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8 p.m. : Mini Mansions take the stage in support. 9:15 to 10:45 p.m. : Them Crooked Vultures take the stage.

Full Metal Jackie of Rock On Altitude recently conducted an interview with MOTA-RHEAD frontman Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister .

From fist-pumping stomps to face-melting solos, Them Crooked Vultures' performance at the Wiltern wasn't an avalanche of hard rock--it was a monolith.

From fist-pumping stomps to face-melting solos, Them Crooked Vultures' performance at the Wiltern Tuesday wasn't an avalanche of hard rock--it was a monolith.

Chuck Klosterman is a self-aware pop-culture nerd who writes deceptively off-handed treatises about the significance of such minutiae as MTV's "The Real World" and heavy metal tribute bands.

Them Crooked Vultures might not be a band that too many people are familiar with.

It is, quite possibly, the cheapest album made in the history of modern rock. Bleach , Nirvana's official debut album, was recorded at Reciprocal Recording Studios in Seattle in a total of 30 hours at a cost of US$606. It was released to little fanfare by low budget label Sub Pop in June, 1989, and didn't sell well.

Them Crooked Vultures is a supergroup comprised of John Paul Jones , Dave Grohl , and Josh Homme .

Reporting from New York - Dave Grohl had a new rock 'n' roll dream, and it came true in a castle in Orange County.

World Scene Writer Tunes like "Everlong" and "All My Life" exemplify the timeless rock elements of the Foos - pop-friendly lyrics with calls to hope and ruin in one breath.

Caption: * ELVIS TOPS DEAD EARNERS POLL Rock legend Elvis Presley has overtaken NIRVANA frontman KURT COBAIN as the biggest earning dead celebrity.

His songs of alienation and despair were masterful slices of early '90s grunge. Many speculated that it was the immense wave of notoriety and placement under the media's microscope that drove Cobain to his suicide.

Even after the release of two albums by a reunited Meat Puppets, it's hard to believe the band ever found its way back to the stage.

DAVE GROHL always knew his NIRVANA bandmate KURT COBAIN would die young - so he prepared himself for his pal's early death.

Kurt Cobain performs at the Reading Festival in 1992. November 10, 2009 - The first time I saw Nirvana , at the club First Avenue in Minneapolis, I didn't really get it.

Dave Grohl. Dave Grohl always knew his Nirvana bandmate Kurt Cobain would die young - so he prepared himself for his pal's early death.

A review of the reissue of Nirvana's 1989 debut album, 'Bleach." Reviewer Jonathan Zwickel says it's "as seething and catchy and funny as 20 years ago." Jonathan Zwickel Listen to "Love Buzz" . Nirvana, 'Bleach' Today Sub Pop reissues Nirvana's 1989 debut, "Bleach." The reissue's a big deal, deserving of appraisal and celebration.

Twenty years ago, an uninspired and jaded Generation X pondered their future while staring at a bleak job market, the trickle down economics of Reagan era failing to bring about feelings of prosperity or any sense of hope in Americaa s youth.

I remember the time I didna t see Nirvana in concert and I remember it well. The year was 1994 and my cousin had extra tickets to both of Nirvanaa s Seattle Center Coliseum concerts.

Gary Thorstensen, Kurt Cobain and Kurt Danielson in Budapest during a 1989 tour that took Nirvana and Tad through East and West Germany.