Kurt Cobain was an icon in the ’90s. He and Nirvana helped popularize grunge and bring Seattle’s signature sound to the rest of the world. By the time he died by suicide in 1994 at the age of ...

These alternative rock songs have disturbing backstories that are based in real life... at least, most of them are.

Slipknot wrote a song inspired by the crimes of an English serial killer named Peter Sutcliffe for their most recent album ...

That night, the band played at Iguana's in Tijuana, with opening act Sister Double Happiness. Reportedly, a half dozen people were carted off in ambulances after jumping from the balconies during ...

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Then we’d forget how to play it As for Polly ... existed until after the song was written.” Geffen Records had been taking an active interest in Nirvana since April 1990, when Gary Gersh ...

with bassist Krist Novoselic describing it as “a beautiful song” in a 2006 interview. One of the numerous highlights from Nirvana’s game-changing second album, Nevermind, “Polly ...

Since recording those songs – which included early versions of Nevermind cuts “Polly,” “Breed,” and “Lithium” – Nirvana had some adjustments to contend with. First was the ...

Channing joined Nirvana in 1988, a year after its formation. He drummed on the band's debut album, Bleach, in 1989, and even appeared on the song "Polly" from the aforementioned Nevermind in 1991.

According to one Nirvana biography, the legendary singer-songwriter heard the band play Polly at a gig. The song details the abduction and rape of a young girl, told from the point of view of the ...