• Meat Puppets Look Back on Nirvana 'MTV Unplugged' for 20th Anniversary

    Perhaps the most memorable music television performance of the last 20 years came in 1994, when Nirvana did the impossible and became more popular with a one-night stint on "MTV Unplugged in New York."With Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic that night were The Meat Puppets, one of Nirvana's favorite bands. The groups were on tour together, so the choice to include the Puppets was natural, even if MTV would have preferred Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam."It was just whispers, kind of feeling a little bit like we snuck in there," Curt Kirkwood recently told "Billboard" about the experience. "But at the same time, they had to be nice to us 'cause it was at the behest of the headliners ... I think they thought they might get Eddie Vedder out there ... the Pearl Jam thing came up. But once again — we'd been outsiders up to that point, so I figured it was just par for the course. We're outsiders. They're outsiders, too. Nirvana was definitely coming from the outside ... But I kind of got a kick out of it, like, 'Oh, they don't want us here? Good.'"

  • Dave Grohl: Lorde's 'Royals' Is a 'Revolution in a Sea of Bulls--t,' Foo Fighters Frontman Slams Pop Music

    Dave Grohl established that he was a fan of Lorde earlier this year, and he even invited the New Zealand singer to perform with Nirvana at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in April. The Foo Fighters frontman continued to praise the singer-songwriter in a new interview, especially her "Pure Heroine" hit "Royals."In an interview with the Red Bulletin, Grohl talked about why he and Krist Novoselic chose to perform with female lead vocalists for their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame performance."Because Kurt was a feminist," he said about the band's deceased leader, Kurt Cobain. "And someone suggested Joan Jett. I mean, Joan Jett, she's the first lady of rock 'n' roll. She's the one. Then it was like, 'What about Kim Gordon?' She and Kurt were great friends, they loved each other and Sonic Youth were our heroes. 'Yeah, let's get Kim.'""Lorde was my idea," he added about the pop singer who performed "All Apologies" with the band. "Her song 'Royals' is its own little revolution in the sea of bulls--t."Grohl went on to call today's pop music "superficial" and "devoid of meaning."

  • Lorde Talks 'Hunger Games' and Nirvana in Recent Interview; 'Royals' Singer Is Taking Her Time with New Album

    Lorde has been pretty busy since her debut album, "Pure Heroine," dropped last year. The "Royals" singer has been parodied on "South Park," performed with Nirvana at the band's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony and was even charged with curating the soundtrack for "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1."In a recent interview with "Rolling Stone's" Brian Hiatt, Lorde talked about her many adventures in music, which included a tour stop in her native New Zealand last month."It definitely feels like a bit of a victory lap," she said.The singer got the Hunger Games gig in July and it has taken up a lot of her precious time.

  • Kurt Cobain's Mixtape Before Nirvana's 'Bleach' Has Surfaced [LISTEN]

    Any bit of unreleased work by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain is just another glimpse into a world of one young man's passion for making music. In a recently discovered tape that the singer made in 1988, it's evident that there was more to Cobain than what would come in a year later with his band's first release, Bleach.

  • Dave Matthews, Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic Post Twitter Selfie Following DMB ‘Under The Table And Dreaming’ 20th Anniversary [PHOTO]

    Yes, it’s true. Dave Matthews and Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic have posted a selfie to Twitter … and the world is totally excited! At least, Twitter is. The iconic bassist posted the photo to the social media platform last night, saying he ran into the Dave Matthews Band frontman at Boeing Field in Seattle, WA. Matthews is currently riding high – not only because he and the bassist ran into one another – but also because his band’s debut major label album Under the Table and Dreaming just turned 20 years old.
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