June 4, 2001 – Spinal Tap tours the U.S. for its “Back From the Dead Tour” and appears at New York’s Carnegie Hall with a 20-song, 90-minute performance as part of the annual Toyota Comedy Festival. June 4, 1942 – Johnny Mercer, Glenn Wallichs and Buddy DeSylva form Capitol Records. On the same day, Wallichs gives the first free record to Los Angeles disc … Continue reading CDJ Today: June 4 in Classic Rock →

April 5, 1980 – R.E.M. play their first-ever gig when they appear at St Mary’s Episcopal Church in Athens, Georgia.  They perform as Twisted Kites, and three weeks later change their name to R.E.M. April 5, 1985 – Thousands of radio stations play “We Are The World” simultaneously at 10:50 a.m. EST on Good Friday, aimed at helping African famine relief … Continue reading CDJ Today: April 5 in Classic Rock →

March 3, 1986 – Metallica release Master of Puppets, their third album. It is the band’s final album with bassist Cliff Burton, who dies in a bus crash six months later. March 3, 1978 – Whitesnake (originally billed as David Coverdale’s Whitesnake) plays its first show in England.  The band is comprised of David Coverdale, guitarist Mick Moody, fellow guitarist … Continue reading CDJ Today: March 3 in Classic Rock →

February 24, 1975 – Led Zeppelin release their sixth album Physical Graffiti. It’s a double album featuring 8 new songs, and songs left over from their previous albums Led Zeppelin III, Led Zeppelin IV and Houses Of The Holy.  Featuring an intricate die-cut cover of a New York City brownstone, the album goes on to sell over 8 million copies in the … Continue reading CDJ Today: February 24 in Classic Rock →

A new exhibit will open at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame later this month. Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll explores the history of the instruments that have “inspired the musicians and made possible the songs we know and love.” The Play It Loud exhibit, which was previously on display at … Continue reading New Rock Hall Exhibit ‘Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll’ to Open this Month →

A sweater worn by Kurt Cobain is expected to fetch between $200,000 and $300,000 at auction this month. The sweater was worn by Cobain during Nirvana’s iconic 1993 MTV Unplugged performance and is being auctioned online through Julien’s Auctions. According to the auction house, the green mohair sweater was gifted by Courtney Love to Jackie … Continue reading Kurt Cobain Sweater Expected to Fetch Up to $300,000 at Auction →

Just weeks after Montage of Heck, the first, fully authorized documentary on the life of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain made its debut, a new trailer for Soaked In Bleach – a docudrama about his death has been released. The film scrutinizes the events leading up to Cobain’s death through the eyes of private investigator Tom … Continue reading Watch the Trailer for ‘Soaked In Bleach’ – New Conspiracy Theory Film About Kurt Cobain’s Death →

Montage of Heck, the authorized documentary about the life and music of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain airs tonight on HBO. Executive produced by Cobain’s daughter, Frances, Montage of Heck has been highly publicized over the past few months and was described by Rolling Stone as “The Most Intimate Rock Doc Ever.” See the trailer below. … Continue reading Authorized Kurt Cobain Documentary, Montage of Heck, Airs Tonight →

A rare and uncut interview with Kurt Cobain has been retrieved from the vaults and posted on YouTube by MTV, days before a new documentary about Cobain’s life is due to premiere on television. In the extended interview, pieces of which appeared in the 1994 documentary, Nirvana: Past Present and Future, Cobain talks about the … Continue reading Kurt Cobain Gets Personal in this Rare, Uncut MTV Interview →

Among the home recordings and never-before-heard audio that make up the soundtrack to Montage of Heck – the authorized Kurt Cobain documentary that makes its television premiere on May 4th – is a chilling version of the Beatles’ “And I Love Her,” performed by the Nirvana frontman and unearthed by doc director Brett Morgen. The … Continue reading Hear Kurt Cobain Cover The Beatles →

In a new clip from the upcoming Kurt Cobain documentary, Montage of Heck, Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic describes meeting a young, artistic Kurt Cobain. “I think I was 18 or 19 yeares old and Kurt was like 17,” Novoselic recalls. “But he liked punk rock music and so that piqued my interest. Then I noticed … Continue reading Krist Novoselic on Kurt Cobain: “He never had idle hands” →

It’s true that a lot of popular music these days is made by computers but this cover of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” takes it one step further.