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Kurt Cobain
Kurt Cobain’s Marshall cabinet sells at auction for $93,000

By Matt Owen Published

The heavily used cab featured in auction alongside six strands of the Nirvana legend’s hair, which sold for an eye-watering $14,145

Speaker Cabinets
Cobain cab
Kurt Cobain’s stage-used Marshall cabinet, signed guitar and... hair are up for auction

By Richard Bienstock Published

You could be the new owner of the heavily used Marshall 1960B 4x12 – or six strands of the Nirvana frontman's golden locks

Guitar Gear
Kurt Cobain
The secrets behind Kurt Cobain‘s guitar tone on Nirvana‘s Smells Like Teen Spirit

By Chris Gill Published

How Cobain changed popular music forever with a modded Strat, a Mesa/Boogie and a couple of everyday stompboxes

Guitarists
Jimi Hendrix performs onstage at the Monterey Pop Festival on June 18, 1967 in Monterey, California
An artificial intelligence algorithm has created “new” Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana songs

By Richard Bienstock Published

A new compilation of AI-generated tracks, “Lost Tapes of the 27 Club,” is designed to highlight the importance of mental health support for musicians

Guitarists
Grunge
The 30 greatest grunge guitar riffs

By Greg Prato Published

30 years ago, grunge changed the face of rock music forever. To celebrate, we chart the best guitar hooks to emerge from Seattle and beyond

Music Releases
Kurt Cobain
The definitive Kurt Cobain guitar gear guide: a deep dive into the Nirvana frontman's pawn shop prizes, turbo-charged stompboxes and blown woofers

By Chris Gill Published

Decades on from the grunge legend's passing, his tone remains one of the most iconic in guitar's storied history

Guitar Gear
Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, and Pat Smear of Nirvana perform at Hammerstein Ballroom on February 13, 2013 in New York City.
Dave Grohl, Pat Smear and Krist Novoselic still jam as Nirvana in private

By Richard Bienstock Published

The trio have even recorded material together

Artists
Dave Grohl and Phoebe Bridgers
Dave Grohl voices his support for Phoebe Bridgers' SNL guitar smash: "Let me tell you, it feels good when you do it"

By Matt Owen Published

The Foo Fighters leader weighs in on the controversy surrounding the indie-rock star's smashing SNL performance

Artists
Steve Albini and Kurt Cobain
Steve Albini offered to produce Nirvana’s In Utero for free if they beat him in a game of pool

By Richard Bienstock Published

The band, however, “were a little more risk-averse than I was,” Albini says

Producers & Engineers
Julien's Live is auctioning two Cobain guitars
Two played-and-smashed Kurt Cobain Strats sell for more than $150,000 at auction

By Richard Bienstock Published

The guitars were destroyed at the finale of Nirvana gigs in 1992 and 1994

Electric Guitars
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