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Northern Irelands favourite teenage sons were inspired to form a band based on their love for Nirvana. Ash proved them to be masters at 3 minute power pop singles. Fresh from school they scored a succession of chart hits, ‘Kung…

I don’t know what they put in the water down under in Australia but they certain know how to knock out some Nirvana flavoured rock music. Violent Soho are one such act from an impressive line of Nirvana influenced…

Buzzy, fuzzy guitar tones and big bombastic drums filtered through same nightmarish psychedelia  The Wytches deliver dark tales of frustration in the modern world.  ‘Digsaw’  from the debut album ‘Annabel Dream Reader’ announces The Wytches as disciples of the ’Love…

Hit So Hard is a rockumentary about  Patty Schemel, the drummer for Hole.  It deals with all the rock clichés, drugs, sex, hitting rock bottom, getting kicked out of the band ect… Ultimately it’s a story of redemption, going from…

Whatever your take on The Supersukers there can be no denying these guys know how to rock. This is balls out rock all the way. The words ‘Subpop’ and ‘party band’ are not usually heard together but for a brief…

Discovering bands like The Wipers was one of the great things about being a Nirvana fan growing up. It was never long before you would read a Kurt interview with him name dropping a band you had never heard of…

Ah The Smashing Pumpkins… they amaze and erm...  confuse, putting it politely, in equal measure. On the one hand a truly rocking band and on the other the biggest bunch of pretentious knob heads you’re likely to come across. Maybe…

We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen is amongst the best, if not the best music related documentary I have watched. If there is indeed a limited number of music documentaries you can watch, then I have alarmingly exceeded…

Birdskulls occupy the territory somewhere between Nirvana and Wheezer. Pop hooks but probably not quite on the sunny side but with plenty of Nirvana tones flowing through. There's plenty out there folks if you care to look. Rock on.

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Still my favorite Nirvana documentary/film after all these years. Conceived by Kurt and finished by Krist and Dave after his death. Given that this was ultimately Kurts project, it therefore by nature doesn't have to deal with the sucide interpretation…

For the guitarists out there looking for the Nirvana sound, then the Boss DS1 pedal should be your starting point. Seriously my favorite pedal of all. If you want a punk sound or if you want the Black Sabbath tone…