Nirvana fans got a huge surprise a few days ago at the end of the Foo Fighters concert in Eurgene, OR, as Krist Novoselic joined the band, which includes his former Nirvana bandmates Dave Grohl and Pat Smear, for a rendition of the bands’ early hit ‘Big Me’. Watch the video below.Continue reading
Do you remember where you were on September 24th, 1991? That is, if you were even alive, since it was a quarter century ago. I was in class at community college in my home town. As usual I was hanging out on the soccer field, guitar in hand, hanging with my usual band of freaks, geeks, stoners, punks, metalheads, and the like. The buzz around campus was this song ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit,’ that was not only all over MTV, but also becoming an actual hit song on the radio.
The Kurt Cobain documentary will premiere on May 4, 2015 on HBO and will include “previously unheard originals” from the late Nirvana frontman.
Kurt Cobain’s widow, Courtney Love, initially approached filmmaker Brett Morgen in 2007 about making the project, which is called Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck, and offered him access to Cobain’s private archives.
Frances is now credited as an executive producer on the film and recently tweeted, “I’m really excited for you guys to see ‘Montage Of Heck’. @brettmorgen created an intense yet wonderful examination of Kurt’s life & art.”
Morgen also worked with Kurt’s mother, Wendy Cobain, and his record label, Geffen Records , to secure rights to his music and personal materials for the film.
As for Love, Morgen said, “She hasn’t seen the movie. I’m not sure she’s intending to.” But he added, “Courtney brought me into the world, and the film would not exist if she hadn’t reached out to me.”
“Montage Of Heck” will debut later this month at the Sundance Film Festival.
Having spent part of 2014 as a member of Hole frontwoman Courtney Love‘s touring band, the very prolific Ginger Wildheart has confirmed details of his 50th birthday shindig, to take place at London, Kentish Town HMV Forum on 17th December 2014. The venue was the scene of The Wildhearts first London headline show as an album band twenty years ago, the very same gig where Ginger wore a white tuxedo in honour of his mother’s birthday, and the video for ‘Suckerpunch’ was filmed – obviously a venue close to the Geordie in Wonderland’s heart!
One of the most successful crowd-funded artists of all time, Ginger will be playing hits from his many projects, including the Wildhearts, his solo albums and Silver Ginger 5 and will be joined by many (as yet unannounced) guest appearances.
In addition, Ginger has also announced that on 2nd February 2015, he will be releasing a brand new song, co-written with Miss Love, ‘Honoured‘, a live version of which is has been released on Youtube, and can be viewed below:
And, as if that isn’t enough, Ginger has a new online fanclub, and the single is currently available through Ginger’s new multimedia fan site GASS (Ginger • Associated • Secret • Society) and was released on itunes on the 1st December 2014. GASS is a multi-tier fan club for Ginger Wildheart fans. By signing up you gain access to exclusive content including a year’s supply of new Ginger songs (36 in all!), and much more!
You can visit http://g-a-s-s.co/main/ for more details.
Your man is certainly giving Devin Townsend a run for his money in the busy stakes!
Steve Tovey