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May 11 2018

#47 Daniel Johnston

Daniel Johnston… the low-fi fans wet dream. If you like your music low-fi, and Kurt Cobain clearly did, then Daniel Johnston is the dream ticket. The early records are as low-fi as it goes. As legend goes, Johnston was known…

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May 9 2018

#46 Graham Coxon

When Blur burst onto the British music scene Damon Albarn claimed ‘I want to destroy grunge’ which is a fair enough statement I suppose, set your stall out and all that. Whilst Alban used the grunge term I think he…

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May 7 2018

#45 The White Stripes

Lots to compare here, the love of Leadbelly being the chief amongst. Kurt had a love of the blues which is well documented and only in the weeks before his death there was talk of him going to the…

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May 4 2018

#44 My Bloody Valentine

‘Nevermind’ may have been ultimately the most important record released in 1991 but  My Bloody Valentines ‘Loveless’ was without doubt the most ground breaking. A lot has been written about ‘Loveless’ and the way it reconstructs the way a…

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May 2 2018

#43 Singles Movies

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Apr 30 2018

#42 Vaselines

I will be very honest...I’m not a massive fan of The Vaselines. During the original first phase of the band, 3/4 songs apart, I they were pretty mediocre and without the intervention of Kurt Cobain and Nirvana the world wouldn’t…

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Apr 28 2018

#41 Love Battery

Despite the media frenzy around Seattle during the Nirvana/grunge explosion the band Love Battery didn’t seem to get much attention. It was years past the fact before they even came to my attention.  Which seems incredible odd when you actually…

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Apr 25 2018

#40 The Great Rock n Roll Swindle - documentary

 - documentary

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Apr 23 2018

#39 Shocking Blue

It’s almost logic defying to watch Shocking Blue’s Love Buzz knowing that this was going to be the starting point for one great bands of all time. How Kurt came upon learning this ditty I am yet to learn. The…

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Apr 20 2018

#38 Earth

What it must be to be Dylan Carson? You put out some ground breaking music but you’re only ever going to be remembered for one thing…buying a gun!! The music of Earth is certainly not for everyone and you definitely…

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Apr 18 2018

#37 The Beauty Process - documentary

‘The Beauty Process’ is a documentary based on LA band L7 directed by Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic and released 1998. Shot in 8mm film and is really a pseudo-documentary where the band soul their souls for fame. The film does actually…

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Apr 15 2018

#36 Teenage Fan Club

Kurt Cobain’s favourite band Teenage Fanclub from bonny Scotland would famously beat Nirvana to Spin album of the year in 1991 with a collection of sanguine sixties melodic pop and crunchy American seventies guitar music . Bandwagonesque was the…

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