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Courtney Love Gave Up Rights to Kurt's Image for Cash

Rob Quinn — Fri, 04 May 2012 01:41:00 CDT

She lost custody of her daughter, Frances Bean in 2009, and in 2010 Courtney Love gave up custody of the name and likeness of Frances' father Kurt Cobain, according to court documents obtained by The Fix . The documents show that Love surrendered publicity rights for the Nirvana frontman in return...

How Adele Is Like a Modern Kurt Cobain

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:54:05 CST

There's no question that Adele is the reigning queen of pop music, and she's frequently hailed for her "authenticity"—much as Kurt Cobain was two decades ago. But that "early ‘90s fetishization of authenticity" led to a bunch of "dour, humorless copycats" who only brought us "wave after wave of...

Courtney Love Explains Weird Cobain Rant

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:16:05 CST

Courtney Love had quite the night on Sunday, first ranting against a fan who held up a picture of Kurt Cobain before storming off stage, only to return and flash the audience. Afterward, she explained the diatribe (which you can watch in full in the gallery—it’s definitely NSFW), the...

Facebook Boots Nevermind Cover

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:41:05 CDT

Nirvana's artistic choices are apparently a little too risque for Facebook: The band's iconic 1991 Nevermind cover has become the latest image banned by the social network, which says the picture of a naked baby boy violates Facebook's terms of use. A photo of the album, soon to have its...

Nevermind Turns 20, Will Hit Shelves Anew

Sarah Whitmire — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:50:40 CDT

Nirvana's Nevermind turns 20 this September (yep, it has been 20 years and yes, you are old). So Universal thought it only right to celebrate the multi-platinum album by issuing a remastered version of it—as part of a massive set that includes four CDs and one DVD. The set,...

Sex on First Date? Not for Coldplay Fans

Matt Cantor — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 16:10:58 CDT

If your idea of a good first date involves a roll in the hay, you’re probably not a Coldplay fan. You might be into Nirvana, though, a survey finds. The dating site Tastebuds.fm polled users on their willingness to have sex on the first date and compared it to...

Courtney Love Loses Custody of Frances Bean

M. Morris — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:11:53 CST

Troubled singer Courtney Love has lost legal control over her daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, and a California court has appointed the 17-year-old's paternal grandmother and aunt—Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain's mother and younger sister—her legal guardians. Wendy O'Connor and Kimberly Cobain have authority over the girl's education, health care,...

Guitar Hero 5 Uses Cobain's Image Illegally: Love

Harry Kimball — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:58:02 CDT

Kurt Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, says she plans to sue Activision for allegedly including the Nirvana frontman’s image in its Guitar Hero 5 without permission, MTV reports. “For the record this Guitar Hero shit is breach of contract on a Bullys part and there will be a proper addressing of...

Cobain Play Hits London

Mary Papenfuss — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:11:00 CDT

Teen spirit has hit a London stage in a play that involves the troubled life of rocker Kurt Cobain, reports the Independent. The production, Nevermind, features a struggling music critic, John, visited by Cobain's ghost. "Cobain appears as his alter ego: a success who couldn't deal with it, as opposed...