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eMusic Editors' Picks: 20 Bands Kurt Cobain Loved

Our friends at eMusic are sharing some of their favorite albums with us each week. This week, the focus is on those bands that helped shape Kurt Cobain's own musical vision.  read more

Courtney Love to Pen Autobiography

Courtney Love is slated to “set the record straight” with a new tell all memoir. She inked a deal with William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, to write her life story alongside best-selling author Anthony Bozzo.  read more

The 15 Best Nirvana Songs Not On Nevermind

Nirvana’s Nevermind, one of the most important albums of the 1990s, celebrated its 20th anniversary over the weekend. It launched Kurt Cobain, Kirst Novoselic and Dave Grohl into superstardom and changed the trajectory of popular music.  read more

Watch Joseph Gordon-Levitt Perform Surprise Nirvana Cover

Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt was at the Neptune Theatre in Seattle on Tuesday to promote his web-based collaboration project "hitRECord":http://www.hitrecord.org/reel and surprised the crowd with a cover of Nirvana's "Lithium." He performed the song solo, accompanied only by an electric guitar.  read more

Kurt Cobain's Hometown to Name a Bridge After Him?

Kurt Cobain’s hometown of Aberdeen, Wash. may commemorate the famed Nirvana frontman in way he would have openly mocked if he were still living: they want to name a bridge after him....  read more

14 Jobs Musicians Had Before They Were Famous

Let’s face it. Nobody is born a rock star. During the long and winding road to stardom, there are quite a few pit stops. Somewhere along the way, most musicians have to take another job to make ends meet. Here are just a few musicians who worked hard to pay the bills before fame struck....  read more

10 Brilliant Musicians Who've Battled Mental Illness

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. So we decided to honor a few of those musicians who have battled with mental illness against all odds, while giving us wonderful music.  read more

Kurt Cobain's Unsent MTV Note Now Up for Auction

Apparently the year 1993 bred some animosity between Kurt Cobain and MTV. Although he never sent the angry note that will soon be going up for auction, some speculate his fury stemmed from MTV’s hype of 1991’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”...  read more

Courtney Love claims millions have been stolen

Courtney Love has landed her lipstick-smeared smile firmly in the spotlight once again, but this time it's money, not ashes, that have been stolen from her. The first widow of rock claims that  as much as $530 million may have been nabbed from the fortune she inherited from her husband. Her lawyer, Rhonda J. Holmes, blames Love's investors.  ...  read more

Marc Forster rumored to be director on Kurt Cobain biopic

There would seem to be few tasks more thankless than making a biopic of Kurt Cobain. Gus Van Sant turned enough protective heads with Last Days (pictured), and that was only about someone whose final hours very much resembled Cobain’s. ...  read more