Nirvana Information Articles and Interviews
Introduction: The following is a collection of many
articles + interviews sourced from magazines, newspapers, online
news sites, fan contributions and other places.
The band did a number of interviews with the press during their career. A selection of those can be found here. A lot of articles were added in November 2003 thanks to Mike Ziegler, Rob Holmes and their old website "The Happening".
This section presents interesting interviews with the band members from the very beginning of Nirvana's career up until the end in '94. Read all the famous (and infamous) Cobain myths here and learn new facts about Nirvana.
Interviews/articles about Nirvana and Kurt Cobain
(ordered by date of publication in mm/dd/yy format)
09/88 BacklashOne of the first ever articles about Nirvana
03/18/89 Melody MakerSeattle: Rock City
05/05/89 The Univ. Of WAArticle about Nirvana in the early years
06/89 FlipsideVery early Nirvana interview
10/89 UnknownNirvana interview
10/21/89 SOUNDSNatural descendants of Mudhoney and Dinosaur Jr, Nirvana are a high energy explo ...
10/21/89 Melody MakerEarly Nirvana interview
11/89 UnknownEarly Nirvana interview
12/89 The RocketEarly Nirvana interview
12/89 Pulse!Heavy Meditation
01/90 Metal ForcesCarl Williams Investigates America's Latest Import, Nirvana
03/03/90 Melody MakerNirvana concert review
03/17/90 Melody MakerThis was a tour not for the faint-hearted. Everett True witness the chaos & carn ...
04/27/90 91.9 WOZQRadio interview with Kurt Cobain
10/90 SoundsIf any of the US underground bands are likely to break through into the mainstre ...
11/90 PUSH InterviewEarly Nirvana interview
12/15/90 Melody MakerEarly Nirvana interview
03/91 BacklashKurt Cobain interview
04/06/91 SOUNDSNirvana concert review
06/91 Bleach BumsIt's June 1991, mere months before the revolution, and Kurt Cobain is wrestling ...
08/91 New Music ExpressInterview with Krist and Kurt
08/22/91 RockviewInterview with Nirvana
08/24/91 KerrangKurt Cobain interview
09/14/91 Melody MakerNirvana interview
09/91 M.E.A.T.Music styles
11/02/91 Melody MakerNirvana's European tour
11/10/91 ROCK HARDNirvana interview
11/23/91 Musical ExpressSuddenly everyone wants a piece of NIRVANA, the most vital rock band of the mome ...
11/26/91 Village VoiceNirvana's on MTV and frontman Kurt Cobain's wearing a dress, a floor-length yell ...
12/91 New RouteNirvana interview
01/92 SpinNirvana interview
01/92 MusicianNirvana interview
01/92 Guitar WorldKurt Cobain tries to explain why Nirvana, third-hand guitars and all, is suddenl ...
01/10/92 BAMNirvana's impact
01/23/92 Rolling StoneAftergiving birth to the surprise hit of the year, the guys from Seattle fight t ...
01/25/92 BillboardNirvana hits #1 on the Billboard chart
01/25/92 Melody MakerNirvana fever is sweeping America... which is bad news for their fans over here.
01/92 OptionPunk Philosophers Nirvana
02/01/92 BillboardMost Top 40 Outlets Reserve Track For Nighttime Only
02/08/92 Kerrang'Nevermind' has been at Number One on the Kerrang! Album Chart for a month
02/92 Guitar PlayerIt's Saturday night at San Francisco's Warfield Theater, and an impatient crowd ...
02/92 RIPNirvana has struck a chord. It may be out of tune, but it's universal. It is lou ...
02/92 DetailsNirvana interview
02/92 Down Under '92Interview with Krist Novoselic
02/20/92 Rolling StoneNirvana concert review
04/92 PeaceNirvana interview from 1990
04/92 SassyInterview with Kurt and Courtney
04/92 SPINIt's 1992... grunge goes overground and anarchy comes to the charts.
04/92 E.Q.Capturing the high-intensity sound of Nirvana meant reevaluating the strengths a ...
04/16/92 Rolling StoneInside the Heart and Mind of Kurt Cobain.
05/92 Hit ParaderSeattle Thrashers Reach Platinum Paradise With Nevermind
05/92 FlipsideFlipside's Cobain interview
05/31/92 CircusNivana on tour
06/92 RIPNirvana interview
07/04/92 Melody MakerNirvana Star Rushed to Hospital With "Mystery Stomach Bug"
07/18/92 Melody MakerInterview with Kurt Cobain
07/25/92 Melody MakerKurt going solo rumours ...
07/25/92 Melody MakerIn the second part of his exclusive NIRVANA interview, Everett True meets the ba ...
07/25/92 Melody MakerNirvana: Isle of Calf Festival, Oslo; Sjohistoriska Museum, Stockholm
08/15/92 Melody MakerNirvana are being sued by Killing Joke
08/29/92 Melody MakerKurt Cobain of Nirvana talks about the records that changed his life.
08/29/92 New Music ExpressAs "Nevermind" zoomed past Bono & Jacko, so the rumours started: Kurt Is Dead .. ...
09/92 Vanity FairAre Courtney Love, lead diva of the postpunk band Hole, and her husband, Nirvana ...
09/05/92 Melody MakerKurt and Courtney's daughter taken away
09/21/92 Los Angeles TimesKurt speaks of his drug use and more
10/92 Monk MagazineInterview with Kurt Cobain
10/29/92 Rolling StoneNirvana at the VMA's ...
12/92 SpinKurt and Courtney interview
12/92 SpinNirvana is named Artist of the Year
12/04/92 Entertainment WSomebody has written the unauthorized story of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love. Th ...
12/12/92 Melody MakerKurt Cobain explains why wearing dresses can be cool.
01/07/93 Rolling StoneAfter a successful European summer tour and a sold-out show at the mammoth 45,00 ...
01/23/93 Billboard'Real' Follow-Up Discs Are Due In Spring
01/30/93 Melody MakerCobain blows his top at scandals and obsessions
02/93 The AdvocateKurt Cobain interview
04/01/93 Rolling StoneIt's the Jesus and Nirvana Chain!
04/09/93 Melody MakerInterview with Kurt Cobain
04/24/93 Melody MakerLast week, Nirvana, L7, The Disposable Hereos Of Hiphoprisy and The Breeders sta ...
06/93 Guitar MagazineNirvana's music
06/24/93 Rolling StoneA media stink erupts over the band's new album - and who's in charge.
07/22/93 Howl:An InterviewA lenghty Kurt Cobain interview
07/24/93 NMEGoodybe 'Teen Spirit', hello to the strange, anxious, visceral realm of 'In Uter ...
08/07/93 KerrangNirvana interview
08/21/93 Melody MakerAt bloody last! After months of speculation, controversy, title-changes, track-s ...
08/21/93 Melody MakerThis week: Nirvana's Kurt Cobain
08/28/93 Melody MakerWith NIRVANA’s long-awaited ‘In Utero’ due for imminent release, The Stud Brothe ...
09/04/93 OOR MagazineNirvana interview
09/93 USNirvana and Pearl Jam plunged into the mainstream with their albums ‘Nevermind’ ...
09/19/93 Atlanta JournalKurt Cobain interview
10/93 ImpactA worldwide cacophony of loud guitar music, toques and plaid shirts on the runaw ...
10/93 Alternative PressGo ahead. Hate this band, it’s the cool thing to do. The punk rockers hate them ...
10/93 SPINRemarkable. Unprecedented. Phenomenal. The stupefying success of Nirvana left a ...
10/93 QOn the eve of the release of In Utero, the hungrily anticipated successor to the ...
10/93 MusicianThe battles behind Nirvana's new album
10/93 Guitar WorldIn July of 1993, Kurt Cobain gave a dramatically candid interview to respected B ...
10/18/93 MTV InterviewNirvana interview
10/24/93 Chicago TribuneReview of Nirvana at the Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL October 23 1993
10/25/93 Rolling StoneKurt Cobain interview
11/93 DetailsIt took two weeks for Nirvana to record In Utero, but two years before they coul ...
11/11/93 Rolling StoneWal-Mart censored In Utero
11/14/93 N.Y. TimesConcert review
11/29/93 KerrangInterview with Kurt Cobain on tour
11/30/93 CircusKurt Cobain interview
12/25/93 Melody MakerFor a concert spectacular to be broadcast worldwide on New Year's Eve, MTV went ...
01/04/94 NardwuarInterview with Nirvana in Canada
01/27/94 Rolling StoneOur man in Nirvana rages on (and on) about stardom, fatherhood, his feud with Pe ...
01/31/94 Circus MagazineAn opening night report from Phoenix, Arizona
02/94 RIPStepping offstage at Hollywood's Club Lingerie, Kurt Cobain looks like he's just ...
02/27/94 Croatian TVTV interview with Krist
03/94 Hit ParaderWill success spoil Nirvana? That seems to be the question filling more and more ...
04/10/94 Port OrchardKurt's uncle speaks about Kurt
04/18/94 NewsweekArticle on Kurt Cobain's passing
04/18/94 TimeKurt Cobain was the dour, brilliant leader of Nirvana, the multiplatinum grunge ...
04/27/94 The RocketWhen Kurt Cobain committed suicide recently, I found myself, like everyone else ...
Fall 94 Fender FrontlineOne of the last interviews Kurt Cobain did
03/95 Guitar WorldA behind-the-scenes look at Nirvana's brilliant performance on MTV's Unplugged
03/95 The RocketGreat albums are born, they are not made. Music that lasts over time requires no ...
04/05/95 The RocketKurt Cobain's Year of Rest Without Peace
1996 Guitar WorldThe evolution of Nirvana, and how they came to record Nevermind-the great radio- ...
10/96 Guitar WorldA sneak preview of Nirvana's upcoming live album
02/14/97 GoldmineA comprehensive article about Nirvana's recordings, sessions and other projects
04/99 CircusBiographies of Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl
05/99 Rolling StoneRolling Stone Magazine names Kurt Cobain as the best artist of the 90s
06/28/99 NewsweekArticle about the impact of Nirvana's Nevermind album
09/99 Spin MagazineArticle about Nirvana's Nevermind album
10/99 Rolling StoneArticle with Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic interviews
12/07/00 Rolling StoneArticle about Smells Like Teen Spirit
05/2004 MojoArticle about You Know You're Right and the final Nirvana recording session. By Gillian G. Gaar.
Nevermind: It's an interviewThe interview officially released on CD by Geffen/DGC
Various newspaper articles about Cobain from 1994 AP press releases from March and April, 1994 Larry Smith - Kurt's uncle by marriage - shares storiesMiscellaneous articles/interviews related to Nirvana
(ordered by date of publication in mm/dd/yy format)
05/85 Klipsun MagazineArticle about one of former Nirvana drummer Chad Channing's first bands, Color M ...
Fall 1994 SpinArticle about Courtney Love dealing with the passing of her husband
05/21/94 Melody MakerAn Interview With Eddie Vedder Of Pearl Jam. It Is Mainly About His Reaction To ...
09/08/99 MTVThe following is a transcript of an interview with Courtney Love, broadcast Sept ...
09/26/94 NewsweekInterview with Michael Stipe of R.E.M. about Nirvana and Kurt Cobain
11/04/94 Entertainment WeeklyFAME BEGETS FAME: That's one lesson Kurt Cobain took pleasure in teaching
12/94 SpinArticle about Kurt Cobain
08/16/95 RAW MagazineA brief Courtney Love biography
01/96 Playboy MagazineCourtney wants to go mass market, but can pop's punk princess shelve her anger a ...
02/96 EsquireCrisscrossing the country with Courtney Love and the ashes of the deceased (whic ...
03/24/97 Barbara Walters interview with Courtney LoveBarbara Walters' infamous interview with Courtney Love from TV
Addicted to NoiseThousands watch in awe as Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl and Pat Smear were joined by ...
02/26/98 San Mateo TimesDocumentary banned at Sundance Film Festival will premiere at Roxie Friday
02/27/98 San Mateo TimesReview of 'Kurt and Courtney' documentary
08/17/98 Seattle TimesArticle about Kurt's cousin, Bev Cobain
03/99 Guitar WorldThe grunge equation of success = death sealed the fate of guitar music in the Ni ...
02/00 FHM MagazineThe former Nirvana drummer - now Foo Fighters frontman - on weapons, hygiene and ...
Various articles and documents posted in the news section
Michael Azerrad statement about 'Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana' Article about Courtney's lawsuits. html | word "When there's Love, there's war". Article about the lawsuits 'Live Through This' (book) press clippings 'Live Through This' (book) press release The NFC Essay. Lengthy essay about the life at the discussion board Press release for the Nirvana photo book Winterlong Article about the Experience Music Project museum in Seattle A personal account from a person who visited the EMP museum 'Nirvana - A Retrospective'. Press release about a 1999 photo exhibit Article about the 12/1999 riots in Seattle over the WTO summit Dave Grohl interview about Kurt, Nirvana and more Press release for the Kurt Cobain biography 'Heavier Than Heaven' List of items that Krist Novoselic sold in an online garage sale A touching story about Kurt Cobain's influence 'The Vigil' (movie) press release 'The Vigil' (movie) production notes 'The Vigil' (movie) reviews 'The Vigil' (movie) rogers video press release Review of "Dave Grohl - Foo Fighters, Nirvana & other misadventures" Review of "Of Grunge And Government - Let's Fix This Broken Democracy!" Review of "Nirvana: The Chosen Rejects" Eyes Adrift biography (Krist Novoselic's former band) Story from BBC radio winner Daniel Sasto's trip to Seattle Story from Eryn Mulloy about her trip to Seattle for the 10th KC anniversary Story from the Aberdeen Daily Word, April 2004 Story from the Aberdeen Daily Word, May 2004 Press release for new Charles Peterson photo bookMost of these files are copyright the original author or publication. The articles from "The Rocket" are all used by permission of the editor Charles R. Cross. The article from Circus about the Phoenix show is Copyright 1994 Salvatore Caputo, used by permission of the author. The article about Bev Cobain from The Seattle Times is Copyright 1999 Ian Ith, used by permisson of the author. Thanks to Mike Ziegler, Dave Wolinsky, Jen Johnson and many others for a bunch of these transcripts.
