On release, it went straight to number one on Billboard, which hadn't been seen for an MTV Unplugged record since the days of ...

Nirvana, one of the most influential grunge bands of the ’90s, recorded their first live session at MTV Unplugged in November 1993, five months before the death of lead singer Kurt Cobain. The live ...

His persona was curated as much as any other rockstar; Nirvana had a brand image, after all. They were angsty, they pushed limits, they played loud. So when MTV Unplugged invited them to play a ...

According to Nirvana guitar tech Earnie Bailey, Cobain was far from a vintage guitar fiend, and had no qualms with making his ...

Resisting network pressure to simply play the hits, Kurt Cobain, Pat Smear, Krist Novoselic, and Dave Grohl pulled together a ...

“He said, ‘I want candles and Stargazer lilies,’” remembered Alex Coletti, producer of Nirvana’s celebrated MTV Unplugged show. “I said, ‘Like a funeral?’ He said, ‘Yes, exactly.’ ...

MTV Video Music Awards 2017 nominations Previous artists to do Unplugged sets include Nirvana, Jay-Z, Lauryn Hill, Adele, Mariah Carey and Katy Perry. "At MTV, the brand equity is still so strong ...

Nirvana's acoustic performance for the MTV Unplugged series on 18 November 1993 is now considered one of history's greatest live performances. Getty Images Cobain died just five months after the ...

“He said, ‘I want candles and Stargazer lilies,’” remembered Alex Coletti, producer of Nirvana’s celebrated MTV Unplugged show. “I said, ‘Like a funeral?’ He said, ‘Yes, exactly.’” Sure enough, when ...