A Kurt Cobain stage-smashed Fender Stratocaster is going up for auction By Jackson Maxwell published 3 May 23 Signed by all three members of Nirvana, the Strat also features a note from Cobain addressed to the Screaming Trees' Mark Lanegan
Paul McCartney: “Somebody whispered to me ‘That’s Nirvana. You’re Kurt.’ I couldn’t believe it” By Nick Wells published 31 March 23 Bassist Krist Novoselic revisits the time the ex-Beatle fronted a Nirvana reunion gig
Nirvana, Nile Rodgers and Heart's Ann and Nancy Wilson honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards at the Grammys By Sam Roche published 6 February 23 The Lifetime Achievement Award is given to those who have made “creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording”
An engineer has programmed a terrifying all-robot band – watch it nail Nirvana, Metallica and Deep Purple classics By Matt Owen published 10 January 23 One Hacker Band is assembling the trio of the future, which has so far made light work of Enter Sandman, Smoke on the Water and even AI-generated original material
Nirvana, Nile Rodgers and Heart’s Nancy and Ann Wilson all honored with 2023 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards By Matt Parker published 6 January 23 The Recording Academy has announced the list of honorees for this year, and it’s studded with iconic guitar talent
Krist Novoselic: “The bass got caught in the TV lights – and then boom!” By Joel McIver published 8 December 22 At the 1992 MTV Awards, Nirvana bassman Krist Novoselic threw his Gibson 25 feet in the air, forgetting it would come down again shortly afterwards
Watch soldiers from the US and Indian armies perform Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit By Matt Parker published 5 December 22 The term 'joint military exercise' takes on new meaning
A YouTuber has built a pedal to clone Kurt Cobain’s home demo tone By Matt Parker published 2 December 22 Producer/songwriter Aaron Rash has hand-wired a pedal he calls the Engine
Kurt Cobain’s Boss DS-1 sells for $75,000 – is this the most expensive pedal sold at auction? By Matt Parker published 16 November 22 The highly personalized distortion pedal recently went for more than Jimi Hendrix’s Band of Gypsys Octavia pedal
Kurt Cobain’s stage-smashed 1973 Fender Mustang sells for nearly $500,000 at auction By Matt Owen published 14 November 22 The sunburst offset was smashed in 1989, and its remains were swapped for a Gibson SG after Cobain's guitar-destroying performance left him without an instrument to play
Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear Reflect on the Making of Nirvana's 'In Utero' By Alan di Perna last updated 4 November 22
Kurt Cobain-signed 1973 Fender Mustang – which he smashed onstage in 1989 – goes up for auction By Matt Owen published 2 November 22 The signed guitar was later exchanged for a Gibson SG, after Cobain's guitar-smashing antics left him without a guitar to play for Nirvana's gigs
Billy Corgan claims Butch Vig stole his guitar sound for Nirvana’s Nevermind By Matt Parker published 2 November 22 The Smashing Pumpkins frontman says he made the comment directly to the producer on first hearing the record in 1991
Watch Red Hot Chili Peppers cover Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit with John Frusciante on lead vocals By Michael Astley-Brown last updated 1 November 22 The funk-rockers tackled the grunge classic during a recent show at Flea’s Silverlake Conservatory of Music
The greatest guitar albums of the '90s By Jenna Scaramanga published 8 September 22 From Pearl Jam to Pantera, Metallica to Morello
Watch Nirvana's legendary Reading 1992 set in full in remastered 4K By Jackson Maxwell published 30 August 22 The band's final UK performance – an explosive 25-song set widely regarded as one of the band's greatest – occurred 30 years ago today
Stranger Things’ Joseph Quinn reveals his personal guitar heroes By Matt Parker published 19 August 22 The actor behind metalhead Eddie Munson talks about the guitarists who influenced his playing and the steady diet of heavy metal that informed his preparation for the role
How to play funk guitar – a beginner’s guide By Jenna Scaramanga published 1 August 22 Here we unpack the rudiments of funk scratching in a lesson that will help you perfect your strumming technique and improve your rhythmic sensibility
Watch Tommy Emmanuel and Mike Dawes’ thrilling acoustic cover of Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit By Jonathan Horsley published 23 June 22 In this GW premiere, the acoustic virtuoso duo combine powers to rework the era-defining grunge anthem, with spectacular results
Kurt Cobain’s Smells Like Teen Spirit Fender Mustang sells at auction for $4.5 million By Matt Owen published 23 May 22 The winning bid from Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay makes the iconic offset the second most expensive guitar sold at auction, overtaking David Gilmour's Black Strat