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Those tracks will be celebrated on the upcoming Greatest Hits, a compilation of the group's biggest smashes, including "Learn to Fly," "Best of You" and "Everlong." The album also contains two new songs: a rugged rocker called "Word Forward" and the new single "Wheels," which the band debuted on the lawn of the White House over the summer and which ...

Three years after the debut of Highly Evolved , a 2004 release that barely registered, and frontman Craig Nicholls' diagnosis wth Aspergers, the Vines have a new album that came out this month called Vision Valley.

Rock Band 2 builds upon the original to introduce co-op band gameplay, multiple instruments, online multiplayer, unparalleled downloadable content and raises the bar by delivering an entirely new level of depth, connectivity, authenticity and features.

Nirvana's August 30, 1992, headlining appearance at the U.K.'s Reading festival will be released on CD and DVD on November 3, followed by a vinyl edition on November 17.

Almost 15 years ago, former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl quietly circulated among his friends copies of a demo tape on which he did all the singing and played all the instruments.

Anarchy cheerleaders are awesome! Watch Amy and Terry from Evanescence debate nerds vs.

A dapper Krist Novoselic in 1989. As promised , we made a big to-do about the 20th anniversary re-issue of Bleach , Nirvana's debut in the printed and electronic pages of Seattle Weekly today.

No beer but plenty of potato chips in the studio. Jack Endino had only been making records professionally for 18 months when he got a call from a kid in Aberdeen who wanted to make a demo with his band that didn't have a name and didn't have a drummer.

Them Crooked Vultures certainly gets to check the boxes on that supergroup application form.

It's impossible to overestimate the impact of "Nevermind." However, it's easy to forget that there was a Nirvana album before it.

In January of 1994, 'Rolling Stone' did an exclusive interview with Kurt Cobain, lead singer of Nirvana.

Tweeters are being invited to submit questions for the spirits of departed celebrities including Michael Jackson and William Shakespeare as part of the world's first Twitter seance.

Michael Jackson intended his 50-concert run at London's O2 Arena to be the cap on his illustrious career.

Meat Puppets Matthew Rodgers Indie rock pioneers the Meat Puppets are hailed for their output on seminal punk label SST in the '80s, but are perhaps best known for their appearance on Nirvana's MTV Unplugged album, where they performed three of their tunes with Kurt Cobain.

On November 2 at 11 p.m. ET, Fuse, the national music network, will televise the worldwide premiere of Nirvana Live at Reading, the band's legendary, never-before-released 1992 Reading concert.

Producer Jack Endino recently shared some of the stories surrounding the recording process of Nirvana's 1989 debut album, Bleach .

Gossip - 'Love Long Distance' Weird Al Yankovic - 'Pretty Fly For A Rabbi' The Doors - 'Love Me Two Times' Speech Debelle - 'The Key' Fiona Melady - 'How Far' Jack White - 'Never Far Away' The White Stripes - 'The Hardest Button To Button' Hudson Mohawke - 'Black N Red' Nirvana - 'Heart-Shaped Box' Mastodon - 'Oblivion' Fiona Melady - 'Radio' The ...

IT STARTED OUT as a joke. Ana da Silva and Gina Birch, students at Hornsey College of Art in London, were hanging out in a bar in 1977, talking about starting a band.The two concert rats attended shows at least three days a week, watching bands like The Clash, The Slits, Talking Heads, Television and the Ramones, and concluded that in order to ...

After a 30-year wait, Portlanders were thrilled to finally get their Raincoats on.

Nirvana's Live at Reading CD/DVD hits shelves on Tuesday, November 3. I commandeered the office's review copy of Nirvana's Live at Reading this weekend, and I gotta say, it's pretty spectacular.

"It's going to be interesting stepping foot in Aberdeen, becuase I haven't been there since I prepared for the recording of Bleach ," Channing told me yesterday, referencing the Nirvana debut that gets re-issued next month.

I like musical curiosities and this album certainly fits into that category. The story? Grunge heyday band Everclear releases an acoustic based album of their most well know songs but with a completely new line up.

Photo: "Sweet smelling paints" by defkreationz , member of the blogTO Flickr Pool .

Our favorite bad show after Mad Men , the FX drama Sons of Anarchy has devoted its second season to pitting the protagonists of its titular biker gang against a white-power syndicate .

By MAC ENGEL Chuck Klosterman writes that his new book isn't going to be relevant very long, which all but kills the chances of a second or a third printing.

A new Melvins record. A monumental event from a band with a 25-year career that has seen them influence the likes of Nirvana and Mastodon, go through seven bass players and release 24 studio albums, three on a major label .

A freeze-frame of lonely suburban kid Max dressed in wolf pajamas and scampering wildly, boyishly indoors with his puppy announces Spike Jonze's innovation in Where the Wild Things Are.

Not this again. First it was Everett True and grunge. Now it's Lynn Shelton and mumblecore.

This Is It , the new Album by Michael Jackson, is set to hit stores on October 26, 2009, four months after his death.

Have you ever wondered what you would be worth after you're dead? Well these famous musicians are worth millions and keep earning millions every year, even though they are no longer with us.

Led Zeppelin may not be embarking on a reunion tour, but it's not because John Paul Jones isn't ready.

The real attraction of the MTV Video Music Awards, one of the biggest and most watched music award shows in the planet, is its parade of artists and their spectacular performances/stunts. Indeed, finding out who the top music video winners of the year has become, ironically, merely a bonus for its viewers.

The 411 Music Top Five 10.13.09: Top 5 Favorite Songs From 2002 Posted by Ben Czajkowski on 10.13.2009 The 411Music Critics continue to count down the decade with their choices for top songs.

Welcomed back by the growly tones of the father of funky weirdness George Clinton, this cut from BB's much-delayed solo album, - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty', is spacey and slick, with a glossy chopped and screwed feel anda guest rap from veteran rapper Too Short.

The grunge-inspired, all-American Teen Vogue editorial 'Finding Nirvana' revels in youthful bohemianism.

Angst-ridden grunge rocker Kurt Cobain has pushed Elvis into second place in a list of highest-earning dead celebrities, with the late Nirvana frontman raking in 50 million dollars in the past year.

In this video game image released by Activision, a scene from "Guitar Hero 5," is shown.

October 09, 2009: FRANCES BEAN COBAIN has waged war against LINDSAY LOHAN's younger sister ALI - criticising the teenager for attempting to forge her own career off the back of her sibling's fame.

Down marked the end of an era for The Jesus Lizard. With their profile at its arguable height, it was the last album the group would record for Touch And Go before they signed with major label Capitol Records.

Yes the full lineup of Temple Of The Dog reunited Tuesday night in L.A. to play "Hunger Strike," and the high-school-you is flashing back to beautiful young EdVed in the tall grass and shitting its pants.

The Flaming Lips ... 'I would say that, in the course of making this record, we completely lost our way' Has the music industry ever seemed madder than it did following Nirvana's rise to stardom? Wrongfooted by Nevermind's success, US major labels began a goldrush, desperately signing anything "alternative", regardless of how uncommercial it might ...

" Grunge + Punk = Grunk! " No Plan B was formed in early 2007. Their sound is comprised of razor sharp guitar riffs and a vocal assault provided by C.J, backed up by Li's filthy bass riffs, and A.J's pounding rhythms.

MP3 : Scoff Marking the 20th Anniversary of Nirvanaa s debut album, Sub Pop will re-issue the Platinum Certified Bleach on November 3, 2009.

Which brings us to Alice in Chains, the Seattle band that drew up the blueprint for modern heavy metal during the first half of the '90s, inspiring Godsmack, Taproot, Staind and dozens of other brooding hard rockers.

For Nirvana fans seeking a distraction from the war over Kurt Cobain's Guitar Hero avatar , Seattle label Sub Pop has just the thing: An unreleased live version of "Scoff," recorded Feb.