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 ...
Thirty years after the release of the band's Unplugged in New York album, Marc Burrows explores the fraught session that saw ...
Resisting network pressure to simply play the hits, Kurt Cobain, Pat Smear, Krist Novoselic, and Dave Grohl pulled together a ...
According to Nirvana guitar tech Earnie Bailey, Cobain was far from a vintage guitar fiend, and had no qualms with making his ...
It’ll be no surprise to find divided opinions among music lovers on the unplugged series. Eric Clapton and Nirvana sold close to a total of 40 million albums for their two MTV albums combined.
On release, it went straight to number one on Billboard, which hadn't been seen for an MTV Unplugged record since the days of ...
“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.’ ...
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 ...
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 ...
Unplugged in New York is a live album by American rock band Nirvana, released on 1 November 1994. The album features an acoustic performance recorded at Sony Music Studios in New York City on 18 ...
Take a seat as Nirvana Unplugged Experience bring the band’s legendary MTV Unplugged performance back to life in the beautiful setting of the Oran Mor auditorium. Support comes from Edinburgh ...