- Kurt Cobain's smashed guitar, signed by Nirvana, sells for nearly $600,000. One of Kurt Cobain's Nevermind-era guitars just sold for $595,000.  The guitar was smashed onstage around the time of Nirvana's landmark 1991 album by the band's frontman and later re-assembled, though it remains unplayable.  The black Fender Stratocaster was auctioned off by Julien's Auctions during its Music Icons event at New York's Hard Rock Cafe. It was originally estimated to sell for $60,000. - The body of the guitar is signed by all three members of Nirvana — Cobain, Dave Grohl, and Krist Novoselic — and features an inscription to Mark Lanegan of the Screaming Trees by Cobain that reads, "Hell-o Mark! Love, Your Pal, Kurdt Kobain / Washed up rockstar."  According to the auction house, the neck plate is engraved with "Boddah Lives" (a reference to Cobain's childhood imaginary friend) and the guitar is housed in a black hard case with "Abort

- It’s official: Foo Fighters will have a new drummer sitting behind the skins when they kick off their summer tour in the coming days. Josh Freese, a highly sought-after session drummer, was revealed as the band’s new touring drummer during a livestream titled “Preparing Music for Concerts” on Sunday.  The announcement comes more than a year after the death of Foo Fighters’ longtime drummer, Taylor Hawkins. Freese, 50, is a veteran drummer who has performed and toured with Guns N’ Roses, Nine Inch Nails, the Replacements, Sting, Puddle of Mudd, Weezer, and Paramore, among others. Freese was one of the musicians tapped to perform with Foo Fighters during their tribute concerts to Hawkins in 2022. Speculation that he might be tapped to fill the vacancy on a longer-term basis reached a fever pitch after Freese abruptly dropped out of drumming for Danny Elfman and the Offspring, with whom he toured until last year, earlier this month.(nvn) It’s unclear if Freese will become a permanent me

- "I kind of equate Soundgarden to Led Zeppelin of Seattle rock bands." During an appearance on the Whatever, Nevermind Podcast , Corbin Reiff, the author of the book "Total F*cking Godhead: The Biography of Chris Cornell," talked about Soundgarden, Nirvana, Kurt Cobain's relationship with the band, as well as the grunge scene in general. Asked if he agrees that Soundgarden fits the "Big 4" of grunge alongside Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, and Nirvana, Corbin replied (transcribed by UG): "You know, like most people, I love Nirvana and I love Soundgarden. My favorite of all time is Led Zeppelin, and I kind of equate Soundgarden to Led Zeppelin of Seattle rock bands. "Nirvana's kind of The Beatles, Pearl Jam's kind of The Who, and Soundgarden is Led Zeppelin to me. "So that was what I gravitated to - long guitar solos and loud, abrasive music, that sort of thing. That's just what I like, so absolutely, I gravitated to them."