You could call it the grungiest van in history. A 1972 Dodge Sportsman passenger van utilized by pioneering Northwest sludge rock outfit the Melvins during their inaugural United States tour is hitting the auction block — but in bits and pieces. After it is displayed today outside a pair of Seattle record stores, the “Melvan” … Read more
Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren said it’s “sad” Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain died before he got to experience the “magical” functionality of using a GPS. “I always say, it’s so sad that Kurt Cobain died when he did, because he never saw GPS,” the 79-year-old actress said during an interview with the Evening Standard. “GPS is … Read more
Frances Bean Cobain, the daughter of grunge superstar Kurt Cobain of Nirvana and his controversial rock star widow Courtney Love, has finally found happiness after a messy first marriage and one of the most notorious early childhoods in pop-culture history. The self-described model and visual artist just embarked on her second marriage at age 31 … Read more
Smashing Pumpkins singer Billy Corgan revealed Monday that the death of Kurt Cobain in 1994 left him extremely upset because he felt like he had “lost his greatest opponent.” “When Kurt died, I cried because I lost my greatest opponent,” recalled Corgan, 56, during an Apple Music interview. “I want to beat the best. I … Read more
Put down that makeup remover and throw out your hair brush — the messy, grungy look of the ’90s is back, thanks to thrift-obsessed Gen Z fashionistas. Born out of Seattle’s alt-music scene during the latter half of the 1980s, the indie, I-just-threw-this-on-and-rolled-out-of-bed aesthetic came to dominate pop culture at the dawn of the new … Read more
Courtney was not feeling the love for Brad Pitt. Musician-actress Courtney Love contends that she was fired from the 1999 cult classic “Fight Club” because she denied co-star Brad Pitt the chance to star in a potential film about her late husband, Kurt Cobain. Love, 58, claimed during an appearance on the podcast “WTF With … Read more
Sage Virgo, actress, and expert eyebrow archer Lauren Bacall decreed, “Stardom isn’t a profession, it’s an accident.” True enough LB, but when it comes to astrology there are certain indicators within the birth chart that suggest fame, fortune, infamy, controversy, sex tape notoriety and the amber glow of celebrity. In addition to the strong presence … Read more