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The Nirvana frontman’s outfits in the early ’90s pushed back against binary fashion norms and captured the rebellious energy of grunge, ...
Cobain’s “performance persona allowed him to blend femininities into rock music’s toxic staging of masculinity — for instance by wearing dresses,” Jacki Willson, associate professor in ...
A note Cobain wrote his wife, Courtney Love, which was found with him when he died, "was written on Phoenix Hotel stationery," the newspaper noted. The note was eventually released by police and ...
For weeks, Jimi Hendrix fans mourned the loss of the musician and grunge fans that enjoyed Nirvana didn’t know what to do after Kurt Cobain took his life. In the whirlwind of music history, some ...
A legendary guitar once owned by Kurt Cobain has become the centerpiece of a new exhibition at London’s Royal College of Music.
Within the slew of alternative bands that burst onto the scene in the early 90s, there was something special about Nirvana. In particular, there was something really special about the band's ...
More than a decade after the Melvins‘ Kurt Cobain–decorated 1972 Dodge van was listed on eBay, the “Melvan” is headed back to auction. The Kiss illustration that Cobain left on the vehicle ...
A guitar played and smashed by Kurt Cobain during Nirvana's 1992 European tour sold for $101,500 on Saturday night at Gotta Have Rock and Roll. The white Fender Stratocaster, which has since been ...
Kurt Cobain stole Sharpie markers to draw his Kiss mural on the van. Julien's Auctions The most coveted part of the legendary vehicle will be the piece boasting late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain ...
When you think rock 'n’ roll, chances are a vintage photo of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love pops into your head. Cobain, the lead singer of the grunge band Nirvana, and Love, the lead singer of ...
The battered van will be dismantled after Record Store Day, but parts of it, including the one with Kurt Cobain's drawing, will be auctioned off in late May.