Nirvana

Dave Grohl's teenage obsessions: 'I learned drums by arranging pillows on my floor'

Ahead of the 10th Foo Fighters album, their frontman recalls the music and scenes that made him – from punk gigs in Chicago to sleeping on floors in Italian squats

As told to Dave Simpson

14, Jan, 2021 @3:00 PM

From the archive: with Nirvana in New York, August 1993

A poignant interview with Kurt Cobain, less than a year before his death. By Chris Hall

Chris Hall

20, Sep, 2020 @5:00 AM

Being invited into my son’s music appreciation group was the best Father’s Day present | Paul Mitchell

We started chatting about deep stuff, things we normally wouldn’t find a way to discuss

Paul Mitchell

05, Sep, 2020 @8:00 PM

Hole, Reading festival 1994: grieving widow expels the pain

The band’s appearance, months after the deaths of Kurt Cobain and Kristen Pfaff, was freighted with expectation. Courtney Love didn’t disappoint

Jenessa Williams

17, Aug, 2020 @1:30 PM

Kurt Cobain with dolls' heads: Mark Seliger’s best photograph

‘Things were going pretty darn well for him. Six months later, I was shocked to learn he had passed’

Interview by Edward Siddons

04, Jun, 2020 @5:00 AM

Nirvana: Krist Novoselic praises Trump's 'strong and direct' protest speech

Following backlash over the post, the former Nirvana bassist locked his Facebook account and deactivated his Twitter

Laura Snapes

03, Jun, 2020 @3:34 PM

Phil May obituary

Powerful vocalist, frontman and songwriter with the Pretty Things, the outlandish rock band that inspired Bowie and Nirvana

Adam Sweeting

17, May, 2020 @2:13 PM

Nirvana reunion: Dave Grohl's 13-year-old daughter steals the show

Violet Grohl performed Heart-Shaped Box with the surviving members of Nirvana and guest performers St Vincent and Beck at an LA charity gala

Eve Barlow

06, Jan, 2020 @10:55 AM

Marc Jacobs countersues Nirvana in T-shirt copyright dispute

Jacobs’ lawyers argue that case against him has ‘numerous deficiencies’, in dispute over smiley face logo that appears in his designs

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

28, Nov, 2019 @1:55 PM

Daniel Johnston obituary

Singer and songwriter admired for the haunting honesty and directness of his music

Adam Sweeting

12, Sep, 2019 @5:22 PM

Daniel Johnston: a potent, profoundly moving songwriter

Johnston’s mental health struggles made him an unlikely musical hero, but his beautiful, artifice-free songwriting remains hugely influential

Alexis Petridis

12, Sep, 2019 @9:25 AM

Nirvana's 20 greatest songs – ranked!

It’s 30 years since the release of the Seattle band’s debut album, Bleach. Over the rest of their short career, Kurt Cobain and co would belt out a torrent of classics