Cobain guitar on block to help Colts’ mental health cause
May 10, 2022 GMTINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay spent years putting together his expansive guitar collection. Now he’s trying to add a Fender Mustang electric guitar used by Kurt Cobain.
Cobain’s family is auctioning off the blue guitar used in Nirvana’s iconic “Smells Like Teen Spirit” music video and other items that belonged to the late singer.
Judge tosses lawsuit of man who was nude baby on ‘Nevermind’
January 4, 2022 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed the lawsuit of a 30-year-old man who alleged that the image of him nude as a 4-month-old on the 1991 cover of Nirvana’s “Nevermind” album is child pornography.
Nirvana sued by man who was nude baby on ‘Nevermind’ cover
August 26, 2021 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — A 30-year-old man who appeared nude at 4 months old in 1991 on the cover of Nirvana’s “Nevermind” album is suing the band and others, alleging the image is child pornography they have profited from.
Treasure trove of rock memorabilia includes Kurt Cobain hair
May 12, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Guitars from Eddie Van Halen, Eric Clapton and Aerosmith as well as autographed memorabilia from The Beatles and even strands of hair from Kurt Cobain are some of the highlights of an online rock ‘n’ roll auction that ends over the weekend...
Cobain ‘MTV Unplugged’ guitar sells for sky-high $6 million
June 21, 2020 GMTBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Grunge became gold Saturday as the guitar Kurt Cobain played on Nirvana's 1993 “MTV Unplugged” performance months before his death sold for an eye-popping $6 million at auction...
Underground singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston dead at 58
September 12, 2019 GMTHOUSTON (AP) — Daniel Johnston, a quirky folk singer-songwriter and visual artist whose offbeat career and struggles with mental illness brought him a cult following and inspired a documentary film, has died at age 58...
Fans mourn grunge rock icon Kurt Cobain 25 years after death
April 5, 2019 GMTSEATTLE (AP) — On the 25th anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death, dozens of people left flowers, candles and handwritten messages at a Seattle park near the house where the Nirvana frontman killed himself...