What is wrong with the World when the cardigan worn by Kurt Cobain on MTV Unplugged sells at auction for more than the cost of a house? The man was a legend and influenced a generation but even so, it’s just a cardigan, right? We’re going to head back to 1989 and the album that
“Houdini” marked the major label debut for Melvins in 1993 with Atlantic Records taking advantage of the fan base they had built up with their previous Boner Records independent release “Lysol” the year before. Commercially their biggest success and arguably their most accessible release, it is also an album that has a backstory associated with
After a 14 year gap, 2009 saw the unlikely return of Alice In Chains with their fourth studio album “Black Gives Way To Blue”. After the death of the troubled Layne Staley in 2002 it seemed impossible but with Guitarist Jerry Cantrell putting aside his solo career to bring the band back with William DuVall
While it never received a physical single in the US, “Heart Shaped Box” gained a lot of air play for the Nirvana and charted well as a single Internationally. The final song performed by Kurt Cobain live, it was actually one he described as “not perfect”. A much loved song in both album form on
Hailing from Detroit, Michigan and signed to Emmure frontman Frankie Palemeri’s Red Zone Records are Loser, a band that claim to fuser Nu-Metal and Grunge in a new style called Psychedelia. Stating that their influences are Slipknot, Deftones, KoRn and Nirvana, the 5 piece of Sammy Morales (drums), Erik Into (bass), John Hillman (guitar), Brandon
Hailing from Singapore and featuring former members of Stillborn and Zaganoth in their ranks, Axis Mundi are a Sludge Metal influenced trio with a fast growing reputation. Featuring the vocal talents of Sathish Kumar, drum skills of Mitch Goon and with Vinod Dass handling guitars, bass & effects, they’re a band that promises much. Title
There is only room for one Ned Flanders inspired band on Planet Metal. When Phoenix Arizonian’s Okilly Dokilly appeared on the scene a couple of years ago with “White Wine Spritzer”, every Metal Head who grew up on The Simpsons couldn’t help but laugh satanically at the tongue in cheek humour of the themes. The
Nirvana. A name that has survived as Kurt Cobain’s legacy long after his passing. We’ve had numerous b-sides, live shows and demos from the archives as every second of the bands recorded work has been put out and Cobain’s riffs are the building blocks upon which most guitarists learn their trade. In 2011 we had
Having returned with their long awaited 4th studio album in October, Windhand have released a particularly bloody video for “First To Die”. The album in question is “Eternal Return” which was produced by Jack Endino (Nirvana, Soundgarden) and sees the Richmond Virginia Heavy Psychodelic quartet in fine form.
When Nirvana drummer Dave Ghrol created th Foo Fighters after Kurt Cobain’s death not even he could have imagined the huge success that the band would achieve in the following years. Jacksonville Florida natives Evergreen Terrace are perhaps the last band you might expect to have a Foo’s cover in their back catalogue. But after
