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    Record producer and Garbage member, Butch Vig, reminded Nirvana's Kurt Cobain of The Beatles while Vig produced Nevermind, for Nirvana.   During the recording sessions of Nevermind, the album that would become both the juggernaut that would launch Nirvana's fame into the stratosphere as well as the defining album of the early 1990s Seattle Grunge sound, Vig asked Kurt Cobain to be open to a commonly used method in recording rock albums: overdubbing.& …

Both the Foo Fighters and the late Chris Cornell received nods from the Grammy Awards.  They've both been nominated for Best Rock Performance.  The Foo Fighters, which were born after the sudden demise of Nirvana, in the mid-1990s, are nominated for their song Run and Chris Cornell, the former lead singer for Soundgarden and Audioslave, who passed away earlier this year, is nominated for his solo performance of The Promise. …

Happy birthday to ‪Dave Grohl. The ‪Foo Fighters singer, songwriter, guitarist and founder turns 47 today. Before forming the Foo Fighters in 1995, Dave had risen to world wide popularity as the drummer for ‪Nirvana, during the height of the alternative grunge rock movement in the early-mid 1990s. …

I'm sorry to report that Dave Grohl, lead singer of the  Foo Fighters and drummer for Nirvana, is mourning the loss of his father. James Grohl, 75, who passed away earlier this week after battling cancer.  We here at  Rocker Rags send Dave and his family our deepest sympathies on their loss. …

For those of you that enjoyed  Foo Fighters' front man and Nirvana's background man (drummer), Dave Grohl's documentary "Sound City," about the San Fernando, California based legendary recording studio, get ready for more on recording studios from the prolific musician...a lot more. HBO has given the green light to a new series to be helmed by Mr. Grohl in which he will travel around to classic recording studios in order to document them as well as interview famous music …

Exactly 20 years ago today, April 5, 1994,  Nirvana's singer, Kurt Cobain killed himself, in his Seattle home, from a self inflicted gun shot wound. He was discovered, 3 days later, by an electrician who was at the rock star's house to install some security lighting. He had apparently entered the premises and found the rocker's body on the ground next to a shot gun and a note. Kurt, at the time, was the latest to enter the "27 Club," the group of musicians who had died from a variet …