Mark Yarm's Blog, page 747

"You know what the real ace in the hole was? The 'Love Buzz' singles. Kurt had a bunch of..."

"You know what the real ace in the hole was? The 'Love Buzz' singles. Kurt had a bunch of those original 'Love Buzz' singles, and at that point they were collectible. So if we were starving, we could go down to that record store in Olympia, and we could sell that dude two of'em, and get enough money for TV dinners."

- former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, in EW.com's extended roundtable interview

"We went to transvestite karaoke once. Remember that one? Transvestites doing karaoke. Anyway...."

"We went to transvestite karaoke once. Remember that one? Transvestites doing karaoke. Anyway. Transvestite karaoke. That was the template for Nirvana."

- former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic, in EW.com's extended roundtable interview

Photos from last night's Nevermind Live concert at the...

Photos from last night's Nevermind Live concert at the Experience Music Project. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times)

confessionsofamichaelstipe:THANKS PETER, MIKE, BILL, BERTIS...

confessionsofamichaelstipe:

THANKS PETER, MIKE, BILL, BERTIS AND EVERYONE WHO WAS EVER THERE, WHAT AN ADVENTURE!!!  XXX MICHAEL                      [foto circa…1985 i think] 

R.I.P., R.E.M. (1980 - 2011)

Krist Novoselic leads a cheer for Kurt Cobain at last...

Krist Novoselic leads a cheer for Kurt Cobain at last night's Nevermind Live show. (Posted by ssgmusic.com.)

Duff McKagan's Loaded performs Nirvana's...

Duff McKagan's Loaded performs Nirvana's "Lithium" at last night's Nevermind Live concert at the Experience Music Project. (Video by backpackdave2011B.)

Presidents of the United States of America and Krist Novoselic...

Presidents of the United States of America and Krist Novoselic perform Nirvana's "On a Plain" at last night's Nevermind Live concert at the Experience Music Project. (Posted by ssgmusic.com.)

Watch the entirety of last night's Nevermind Live: A...

Watch the entirety of last night's Nevermind Live: A Benefit Show for Susie Tennant.

Reminder: Live video stream of the Experience Music Project's Nevermind Live in Sky Church benefit show...

…starts 15 minutes from now (at 10 p.m. PT). Performers include the Presidents of the United States of America,  Fastbacks, Krist Novoselic, Vaporland, Duff McKagan's Loaded, the Long Winters, Visqueen, Valis and more.

After those artists cover Nevermind, there will be a special encore set of Nirvana songs played by Young Fresh Fellows with Peter Buck, Pigeonhed, Tom Price Desert Classic and more.

Click here to watch.

The Melvins' Buzz Osborne shares his Top 5 Nirvana songs

3. "Milk It" Of course I like this song! Of course I like it because it's a total, TOTAL ripoff of a song I wrote called "It's Shoved." It's on our Bullhead record which I think came out in '91… Listen to both back to back and then tell me if I'm crazy… Well, I am crazy, but not because of THIS song.

4. "Rape Me" When Nevermind sold about a billion copies, almost immediately you had about a billion bands all ripping of the "Smells Like Teen Spirit" riff for their own songs… "Smells Like Teen...