On April 17, 1991, Nirvana performed at the O.K. Hotel in Seattle, Washington. This show is legendary because it featured the first-ever public live performance of “Smells Like Teen Spirit“. At the time of the performance, the song was brand…
Temple of the Dog is the sole studio album by the Seattle supergroup Temple of the Dog, released on April 16, 1991. Conceived by Soundgarden‘s Chris Cornell as a tribute to late Mother Love Bone singer Andrew Wood, the project…
Alice in Chains’ MTV Unplugged is widely considered one of the greatest live performances in rock history. Recorded on April 10, 1996, at the Majestic Theatre in Brooklyn, it marked the band’s first live appearance in over two years. The…
On April 9, 1994, members of Pearl Jam (Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, Mike McCready, and Eddie Vedder) and Mudhoney visited the White House for a private tour and an informal meeting with President Bill Clinton in the Oval Office. The…
That’s a classic moment in music history! On March 26, 1994, the Billboard 200 was indeed topped by these two landmark albums: #1: Soundgarden: Superunknown #2: Nine Inch Nails: The Downward Spiral Both records were released on the same day, March 8, 1994, and their…
The guitar played by Kurt Cobain in the video for Smells Like Teen Spirit is expected to sell for more than $7 million at an upcoming auction in New York. The instrument — a 1969 Fender Competition Mustang — will…
Brad Arnold, the lead vocalist and a founding member of the American rock band 3 Doors Down, passed away on Saturday (February 7) following a fight with cancer. He was 47.A representative confirmed that Arnold died peacefully in his sleep,…
Live to Rise is a song recorded by Soundgarden for the 2012 film The Avengers. The song was released by Hollywood Records on April 17, 2012, as a free digital download during its first week of availability at the iTunes…
Steve Albini, who produced and engineered several seminal ’90s alt-rock artists including Nirvana, the Pixies and the Breeders, has died at 61. Electrical Audio staffers confirmed Albini passed away last night ( May 7, 2024) of a heart attack at…
Los Angeles based guitarist Kiki Wong has been announced as Jeff Shroeder‘s replacement in the Smashing Pumpkins as a touring guitarist, following an open audition process that began at the beginning of the year, prompting around 10,000 applications from around…
Dark Matter is the upcoming twelfth studio album by Pearl Jam. It is set to be released on April 19, 2024, through Monkeywrench Records and Republic Records. Dark Matter was recorded over three weeks in 2023 at Shangri-La in Malibu,…
Jason Everman was born in Alaska, in October 16, 1967 where he lived with his parents in a two bedroom cabin with a pet ocelot. The marriage didn’t work out and his mother left with Jason when he was a…
Nirvana were on a North American tour in pursuit of their third studio album, In Utero, when they arrived in Akron, Ohio on October 31, 1993, with the Breeders and Boredoms as their opening act. The Barney and Slash routine…
Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love’s daughter, Frances Bean, and Tony Hawk’s son, Riley Hawk, are officially man and wife. The 31 year old daughter of the late Nirvana singer and the 30 year old skateboarder, following in his dad’s footsteps,…
Last July, the New York City Council finally approved the renaming of the southwest corner of Ludlow and Rivington Beastie Boys Square, in honor of the Paul’s Boutique album art being photographed there. The new name will be unveiled at…
Former Smash Mouth lead singer Steve Harwell died early Monday at his home in Boise, Idaho, a representative confirmed to CBS News. He was 56. The artist whose band is best known for the 1999 hit All Star and 1997…
Road is the upcoming twenty-second solo and overall twenty-ninth studio album by Alice Cooper, scheduled to be released through Earmusic on August 25, 2023. It was recorded live in the studio by Cooper and his touring band, guitarists Nita Strauss,…
The electric guitar black, left-handed Fender Stratocaster smashed up and signed by the late Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain went for $595,000 when it was auctioned at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City over the weekend (May 20,…
Foo Fighters have announced that musician Josh Freese will be the band’s new drummer following the death of Taylor Hawkins in March 2022. Freese jammed with frontman Dave Grohl, bassist Nate Mendel, guitarists Pat Smear and Chris Shiflett and keyboardist…
Frank Kozik, a graphic artist, died last Saturday (5/6/2023). Kozik’s death was confirmed on his official Instagram account by his wife, Sharon, who said his passing was “unexpected.” No cause of death was given. Frank Kozik was a Spanish born…
Mark Stewart, frontman of the highly influential rock outfit the Pop Group, has died at age 62. Stewart’s death was confirmed by his label over the weekend; the singer has reportedly passed away in the early hours of Friday, 21st…