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- The musical genres of The Smashing Pumpkins have impacted many musicians, including Marilyn Manson, Mark Hoppus, Panic! at the Disco, and many more. However, one band took inspiration from them, especially from its lead singer Billy Corgan, despite the fact that these names openly acknowledged the band’s impact on them. The musician recently revealed to Rick Beato how Nirvana copied the sound of his guitar. The Smashing Pumpkins collaborated with producer Butch Vig in 1991 at his Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin, for their debut studio album, “Gish.” The band later had the chance to collaborate with Vig once again on their second album in late 1992. While Vig assisted them in their professional endeavors, he also benefited from their cooperation. Recently, Billy Corgan reflected on his discussion of Nirvana with Vig. So, we were extremely close to Butch, he added, after hearing their song “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” Butch yells to go for what will become “Nevermind.” We were with ...

- The blue left-handed Fender Mustang electric guitar is estimated to fetch between one million to two million US dollars (£820,000 to £1.64 million). A guitar played by Kurt Cobain at Nirvana’s last performance is estimated to fetch between one million to two million US dollars (£820,000 to £1.64 million) at auction. - Julien’s Auctions has announced a line-up of rock ‘n’ roll items to mark its 20-year anniversary, including Eric Clapton’s guitar The Fool and Cobain’s SkyStang I. Cobain’s blue Fender Mustang electric guitar was used during Nirvana’s 1993 to 1994 tour dates, up to the band’s final performance with Cobain at Terminal Einz in Munich in March 1994, which took place just over a month before the singer’s death. A Fender Stratocaster, also played by Cobain, is expected to be auctioned for between 500,000 to 700,000 dollars (£409,393 to £573,150). The cream electric guitar was smashed at the end of Nirvana’s performance in Buenos Aires in 1992 and th...

- During a conversation with Revolver, Melvins frontman Buzz Osborne talked about Nirvana and the late Kurt Cobain, remembering how he took Kurt to his first gig. Osborne and Melvins are promoting their 25th studio album, titled "Five Legged Dog." When the interviwer said, "You took Kurt Cobain to his first show, which was a Black Flag gig. What was that night like?", Buzz replied (transcribed by UG): - "It was a hall that maybe held three or four hundred people, maybe 500 if it was packed - it was not packed. It was a Black Flag [1984's] 'Slip Ut In' tour. "We were friends with Kurt and had been for a long time, and I've been going into weird music for a lot longer than that. "The beginning musically, for me, was all on my own. There were no record stores where I lived, there were no radio stations that would play anything weird. "I discovered all that through pictures and magazines and ordered the records through mail ord...

- The feud between Nirvana and Guns N’ Roses is a notorious one. Whilst the war would never surpass the verbal, it’s still one of the most famous from the 1990s and in rock history, as the two groups represented an antithesis of one another.  Guns N’ Roses were unapologetic in their excess and had more in common with the ’80s hair metal scene than they did the grunge movement. In many ways, Nirvana and their Seattle peers were a stylistic reaction to this kind of music and off-stage behaviour, so there was no surprise, given their status, that the two would eventually come into contact and conflict. - However, it wasn’t as simple as that, and perhaps, the feud had a lot to do with Nirvana leader Kurt Cobain provoking Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose. After Nirvana released their sophomore album,  Nevermind , in September 1991, they were the biggest band on the planet, and everybody wanted a piece of them.  Their music was so refreshing that Rose even stated tha...

- Frances Bean Cobain launches Kurt Cobain clothing line Kurt Cobain's daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, has curated a new official clothing collection to commemorate her late father. - Frances Bean  Cobain  has worked with The End of Music - the business arm of the Nirvana frontman's estate - and Live Nation Merchandise on 'Kurt Was Here', a range of t-shirts, sweatshirts and hoodies adorned with paintings, sketches and hand-written notes by the 'Lithium' singer, who died in 1994. The collection - which is being sold in Barneys in the US, Selfridges in the UK and online at KurtCobainShop.com - features over 50 garments, in unisex styling and sizing, and the designs have not been edited or re-sized onto the pieces, instead taken directly from Kurt's original artwork. It is unclear to what extent 27-year-old Frances - whose mother is Courtney Love - worked on the collection, aside from picking the source material, but the range was "designed under th...

- During an appearance on Absolute Radio , Foo Fighters frontman and former Nirvana drummer, Dave Grohl, looked back on his time with Kurt Cobain and co. in the wake of the 30th anniversary of the band's monumental 1991 record "Nevermind." When asked, "Does it feel like 30 years ago, or was it just like yesterday?", Grohl replied (transcribed by UG): - "It feels like a lifetime ago. I feel like I lived a few lifetimes since then. But I don't necessarily feel any different than I did. "I was 22 when that record came out. I feel 22 until I look in the mirror and go, 'Oh, I'm not 22 anymore...' "To me, Nirvana really was three people with some instruments that made a big noise, and we drove around in vans, and we played in clubs, and we did things like that. "And then it became something else. "I look at Nirvana much differently than someone else might. It's become such a big part of popular culture. Everywhere I ...

- The rock world has witnessed a lot of  rivalries , especially among the bands that emerged in the same era. Even though personal issues were often the triggers, the music industry’s encouragement of competition also fueled some disputes. Competition in the music industry was a direct result of  marketization , which ironically goes against rock music’s rebellious nature. - The early ’90s were the years when alternative rock emerged to protest popular music, and ‘alternative’ distinguished the genre from the mainstream. However, due to the inevitable and aggressive intervention of the market, it paradoxically became popular. On the bright side, it helped the bands to convey their criticism through their songs to larger audiences. In those years when marketization swallowed alternative music, two legendary bands began their musical journey in the Seattle leg of the alternative rock scene:  Nirvana and Pearl Jam. A possible collaboration of these two would probably ...