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Kurt Cobain (left) and the world’s most expensive guitar pick – used in 1990, to make the Nevermind demos
The world’s most expensive guitar pick? A Kurt Cobain-signed plectrum, thought to have tracked the Nevermind demos, has sold at auction for over $14,000

By Matt Parker Published

The pick features Cobain’s doodled take on the Dunlop Tortex logo. “I knew this piece was special when I saw it,” says buyer Shaun Ertischek

Guitar Picks
Kurt Cobain's stage-smashed Fender Stratocaster sold at auction for $600,000
Is this the most expensive smashed guitar ever sold? Kurt Cobain’s stage-smashed Fender Stratocaster sells at auction for $600,000 – 10 times its initial estimate

By Matt Parker Published

The instrument, signed by all three members of Nirvana, er, smashed expectations in the recent sale

Electric Guitars
Krist Novoselic of Nirvana during MTV Live and Loud: Nirvana Performs Live - December 1993 at Pier 28 in Seattle, Washington, United States.
The 5 Nirvana basslines you need to hear

By Joel McIver Published

From Smells Like Teen Spirit to About a Girl, here are Krist Novoselic’s five greatest basslines

Bassists
Kurt Cobain plays a Fender Stratocaster (left), the aforementioned Stratocaster after it was smashed by Kurt Cobain
A Kurt Cobain stage-smashed Fender Stratocaster is going up for auction

By Jackson Maxwell Published

Signed by all three members of Nirvana, the Strat also features a note from Cobain addressed to the Screaming Trees' Mark Lanegan

Electric Guitars
Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl perform live at Safeco Field on July 19, 2013 in Seattle, Washington.
Paul McCartney: “Somebody whispered to me ‘That’s Nirvana. You’re Kurt.’ I couldn’t believe it”

By Nick Wells Published

Bassist Krist Novoselic revisits the time the ex-Beatle fronted a Nirvana reunion gig

Bassists
(from left) Krist Novoselic, Nile Rodgers, Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson perform onstage
Nirvana, Nile Rodgers and Heart's Ann and Nancy Wilson honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards at the Grammys

By Sam Roche Published

The Lifetime Achievement Award is given to those who have made “creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording”

Events & Trade Shows
One Hacker Band
An engineer has programmed a terrifying all-robot band – watch it nail Nirvana, Metallica and Deep Purple classics

By Matt Owen Published

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

Bands
Nancy Wilson of Heart, Nile Rodgers and Nirvana's Kurt Cobain
Nirvana, Nile Rodgers and Heart’s Nancy and Ann Wilson all honored with 2023 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards

By Matt Parker Published

The Recording Academy has announced the list of honorees for this year, and it’s studded with iconic guitar talent

Events & Trade Shows
Nirvana during 1992 MTV Video Music Awards - Rehearsals at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California, United States
Krist Novoselic: “The bass got caught in the TV lights – and then boom!”

By Joel McIver Published

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

Bassists
Soldiers from the Indian ASSAM regiment 11th Airborne Division of the US Army perform
Watch soldiers from the US and Indian armies perform Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit

By Matt Parker Published

The term 'joint military exercise' takes on new meaning

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