Articles for tag: Dave Grohl, Kurt Cobain, Nirvana

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Nirvana History: A Brief Biography

Nirvana, to me, is a perfect name for the band. The dictionary definition of nirvana is “an ideal condition for rest, harmony, stability, or joy”. It is “the liberation from unhappiness…” This so accurately describes the band. Even though Kurt Cobain, lead singer of the band, expresses the depressions in his life through his lyrics, ...

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Five Biggest Rock Bands of the 1990s

The 1990s were an interesting time in music. They thankfully ushered out the “Hair Band” craze and replaced it, at the outset of the decade, with Grunge where number of bands emerged from that Northwestern music movement. Los Angeles, always the heart of the music industry contributed bands that really hit their stride in the ...

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Foo Fighters’ Debut Album: Foo Fighters

A friend, Chris, introduced me the the music of Foo Fighters founder Dave Grohl and I didn’t even know it. It was 1994 and Chris had learned of the death of Nirvana front-man Kurt Cobain. Like the boy in Nick Hornby’s 1998 novel ‘About a Boy’, I had no idea who this Kirk O’Bain guy ...

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Top Ten Songs by the Foo Fighters

10: Learn to Fly is a pop-driven song, written by Dave Grohl. It’s timing of drums and rhythm is excellent. This is a great modern rock song that will always stand the test of time. It’s a song that will make people want to get up and start moshing in their living rooms or at ...

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Nirvana: MTV Unplugged in New York DVD

Almost everyone who calls themselves a fan of Nirvana, alternative music, or music in general has heard Nirvana’s classic acoustic release “Unplugged in New York”. If not, then it is about time they pick up a copy of one of Rolling Stone’s top 500 albums of all-time. The clear musical capabilities and raw emotion that ...