Grunge News

Hello, Leicester! Doesn't quite have the same ring as hello, Wembley! does it? Sam Avery dreamed of Wembley and got closer than most, writes Sian Brewis.

Led by guitarist/vocalist Gavin Rossdale, Bush became the first post-Nirvana British band to hit it big in America.

Foo Fighters mainman Dave Grohl has unveiled a teaser trailer for his forthcoming documentary on Sound City Studios .

Adele accepts the award for record of the year for "Rolling in the Deep" - one of the six Grammys she won Sunday night, tying Beyonc's record for the most won in one night by a female act.

RuPaul has arguably penetrated the mainstream more than any other drag queen. Ahead of his return to Australia after almost 15 years, he speaks to Garrett Bithell about New York's underground scene, RuPaul's Drag Race, and our fight for equality.

The band was considered the favorite coming into this year's Grammy ceremony, having taken the rock album award three times in the previous dozen years.

Dave Grohl is a multi-talented musician - boasting incredible guitar, drum and vocal skill - and the former Nirvana drummer says he owes it all to The Beatles.

After collaborating with members of Ratt , Slipknot , Queens of the Stone Age and Cheap Trick , Grohl has now tapped Rick Springfield to write and record a song for the project.

Megafan Nicole Brodeur calls Eddie Vedder's "Ukulele Songs" "a brave album, a departure similar to those made by Pete Townshend and Bruce Springsteen, two of Vedder's heroes.

Several Northwest artists have been nominated for Grammy Awards this year. Though Foo Fighters is not a Northwest band, ex-Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl leads the group.

During his career, producer Butch Vig has worked on a number of iconic albums, like Nirvana 's Nevermind , Smashing Pumpkins ' Siamese Dream and Green Day 's 21st Century Breakdown .

Took place in America, in Seattle, WA in the Paramount Theatre on the 31st of October 1991 .

"I have been playing guitar since I was 12 years old," said local musician Eric Joseph of Orlando band Blaine the Mono .

The studio in rural Minnesota where Nirvana made their last studio album, " In Utero ", will soon be rocking again, after laying dormant for nearly a year.

Elliott Lefko is shown in a handout phjoto. When Lefko casts his mind back to the thousands of shows he's booked and promoted over the course of his dizzying career, enough highlights pop out from the distortion to bathe an arena.

Oh boy. I was so exited when I heard that Vashon's own sweet geniuses, The Terrordactyls , were playing at Chop Suey tonight! They have a song called "Sad Pizza" and a song called "Party Train" , and those songs take turns being stuck in my head at all times.

Under new ownership, the Cannon Falls studio where Nirvana made its last album is slated to be reopened this year.

Dave Grohl is probably getting used to being termed as one of the senior statesmen of rock n' roll nowadays, but it's still hard to believe that the likes of Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars were still children when the current Foo Fighters front man and former Nirvana drummer started in music.

Ah, the early 1990s: a time when lumberjack shirts were briefly fashionable, thrift store shopping was considered cool and grunge dominated the music scene to such an extent that Teenage Fanclub almost become one of the biggest bands in the world.

The king of parody is coming to Hartman Arena in Wichita. "Weird Al" Yankovic will perform his biggest hits on May 1. Yankovic is known for his unique ability to poke fun at pop culture and its music, Yankovic's hits include "White & Nerdy," "Eat It," "Smells Like Nirvana," "Another One Rides The Bus," "Like A Surgeon," "Amish Paradise," King of ... (more)