One such sketch titled “Conspiracy Theory Rock” aired on the March 14, 1998, episode ofSaturday Night Live, hosted by Julianne Moore and featuring musical guests the Backstreet Boys. The piece in question featured neither of the night's guests or any of the cast but was instead the work ...
He was24when “Nevermind” came out, but he'd been writing songs in Aberdeen and Olympia for a decade. Before success, Cobain thought Seattle was too expensive a place to live. When did Nirvana drop Nevermind? When Nirvana's Nevermind was released onSept.24, 1991, it made a fairly low...
known for his work withRod Stewart,Mick Jagger,American Idoland more. “I went there thinking I already had the gig, so I was going to show them how fast I could play the drums,” Hawkins said. “I blasted through a couple of songs. Stevie Salas stopped me and said, ‘Hey. Did yo...
known for his work withRod Stewart,Mick Jagger,American Idoland more. “I went there thinking I already had the gig, so I was going to show them how fast I could play the drums,” Hawkins said. “I blasted through a couple of songs. Stevie Salas stopped me and said, ‘Hey. Did yo...
being in Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders and then the Mindbenders. So we took to it really easy, actually, I think, looking back. [Laughs] We waited a while until we made the decision to actually go on the road. But everything was going so well with the records, we thought, “Bl...
"Indifference," also fromVs.,was mentioned a few times as well. Pearl Jam, 'Indifference' Nirvana A few songs byNirvanawere brought up in the thread, including the melancholy "Something in the Way" fromNevermind."Polly," "Dumb," "You Know You're Right" and "Lithium" were also suggested...
Dave Grohl is a force to be reckoned with behind a drum kit, which is where he first became known as the drummer for Nirvana. After Kurt Cobain's death in 1994, Grohl was offered the drummer gig by a few artists, including Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. But Grohl wanted a fresh sta...
But, inevitably, change came. First REM, old "college-rockers," cracked the mainstream. Former avant-garde noise outfit Sonic Youth signed with a major-label. And, then,Nirvanacame out of nowhere to be the biggest band in the world. Grunge was a license to print money, sending major-labe...
He had to settle for a compromise – that ridiculous "Cougar" stage name wasn't going anywhere yet – but the victory was big enough to matter.Uh-Huh also included his first fully formed shot at breaking the hard-ass rocker image the record company had shaped for him on his first Top ...
Queensryche fans are a passionate bunch. It won’t be hard to find detractors of the last two decades who tout “No Chris DeGarmo, no Queensryche.” The argument is neither here nor there, but it does hold some weight considering DeGarmo was at the creative musical helm of the progressive...