Stereogum — MTV Unplugged was a force in the early '90s, welcoming major stars like Nirvana, Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Phil Collins, and more to record intimate acoustic shows that were televised on the network. (Clapton and Nirvana both won Gr... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — I had a conversation with some friends this week about what artists of the past 25 years will be elected in the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame in their first year if eligibility.  Recently, Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Green Day all accomplished this.  We ... more info

Stereogum — Trevor Wilson was the most iconic face of grunge who wasn't actually in a band. Not even Spencer Elden -- the naked baby on the cover of Nirvana's Nevermind -- was as immediately recognizable a stand-in for the angst and alienation of an entire gener... more info

Stereogum — For Turntable Kitchen's monthly vinyl subscription serious Sounds Delicious, in which one artist covers an entire album by another artist, Death Cab For Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard took on Teenage Fanclub's 1991 classic Bandwagonesque, the sighing jan... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Reading back contemporary overviews of music from the end of 1993 it's striking how US rock was grouped together as one intransigent whole, which means that Nirvana, in the year of In Utero and the recording of Unplugged In New York, are usually ... more info

Metal Injection — Nirvana too! The post METALLICA & GUNS N' ROSES Among Spotify's Top 20 Most Streamed Rock Artists For 2017 appeared first on Metal Injection. more info

CNN Showbiz — The Backstreet Boys recount some of their biggest memories from the decade. "The Nineties" airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET/PT. more info

Stereogum — On January 23, 1988, a fledgling band not yet known as Nirvana recorded their first demo tape. The following day, they posted up after hours in an Aberdeen, Washington Radio Shack to film a video. Clips of the performance have been seen before, but h... more info

Stereogum — Vintage band T-shirts have become a Thing amongst fashionable celebrities lately, with Justin Bieber rocking Nirvana and Smiths tees, Kim Kardashian spotted wearing a Metallica tee, and Kanye proudly proclaiming his love of Testament to the world. No... more info

Stereogum — The 2015 Kurt Cobain documentary Montage Of Heck featured a bunch of drawings from the late Nirvana frontman, and now two of his paintings will be exhibited at the Seattle Art Fair in August. The New York Times reports that the visual arts divisi... more info