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Daeodon Takes Grunge Out of the Garage With ‘Forever Strangers’

WinchesterJune 23, 2020

Daeodon (day-o-don), the broad-ranging, post-grunge rockers named for a pre-historic creature, sometimes called a “hell pig,” delivers music with “teeth” on its new CD album Forever Strangers....

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Nirvana Iconic ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ Hits 1 Billion YouTube Views! See!

Keith GirardDecember 28, 2019

Nirvana iconic tune “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” the opening track and lead single from the band’s second album, Nevermind has reached 1 billion views on YouTube, a milestone topped by only one other tune....

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Nirvana Iconic ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ Hits 1 Billion YouTube Views! See!

Keith GirardDecember 28, 2019

Nirvana iconic tune “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” the opening track and lead single from the band’s second album, Nevermind has reached 1 billion views on YouTube, a milestone topped by only one other tune....

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Courtney Love in the Hole to Uncle Sam To Tune of $500,000 in Back Taxes

Keith GirardMarch 26, 2018

Courtney Love is in the hole. She reportedly owes Uncle Sam more than $500,000 in back taxes after paying off another unpaid tax bill from 2009. But don’t weep for her. She’s worth more than $150 million, despite a decade of reckless spending. Her fortune is based her ownership stake in late husband Kurt Cobain’s music publishing rights for his band Nirvana. She inherited it when Cobain committed suicide in 1994....

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Foo Fighters Blast Off Sonic Highways Tour in Brisbane, Australia (video!!)

Keith GirardFebruary 25, 2015

The Foo Fighters kicked off their Sonic Highways Tour in Brisbane, Australia today (Feb. 25) marking the band’s 20th anniversary in front of a crowd estimated at 50,000 fans. Foo frontman Dave Grohl, former drummer for grunge band Nirvana, set the mood right off the bat. The 25-song set list yielded some classic Foo Fighters songs and the band jammed liberally on a number of them. Joining Grohl on the tour are bandmates Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett and former Nirvana guitarist Pat Smear....

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