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 [2010-08-31] Official Nirvana release: ICON [2010-07-17] New videos of readings by 'Grunge is Dead' author [2010-07-07] Krist blogs about Nirvana's 1992 Roskilde show [2010-05-13] Courtney Love To Sell Nirvana Back Catalogue [2010-05-13] Q&A with Alice Wheeler + exhibit at Seattle Art Museum [2010-05-13] Nirvana Revenge - new app for the iPhone [2009-11-03] NFC's review of Live at Reading DVD |
| NFC News Official Nirvana release: ICON | |
 Today, Universal Music released 30 albums with the greatest hits, signature tunes and fan favorites of some of the most popular artists on their roster, including Nirvana.The compilation album Nirvana - Icon offers the following tracklisting spanning some 40 minutes: 1. You Know You're Right 2. Smells Like Teen Spirit 3. Come As You Are 4. Lithium 5. In Bloom 6. Heart-Shaped Box 7. Pennyroyal Tea 8. Rape Me 9. Dumb 10. About A Girl (MTV Unplugged) 11. All Apologies (MTV Unplugged) The low-priced 11-track collection contains no previously unreleased material and is in fact shorter than the 2002 best-of compilation (simply named "Nirvana"). More info here. Nirvana: ICON is out in stores in the US from today. | |
    Posted or updated: 08-31-2010 @ 2:26 PM (GMT) by RH. |
| NFC News Previously unreleased Nirvana concert film to be screened |
| "Nirvana: Live @ The Cattle Club Feb 12, 1990" screens this Friday night (August 20) at the Crest Theatre, 1013 K St. in Sacramento, CA. Doors open at 7 p.m. with the film beginning at 8 p.m. Admission is free. The 20-year old video recording was shot on two cameras and has never been aired in public before. Read more about the event here, courtesy of Sacramento Press. |
| Posted or updated: 08-18-2010 @ 7:25 PM (GMT) by RH. |
| NFC News New videos of readings by 'Grunge is Dead' author |
 Author of the book Grunge is Dead, Greg Prato, did some readings for his book recently in Long Island and Seattle. Check out video clips below from the readings.New York (includes a snippet about Mark Arm talking about opening for Nirvana on the 'In Utero' tour, and a conversation he had w/ Kurt Cobain) Seattle (includes a story about Eddie Vedder's first show with Pearl Jam) Thanks to Greg for the links. Check out his MySpace page here! |
| Posted or updated: 07-17-2010 @ 7:43 AM (GMT) by RH. |
| NFC News Krist blogs about Nirvana's 1992 Roskilde show |
| Great blog post from Krist where he talks about Nirvana's performance at the 1992 Roskilde Festival in Denmark. As it happens, the Nirvana performance coincided with Denmark's soccer team playing (and winning) the final in the European Football Championship: "Even though we didn't watch the match, we were rooting for Denmark. It wasn't about Germany, it was about our own self-interest. If Denmark won, then the crowd would be all the more amped. You see, a rock show is a reciprocal arrangement--if the crowd gives off energy, the band gives it back." Read the full post here. |
| Posted or updated: 07-07-2010 @ 7:46 AM (GMT) by RH. |
| NFC News New In Utero footage |
| Recently, there was a VH1 special entitled Behind The Music - Courtney Love. It included some new footage of the In Utero recording sessions and of possibly the Hole sessions (some footage of Kurt there during the sessions). You can read a little bit more here.
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| Posted or updated: 06-23-2010 @ 1:37 AM (GMT) by Nathan. |
| NFC News Nirvana's Unplugged in New York in the Top Ten Live Albums by 411mania.com |
| Nirvana's album Unplugged in New York is featured at number two in the Top Ten Live Albums by 411mania.com. Nirvana's MTV Unplugged, a somber album that revealed much about the band. The quieter, acoustic versions of their songs showed a band that had been hiding underneath all along while also giving some hints as to where the band may have gone in the future if not for Kurt Cobain's suicide. Like with Jeff Buckley, Cobain's death hangs over the entire show, but it also gives the show a context that makes it much more emotional than it would have been otherwise. The pain in Cobain's voice is almost uncomfortable at times, and it doesn't get easier when you remember what would eventually happen. The chart also includes the likes of Johnny Cash, Jeff Buckley and Neil Young. |
| Posted or updated: 06-04-2010 @ 9:17 PM (GMT) by Oana. |
| NFC News Cobain featured in Gibson's Top 50 Guitarists of All Time |
| Kurt Cobain is featured at number 49 in Gibson's Top 50 Guitarists of All Time, alongside the likes of David Gilmour, Richard Thompson and John Frusciante. Even though he was a left-handed guitarist who, even after success came fast and hard, adamantly stuck with the junk shop models that would barely stay in tune when he played, Cobain had a totally unique ability to harness power. I'm the first to admit that I’m no virtuoso, he once said. I can’t play like Segovia. The flip side of that is that Segovia could probably never have played like me. See the full list here. |
| Posted or updated: 05-25-2010 @ 7:40 PM (GMT) by Oana. |
| NFC News Courtney's reps deny intent of selling Nirvana catalogue rights |
| Contacted by Entertainment Weekly, Courtney Love's representatives denied the Cobain window's alleged intent of selling her 75% stake in the Nirvana song catalogue to global investment firm Oaktree Capital, for $162 million - a story that made the rounds the past few weeks. In 2006, Courtney sold 25% of her share of the band’s publishing rights to Larry Mestal, a former Virgin Records executive, for $50 million. |
| Posted or updated: 05-25-2010 @ 7:30 PM (GMT) by Oana. |
| NFC News Krist makes it to a list for once |
| In an interesting example of irony, Krist Novoselic was recently mentioned as having one of the top 25 most embarrassing moments in music history. This may be one of the few times we may see him on a list...you can check out the gory details here.
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| Posted or updated: 05-21-2010 @ 12:38 AM (GMT) by Nathan. |
| NFC News Jake Gyllenhaal to play Kurt Cobain in biopic? |
| Prince of Persia star Jake Gyllenhaal recently told NME he could bleach his hair to play Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, although he isn't sure if he'd be the right choice to impersonate the late musician in a much-mooted biopic.
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| Posted or updated: 05-18-2010 @ 6:52 PM (GMT) by Oana. |
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