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…

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…

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…

‘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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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…

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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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…

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…

‘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…

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…