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March 11, 2015 Prachi Gupta

The trailer for the highly anticipated, critically-acclaimed HBO doc about Kurt Cobain has arrived. Rarely are two-and-a-half minute trailers as interesting as the one for Montage of Heck, which includes never-before-seen home videos and photos of the rock icon as a baby. Director Brett Morgen got exclusive access to Cobain’s personal archive and then supplemented […]

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February 21, 2014 Andy Cush

This statue of Kurt Cobain was sculpted 20 years ago, shortly after his death, but was recently officially dedicated by his hometown of Aberdeen, Washington as part of their Kurt Cobain Day celebration. It is very, very bad. Yes, any statue honoring Cobain — a musician who was famously conflicted about fame, who once said […]

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September 13, 2013 Andy Cush

From the guy who brought you superhero post-punks like Superman Morrissey and Batman Ian Curtis comes Smells Like Hadouken!, a series of prints that, for whatever reason, reimagines grunge-era rockers as characters from the classic fighting game Street Fighter. Seeing Billy Corgan as Dahlsim justifies the entire bizarre concept. […]

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February 20, 2013 Marina Galperina

This is a 5-piece matryoshka set that you can buy on Etsy, “featuring famous Kurt Cobain Nirvana group.” Yes, all five of them. All five Cobains. This set is artisan-made by hand in Russia and, ahem, ahem… “It is a funny matryoshka doll, and each smaller piece of the set fits into the next larger one.” […]

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