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OBSIDIAN KINGDOM Stream NIRVANA Cover Song

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 25, 2015
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Spain’s progressive metal outfit OBSIDIAN KINGDOM have released a cover of the NIRVANA classic “Breed”. Their cover of “Breed” is streaming here, and was recorded at the request of Spain’s leading hard rock publication RockZone. The cover also appears on the compilation “Bipolar Sessions #2”, which commemorates this year’s Record Store Day.

Regarding the track, OBSIDIAN KINGDOM comment: “As so many kids from the nineties, one of the things that made us break into playing an instrument was receiving a mixtape from the weird guy at school that featured the very best of alternative rock, from ALICE IN CHAINS to TOOL and from MARILYN MANSON to SOUNDGARDEN, which had us desperately falling in love with rock music.
 
When RockZone offered us to participate in the second edition of their ‘Bipolar Sessions’, we felt like those kids again, and hurried back to our garage to remove the dust from our old distortion pedals.

We have always had a huge penchant for NIRVANA, especially in their noisiest, and we have chosen ‘Breed’ because it is the perfect pop song with all the punk rage and teenage angst that we loved so deep back in the day.”

Season of Mist previously re-issued OBSIDIAN KINGDOM’s originally self-released debut ‘Mantiis – An Agony in Fourteen Bites’. The album is streaming here. The track listing and album art for ‘Mantiis – An Agony in Fourteen Bites’ can be found below.

Currently, OBISIDIAN KINGDOM are working on a new full-length album.

Track list:

  1. Not Yet Five
  2. Oncoming Dark
  3. Through The Glass
  4. Cinnamon Balls
  5. The Nurse
  6. Answers Revealing
  7. Last Of The Light
  8. Genteel To Mention
  9. Awake Until Dawn
  10. Haunts Of The Underworld
  11. Endless Wall
  12. Fingers In Anguish
  13. Ball-Room
  14. And Then It Was

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OBSIDIAN KINGDOM, an independent music project founded in Barcelona in 2005, first received acclaim from the European indy scene through their self-released concept album ‘Mantiis – An Agony in Fourteen Bites’ (2012). OBSIDIAN KINGDOM defy both tradition and their black metal origins, as they create their own unique style  eschewing conventions and genre boundaries. The band is slated to release a new full-length later next year.

It’s Official: KISS And NIRVANA To Be Inducted Into ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME

Posted by tarjavirmakari on December 17, 2013
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Source: Blabbermouth

KISS and NIRVANA were announced as two of next year’s inductees into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Joining them in the 2014 class of inductees are Peter Gabriel, HALL & OATES, Linda Rondstadt and Cat Stevens, while the E STREET BAND (Bruce Springsteen‘s backing group) will be given the Award For Musical Excellence

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Those artists will be inducted on April 10 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Tickets to the event will go on sale in January, and the ceremony will air on HBO in May.

2013 marked the second consecutive year where members of the public were invited to vote alongside the artists, historians and music industry insiders that make up the Hall Of Fame’s voting body.

Voting ended on December 10 on RollingStone.com, with the Top Five acts compiled from those votes onto a “fan’s ballot” that will count as one of the more than 600 total ballots turned in.

Gene Simmons has often been the first to credit KISS‘ legions of fans for their success and admits that the love and support the band has been given by their “Kiss Army” remains beyond their wildest imaginations. “KISS fans are beyond anything we ever dared hope for, in terms of fans,” he said. “We were gonna be happy with just being able to sell a record and, and doing our music, but to get this kind of loyalty is beyond anything we ever expected.”

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This year marked the first appearance of NIRVANA on the ballot. NIRVANA was the only act this year to land on the ballot in its first year of eligibility.

KISS was previously nominated in 2010, while DEEP PURPLE got their first chance last year. Both were seen as glaring hard rock omissions equal to that of RUSH, who were finally inducted with the class of 2013 after years of fan outcries.

DAVE GROHL Considered Playing NIRVANA Songs With P.J. HARVEY Singing

Posted by aliblackdiamond on March 21, 2013
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Source: Blabbermouth.net

Although Dave Grohl says he’s been reluctant to play any music from NIRVANA live in the past, performing recently at SOUND CITY PLAYERS gigs with former NIRVANA members Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear has made it more of a possibility. According to The Pulse Of Radio, Grohl revealed to NME that the three of them had discussed doing it — and asking British alternative diva P.J. Harvey to sing. Grohl explained, “Every once in a while we talk about it. For the SOUND CITY gig here in London (last month), we were thinking about musicians that we could invite because Stevie Nicks and John Fogerty couldn’t make it. Someone came up with the idea of doing a NIRVANA song with P.J. Harvey.”

Grohl added, “Kurt (Cobain) loved her and we love her and we thought, ‘Yeah, what would we do?’ I said, ‘God, what if we were to do ‘Milk It’ from ‘In Utero’ with Polly (P.J. Harvey) singing?’ We all looked at each other like, ‘Whoa, that would be amazing,’ and then she couldn’t do it.”

Grohl reiterated his reluctance to play NIRVANA material, saying, “The thing is, it’s sacred ground. If we were ever to do something like that it would have be right because you want to pay tribute. There’s a reason FOO FIGHTERS don’t do NIRVANA songs, and it’s a good reason.”

The SOUND CITY PLAYERS, a collection of musicians that Grohl interviewed for his documentary “Sound City”, played what might have been their last show at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas last week.

The Pulse Of Radio asked Grohl about the possibility of taking the PLAYERS on the road. “You know, so many people have said like, ‘Oh, you’ve got to go on tour’ and ‘You’ve got to do more shows’ and I swear to God, I would give my left arm to do it,” he said. “Logistically, you could imagine, it’s like taking ‘Hollywood Squares’ on the road. It’s nuts.”

“Sound City: Real To Reel”, the soundtrack album companion to the movie, debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard album chart on Wednesday (March 20), selling 37,000 copies in its first week of release. The set includes new songs featuring Grohl, Paul McCartney, Trent Reznor, Corey Taylor, Stevie Nicks and others.

DAVID LEE ROTH: Future NIRVANA Frontman?

Posted by tarjavirmakari on December 16, 2012
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Source:  Bravewords.com

At the 12-12-12 Hurricane Sandy relief concert Wednesday, Paul McCartney came under fire as the frontman for NIRVANA. But, who else could front the band? In an interview with The Daily Beast contributor Paula Froelich, bassist Krist Novoselic dished on some possibilities including VAN HALEN‘s David Lee Roth who says “I’m in.”

See the interview HERE.

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Surviving NIRVANA Members, PAUL MCCARTNEY Perform New Track At 121212 Concert; Video Posted

Posted by tarjavirmakari on December 13, 2012
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PAUL MCCARTNEY performed with surviving NIRVANA members Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear last night (Wednesday, December 12th) at Hurricane Sandy charity concert 121212, at Madison Square Garden in New York City

The quartet performed the new track, ‘Cut Me Some Slack’, and introducing the song McCartney stated: “So recently some guys asked me to go and jam with them. So I showed up, like you do, ready to jam… and in the middle of it, these guys kept saying, ‘You know, well, we haven’t played together for years, you know?’ So, the penny finally dropped, I finally understood that I was in the middle of a Nirvana reunion.”

Check out the performance below:

It was previously reported that McCartney had been secretly working in the studio with Grohl and Novoselic, who formed the main line-up of the iconic grunge band Nirvana, along with singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain who committed suicide in 1994.

The 70-year-old said he received a phone call from Grohl, asking him to come and ‘jam with some mates’.

He found himself playing alongside Novoselic and unofficial fourth Nirvana member Pat Smear, but confessed: ‘I didn’t really know who they were. They are saying how good it is to be back together. I said “Whoa? You guys haven’t played together for all that time?”

‘And somebody whispered to me “That’s Nirvana. You’re Kurt.” I couldn’t believe it.’

MELVINS Tour Van Featuring KURT COBAIN’s KISS Artwork Up For Online Auction

Posted by tarjavirmakari on March 8, 2012
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A tour van formerly used by MELVINS and featuring exterior artwork by late NIRVANA frontman Kurt Cobain is currently up for sale on eBay.

Known as the “Melvan,” the 1972 Dodge Sportsman Royal Van served as the main vehicle for the band through many of their touring days.

The eBay listing describes the van as “a very unique piece of MELVINS/NIRVANA history and truly one of a kind. The KISS mural on the side was hand-drawn by Kurt Cobain using Sharpie markers shoplifted from the Thriftway grocery store in Montesano, Washington (former employer of King Buzzo). This was one of the first MELVINS tour vans and was used on at least one U.S. tour. Kurt himself was often times known to drive this van to local shows, also included are two former registrations, one signed by Roger Osborne (King Buzzo) and the second signed by former MELVINS bass player Matt Lukin! Bid high and bid often, this will probably be your one and only chance to own this unique piece of music history!”

NIRVANA bassist Krist Novoselic learned about the auction and tweeted his thoughts about it, writing, “If my ’65 VW van I drove in ’89 – ’91 was for sale, I’d buy it in a second!” He added, “I remember the Melvan. It had mechanical problems even in the ’80s. Gas was like 99 [cents] back then so having poor mpg [miles per gallon] not so bad.”

According to Rolling Stone, the van is being sold by Ben Berg, the bassist for the group WEIRD BEAST, who has had the van since 1992. Berg told the magazine, “I think Kurt‘s name is carved somewhere in the van, as well. I don’t know the exact location. I know that Krist Novoselic‘s name is carved in there. Dale Crover‘s name from the MELVINS is carved in there.”

He added: “It’s on eBay reserved at $150,000. If it’s somebody with money right now that wants to contact me, I would let it go for like, $135,000.”

The auction ends on March 13 and the winner must pick up the van from Montesano, Washington. Source: Blabbermouth.net