermind.' Plaintiff Courtney Love, who has succeeded to her husband's interest in the matter, has expressed concerns about the contents of the Boxed Set, particularly the possible inclusion of the Kurt Cobain recording 'You Know You're Right.' All parties believe that that recording, which has never before been released, has the potential to be a significant hit."

"On April 30, 1991, prior to Kurt Cobain's death, Nirvana entered into a recording contract with The David Geffen Company. (Decl. of C. Love, supra, Ex. B.) Through a series of acquisitions, The Geffen Company is now owned by a Universal subsidiary. At various dates after 1991, the contract has been supplemented and amended by the parties and/or their successors. The amendment pertinent to the current motion was made by letter bearing the date of July 2, 1996. (Decl. of C. Love, supra, Ex. F.) Paragraph 1(b) of that 1996 letter amendment addresses the Boxed Set. It reads, in pertinent part: You [the LLC] agree to Deliver to Geffen a so-called 'boxed set' Multiple Record LP comprised of no less than forty-five (45) Masters embodying previously unreleased recordings of musical performances by Artist, so-called 'B-sides,' and other Masters (the 'Boxed Set'). The Masters to be embodied on the Boxed Set shall be determined by you in meaningful, good faith consultation with Geffen . . . You shall Deliver the Boxed Set to Geffen no later than June 30, 2001 . . . "

"With regard to the Boxed Set, plaintiff Love asks this Court to enjoin Grohl and Novoselic from delivery of Masters to Geffen/Universal and to enjoin Geffen/Universal from any action on the Boxed Set pending further court order, thereby halting all negotiations and actions until the Court decides otherwise."

"CONCLUSION: On the present record, Courtney Love has the clear contractual power to prevent release of previously unreleased recordings of Kurt Cobain without her consent. An injunction will issue to prevent the irreparable injury that would flow if Grohl or Novoselic deliver or otherwise release previously unreleased masters to Geffen/Universal without her consent, including specifically any recording by Kurt Cobain of 'You Know You're Right.' There is no need to enter an injunction against Geffen/Universal at this time with regard to the Boxed Set. There is no showing of wrongful acts in any negotiations over the Boxed Set, and no showing that they have possession of the disputed Cobain recording as to which an injunction might properly issue to prevent premature unauthorized release. In the absence of evidence establishing the contrary, this Court presumes that both sides will negotiate in good faith about the inclusion of masters in the Boxed Set. "

Once again, read the full document here. Very interesting reading. The motion reads, in part; "Defendants Grohl, Novoselic and Nirvana, L.L.C. are specifically prohibited from releasing to defendants Geffen/Universal or any other person or entity, and from otherwise publishing, the song 'You Know You're Right' without either the written consent of plaintiffs or further Court Order. " In other words, only Courtney can release this song - as it looks right now. Read the complete Seattle Times article here. Thanks to Cary Smith, Maria, Bastian, Dave, Jonathan and others for the link. Apparently Krist Novoselic put up an article of his own on his website about this issue, but it has since been taken down. Krist's article is very interesting, as it describes the development of Nirvana, and Krist's take on the whole issue. You can read it here.

AllStar and CDNow also put up a story about the case that you can read here. Finally, it should be noted that both the CDNow story and the Seattle Times story note an October 23, 2001 release date for the box. However, the 10th anniversary for Nevermind is September 24. It's certainly possible that the October date is the correct one, though.

Today, the 30th annual Roskilde Festival in Denmark started. The festival was struck by tragedy last year, as 9 people lost their life due to an incident during a Pearl Jam concert. But the festival, where Nirvana played in 1992, continued and this year it features extensive security precautions - especially on the large stages - to prevent further incidents like last year. With a bit of a dull lineup, the biggest names on the bill this year include Deftones, Bob Dylan, AQUA, The Cure, Green Lizard, PJ Harvey, Queens of the stone age, Stereo MC's, Tool, Neil Young and Robbie Williams. Unfortunately, the headliner Guns N' Roses cancelled their show a couple of months ago. Check the Roskilde Festival website for more info. Click here for a 40-page document detailing the security precautions taken at this year's festival.

A new section of the site opened a few days ago. The section is a little webpage for the NFC Chatroom on the IRC network. The page features profiles for some of the most active users, and some interesting statistics about the channel - updated daily. You can also find the rules you need to follow in order to use the channel. And, of course, there is the actual chatroom which can be used from your browser as well as a regular IRC client (such as mIRC). To check out the new page, just go here. Special thanks to 'marshgas' for his hard work.

"Hey, just thought I'd let you know: Kurt Cobain is featured on the cover of the US 'Guitar One' magazine. This August 2001 edition is dedicated to guitarists 'gone too soon'. There is also an article about Kurt, but it's general knowledge, so it's not really interesting." Click here for a scan of the magazine's cover. Thanks to Marian for the news and the cover scan. Dave added more info; "It has Kurt on the cover and talks about fallen heroes. There are many people in it and [it] talks about all their deaths and why they were so good. Buzz Osborne says 'Kurt wasn't noted as a guitar hero - guitar heroes have that marvel comics - style mystique. His biggest guitar contribution is that he pissed off people in metal, so they went away and he sold way more records with half as much effort in the process.'"

"The bassist and drummer (Mike Inez, Sean Kinney) from Alice in Chains started a band called Spys 4 Darwin, and in an interview they were talking about how the band came about. They said they jammed with the people in Seattle like Soundgarden and said that Krist Novoselic hung out and played with them a lot, but apparently they said none of it was recorded. Thought this was interesting cause no one's been up to speed on what he's been doing lately really. For the interview, go here". Thanks to Tom!

At around 5 PM Eastern Time, the counter on the main page of this site passed 4 million! In other words, since this site opened on April 8th 1997, it has been visited more than 4 million times. Or the main page has at least. Thanks to all the visitors.

The 2nd NFC Compilation has now been released! The "NFC Compilation: Volume II" features almost 50 songs made by people who post on the NFC Discussion Board (or their bands). The entire compilation is currently available for download as high quality MP3 files. You can download the songs, read the liner notes, and get more info on the project by following this link. A huge thanks to all the talented artists involved.

"Despite admitting they are anxious to take a break, the Foo Fighters are preparing to record the follow up to 1999's 'Nothing Left to Lose.' 'As much as we'd like to take a vacation and enjoy life outside of the band, I think we've finally realized that the best part about life is this band, and there's nothing we'd rather do,' writes Foos frontman Dave Grohl in a post on the band's Web site." Story courtesy of Rolling Stone.

Sam was kind enough to transcribe the liner notes for the two Nirvana tribute albums and send them in. Check out the liner notes to the album, "A Tribute to Nirvana" (the one with a dolphin on the cover) here, and the notes for "Smells Like Bleach" here.

"Just to let you know a new 'various artists' compilation will be released tomorrow (June 19) called 'Music of the Millenium' and supposedly has a Nirvana song on it (unknown at this time) and has other musicians such as David Bowie, Blur and Elton John." Thanks to 'Cobainela'.

"In Holland, and in several countries in Europe I guess, there's this commercial for Mars (the chocolate bar). Well, I have to admit I didn't pay much attention to what the commercial shows, but it includes a guy in a desert or so, knocking on a (fortress door) to be let in, then eating a mars bar, and walking off again. But that's not the main thing: The song being played during this is 'Where Did You Sleep Last Night'. That's a Leadbelly song, I know. But this version is the same as Nirvana's. In fact, it's a cover of Nirvana's cover! It's played and sung the same, and it includes the raw singing in the end of the song, like Cobain did and all. It was played the exact same way. So I guess you could say it's a Nirvana cover." Thanks to Marcel!

"In the July 5, 2001 issue of Rolling Stone, there's an article about Buddy Arnold, the man who runs the Musicians' Assistance Program to help musicians with drug problems, etc. In the article, he says: 'Failure and death are built into what I do. Kurt Cobain - He was a nice kid. Very soft-spoken, warm, no pretensions. Kurt said to me once, 'Buddy, I play all the wrong notes. All I do is turn up the distortion level.' I never understood that, but now I think I do. He wasn't dealing with a melodic or harmonic line. He was dealing with some kind of emotional impact. That's what that music was about. That's what his life was about. I've learned you can't ever tell who's going to make it, or who won't.'" Thanks to Bruce for passing this on.

"This website which offers information about Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson claims that a cover of Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit was recorded by Marilyn Manson. However, due to Courtney's feud with the lead singer, the song was pulled from the final film of Moulin Rouge. It was replaced with the melody that your site mentions." This sounds a bit odd, but check this link for more info. Courtesy of Lon Markham.

"A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has denied 11 of the 15 clauses of action filed by Courtney Love against Universal Music Group in which the singer-actress is charging the company with a variety of California labor codes and contractual misdeeds. Love is seeking to end her contract with Universal (which is also suing Love for her attempt to bail on her contract)." These past few weeks haven't exactly been kind for Courtney Love; first she had a miscarriage, then she was the victim of a $100.000 theft (including the wedding ring given to her by Kurt Cobain), and now her lawsuit against UMG seems to be more or less falling apart. Story courtesy of AllStar News.

Another incident has happened to Courtney Love while shooting her latest movie in Vancouver; "More than $100,000 in jewels and other items were stolen from Courtney Love's hotel suite while she was out filming a movie, her manager said. Among the items said to have been taken is the wedding ring she received from Kurt Cobain, the Nirvana lead singer who killed himself in 1994 in the couple's Seattle home. Love arrived last month in Vancouver to shoot the movie '24 Hours' with Kevin Bacon and Charlize Theron. Also missing are a $30,000 ring that actor Edward Norton gave Love 'at a time when he had only $40,000 to his name,' and diamond bracelets she received from a former boyfriend/manager, said Lisa Shaw, a manager working with Love during her stay here. Toys belonging to Love's daughter with Cobain, Frances Bean, also were taken last week, Shaw said." Story courtesy of AP and Yahoo! Click here for a nice picture of Courtney and Frances at the recent premiere of the movie Pearl Harbor, courtesy of Reidar.

"Next Sunday night (the 17th) on VH1 they are doing a 'Behind The Music' on [the year] 1994. In the commerical for the show, it features an interview from Kurt and later they show a clip of 'Heart-Shaped Box'. All of this fun info leads me to believe that there's going to be something about Nirvana in the show." More than likely. Thanks to 'Mr. Apple', Greg and others for this one. VH-1 also did a 'Behind the Music' special in 1992, I believe, that featured an interview with Krist Novoselic.

This year's MTV Movie Awards featured a brief Nirvana appearance, as the presentation of the first nominee for the "Best Breakthrough Performance - Female" award included a clip of Nirvana's "In Bloom". The entertaining show was attended by many celebrities in the movie and music business, including Britney Spears, Jim Carrey, Mena Suvari, Tara Reid, George Lucas, John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson and many others. The show was aired today in Europe and in the US a few days ago. Thanks to Jordana and Rob for the news.

As mentioned earlier here, the new movie "Moulin Rouge" starring Nicole Kidman features a special musical version of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit". The song, however, is NOT on the soundtrack for the movie but integrated into a scene of the actual movie; "In the beginning of Moulin Rouge the cast breaks out into a song and they sing the lines 'Here we are now entertain us' for about ten minutes". Some more details; "In a dancing scene where the characters are supposed to be doing the 'can-can' (I believe) they begin to sing some songs. The entire movie has modern day songs such as Roxanne by The Police and Like a Virgin by Madonna, but this one scene has everyone singing Smells Like Teen Spirit." Thanks to Antonio and Lex for this info. Apparently, the director Baz Luhrmann had to beg Courtney Love (who owns the rights to Nirvana's music) for a while to get permission to use the song. The actual soundtrack contains songs with vocals by David Bowie, Christina Aguilera, Nicole Kidman, and Bono of U2.

"It's not really news because it's not new, but I just wanted to let you now that the Belgian alternative radiostation 'Studio Brussel' has an annual program called 'De tijdloze top 100' (The timeless top 100) and Nirvana's SLTS has had the first place for two years now!" Thanks to 'Negative Creep'.

"I just heard on the radio yesterday that a band called 'Scandle-us' are going to do a cover of Nirvana's SLTS. There is more to it though. Basically this band is Australia's Spice Girls -- a manufactured boy/girl band." Thanks to Chris for this one.

Nirvana is mentioned in the May 2001 issue of the British magazine "Rock Sound". The magazine offers a couple of Nirvana posters. Thanks to Tony C. and Brandon W. Also remember that there is a lengthy article about "In Utero" in the May 2001 issue of Mojo magazine, as mentioned earlier. It might be available at your local Tower Records. Thanks to the beautiful Natalie for that one.