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Kurt Cobain and his band, Nirvana, spent only three years in the public eye, and they released only three studio albums. But what he accomplished before committing suicide 10 years ago Monday at age 27 – deciding it was “better to burn out than fade away,” as he quoted Neil Young in his suicide note – was remarkable. Beneath this bridge above the muddy banks of the Wishkah River, a troubled young Cobain would come to escape his unhappy home and the persistent gray drizzle of the Washington coast. Among the cracking concrete supports, he would smoke pot and drink… Read more »

Guns N’ Roses’ surprise performance at Thursday’s 19th annual MTV Video Music Awards was easily the night’s highlight presentation, even though P. Diddy, Eminem and Justin Timberlake had more pizzazz and Bruce Springsteen and Sheryl Crow had more heart. Click here for the complete 2002 MTV VMA Winners List. The group – which included longtime GN’R keyboardist Dizzy Reed and a batch of new faces like ex-Replacements bassist Tommy Stinson, ex-Nine Inch Nails guitarist Robin Finck and guitarist Buckethead – kicked off its medley with “Welcome to the Jungle,” the song that had thunderingly announced GN’R back on their first… Read more »

Wet Seal is teaming up with Epic Records for an in-store appearance by punk upstart Good Charlotte. Good Charlotte will be making a personal appearance at the Wet Seal store at South Park Center in Strongsville, Ohio on Thursday, August 9th at 1 p.m. The band will be signing autographs and CDs, as well as drawing names for prizes, including full-length CDs, posters and signed promotional photos. The in-store event will be supported through advertising on local radio stations. Earlier that day (on August 9th), a lucky winner from a Wet Seal-Epic Records promotion will have toured the Rock and… Read more »