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Photo by Hinterhaus Productions 4 of Kristen Pfaff’s Best Bass Lines From Before She Joined Hole
On what would have been Kristen Pfaff’s 59th birthday, here are some personal favorite tracks from her pre-Hole days.
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Photo by Gie Knaeps/Getty Images On This Day in 2017, Family, Friends, and Rock Royalty Gathered To Say Goodbye to ‘The Godfather of Grunge’
Chris Cornell’s memorial service was packed with his famous friends who mourned alongside his family, with fans crowded outside the cemetery.
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Photo by Ebet Roberts/Redferns This Grunge Band Scrapped a Morbid Soundtrack Song After the Film’s Lead Actor Tragically Died During Filming
Stone Temple Pilots wrote a song for ‘The Crow’ called ‘Only Dying’ but scrapped the song after actor Brandon Lee died during filming.
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Photo by Gie Knaeps/Getty Images That Time Nirvana Sabotaged Their Own Concert After the Audience Got Violently Hostile With The Opening Act
Nirvana once stood up for their heckled opening act by refusing to play their big hits.
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Photo by Frans Schellekens/Redferns Kurt Cobain Accidentally Predicted Nirvana Becoming a ‘Household’ Name, but He Was Just Being Sarcastic
Judging by this clip, “What’s the meaning of your band’s name?” should be outlawed as an interview question.
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Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc This Grunge Hit From 1991 Has a Lot More to Do With Deodorant Than You Might Realize
Nirvana’s hit song ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ is one of the biggest rock songs of all time, and it’s partially named after a deodorant brand.
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Photo by Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Another Famous Grunge Singer Once Tried to Join Alice In Chains
Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell once revealed that Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland wanted to join his band.
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Photo by Paul Bergen/Redferns An Iconic Grunge Musician Was Once Robbed at Knifepoint and the Attack Led Fans To Form a Skatepark Charity
Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament was robbed at knifepoint on April 27, 2009, but that incident led to the founding of a charity in his name.
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(Photo by Bill Tompkins/Getty Images) 35 Years Ago Today, ‘Temple of the Dog’ Proved What Good Artists Could Do Without Pressure From Record Labels
Without expectations, Temple of the Dog was free to create for the sake of creating.
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(Photo by Lester Cohen) Soundgarden’s ‘Spoonman’ Isn’t As Illicit As Most of Us Thought in 1994
Soundgarden’s 1994 song ‘Spoonman’ is actually about a spoon-playing street performer, and not about drugs.
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(Photo by Jeremychanphotography/Getty Images) WATCH: Alice Cooper Crushes Live Cover of ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ by Nirvana
During his annual Coopfest charity concert, Alice Cooper and his band delivered a surprise cover of a Nirvana Top 10 hit.
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(Photo by Lindsay Brice/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) 4 Grunge Singles From 1993, Ranked by How Romantic They Are
Ranked from least romantic to most romantic, there’s no telling what you’ll get with a grunge love song.
