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June 20, 2014

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Nineteen years ago today, L7 singer/guitarist...

Nineteen years ago today, L7 singer/guitarist Donita Sparks tossed her used Tampax into the crowd at the U.K.’s Reading Festival, yelling, “Eat my used tampon, fuckers!” Her former bandmate Jennifer Finch remembers this menstrual moment in rock history in this excerpt from Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge:

"People were throwing mud at us when we were playing.Donita was like, ‘Fuck this!’ and went behind her amp and pulledout her tampon and threw it into the audien...

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Published on June 20, 2014 12:48

Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic talks to ReasonTV about...

Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic talks to ReasonTV about political reform, gun ownership, and Kurt Cobain. (H/T AlternativeNation.net)

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Published on June 20, 2014 08:59

From the Andrew Wood Facebook page: “Coming this October,...

From the Andrew Wood Facebook page: “Coming this October, a rerelease of all Mother Love Bone songs along with TWO previously unreleased songs.”

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Published on June 20, 2014 07:20

June 19, 2014

Work in progress: a 65-foot-long Nirvana mural to be displayed...

Work in progress: a 65-foot-long Nirvana mural to be displayed in downtown Aberdeen.

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Published on June 19, 2014 20:28

Foo Fighters to headline the 2014 Voodoo festival. The...

Foo Fighters to headline the 2014 Voodoo festival. The Melvinsare also on the lineup.

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Published on June 19, 2014 20:15

Chris Cornell called in to the Howard Stern Show yesterday to...

Chris Cornell called in to the Howard Stern Show yesterday to promote tomorrow night’s Howard 101 broadcast of Soundgarden's recent Superunknown 20th anniversary concert in NYC. (Interview starts at 3:00.)

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Published on June 19, 2014 07:37

June 18, 2014

Hear Soundgarden talk Superunknown with SiriusXM right now. A...

Hear Soundgarden talk Superunknown with SiriusXM right now. A broadcast of the band’s recent New York live performance of the album will premiere on Howard 101 this Friday, June 20, at 10 p.m. ET.

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Published on June 18, 2014 10:03

Daily Mail: When shown a picture of Dave Grohl during a talk at...

Daily Mail: When shown a picture of Dave Grohl during a talk at Cannes Lions 2014, Courtney Love paused before saying, "It’s time to make amends."

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Published on June 18, 2014 09:50