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Welcome to one of the most popular Nirvana websites: NFC.

This unofficial fansite is dedicated to the legendary Seattle rock band Nirvana. The website presents Nirvana fans with an extensive collection of information, pictures, sound clips, music videos, fan-made artwork, news and much more. You can also find a popular discussion board and chatroom where fans can gather to talk about the music that Nirvana created.

Note: This is only a fan site. There is no fan club to join here.

To navigate the website, please use the buttons in the menu above to visit the main sections. For answers to the most common questions about this website and Nirvana, click here.

Total visitors to this page since April, 1997: 18,957,431.

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[2008-08-12] Nirvana nominated in MTV/VH-1 Greatest Video Ever poll

[2008-08-11] Cobain featured in Forever 27 exhibition

[2008-06-26] Flipper to release new record with Krist Novoselic

[2008-06-11] Nirvana featured in Sub Pop oral history by Blender magazine

[2008-03-16] World Exclusive: Converse to launch Kurt Cobain collection

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Bands cover Nirvana at Reading

According to NME, a handful of bands decided to pay tribute to the late Kurt Cobain at the Reading and Leeds festivals in the UK, last weekend.

Dirty Pretty Things covered Nirvana's In Bloom during their main stage performance on August 23. Midway through the gig, frontman Carl Barat announced that the band were "gonna do a song by an old band for you now," at which point they launched into In Bloom, from Nirvana's 1991 classic album Nevermind.

"Everyone said they liked it," a bemused Barat told Spinner after his band's Leeds festival slot. "This not the f---ing rush for land with everybody staking claims."

"The point is," American guitarist Anthony Rossomando said, "We don't give a f---. We thought it'd be f---ing cool and we love that band."

If the Dirty Pretty Things sound slightly defensive, it's because the festival's audience holds Nirvana on high after the Kurt Cobain fronted group made a significant impact on Britain after their 1992 Reading set, which NME readers voted the most significant moment in the Seattle band's history recently.

The Manic Street Preachers also did a cover of Nirvana's Pennyroyal Tea, Baltimore punks The Death Set closed with Territorial Pissings, while Feeder ended their set with Breed. Incidentally, Nirvana opened their legendary 1992 set at Reading Festival by playing Breed.

More here and here.

Posted or updated: 08-28-2008 @ 9:34 AM (GMT) by Oana.

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Melvins live DVD out now! Buzz Osborne tells Cobain anecdote

The Fantomas/Melvins Big Band: Live from London 2006 DVD, containing footage shot in May 2006 by director Douglas Pledger, has just been released!

According to this review, the release is the best live show ever captured featuring the likes of Mike Patton and The Melvins. The hour and twenty minute set piece has a cinematic composition that looks stunning when viewed on any HD monitor. Filmed at London's Kentish Town Forum, the concert captures two of today's most prolific metal bands playing in perfect synchronicity with each other.

Extras include a feature length audio commentary with Danny DeVito, The Melvins' Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover, booking agent Robby Fraser, and Ipecac co-owner Greg Werckman. Osbourne tells a funny story about having to fire Kurt Cobain as the producer of a Melvins' album.

You can order the DVD here.

Posted or updated: 08-28-2008 @ 9:15 AM (GMT) by Oana.

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Photographer Steve Double talks about Cobain

In a recent Times article, photographer Steve Double gives some background information about a Nirvana photo now featured in the Forever 27 exhibition currently on display at London's Proud Camden gallery.

"I took this in a park in Madrid. Kurt had no energy, no interest in anything. It was funny because Dave [Grohl] and Krist [Novoselic] were the nicest guys you could ever hope to meet, but Kurt just seemed frustrated.

It was a nightmare to take the picture. I had to wait around for hours, and the PR kept ringing up to say Kurt and Courtney were still holed up in their hotel room.

I'd spent days on the road with Nirvana in the US when the first album came out in 1989. Back then Kurt had been much more engaging. None of them was doing drugs as much, I guess. He became disenchanted with the music industry, the tours, all the promotional stuff. He just wanted to be in a little punk rock band."

Read full article here.

Posted or updated: 08-28-2008 @ 9:01 AM (GMT) by Oana.

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Flipper tours the US and Europe in the fall

The re-united Flipper featuring Bruce Loose, Ted Falconi, Steven DePace and former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic are about to embark on a tour of the US and Europe.

Here is the current tour schedule:

4 Sep 2008 Porky’s Lounge - Longview, WA
5 Sep 2008 El Corazon - Seattle, WA
6 Sep 2008 Dug Fir - Portland, OR
8 Nov 2008 Fun Fun Fun Festival - Austin, TX
9 Nov 2008 Meridian Red Room - Houston, TX
10 Nov 2008 One Eyed Jacks New Orleans, LA
11 Nov 2008 Lenny’s - Atlanta, GA
13 Nov 2008 Sonar Lounge - Baltimore, MD
14 Nov 2008 JC Dobbs - Philadelphia, PA
15 Nov 2008 Knitting Factory - New York, NY
18 Nov 2008 ULU - London, UK
19 Nov 2008 AD - Diksmuide, Belgium
20 Nov 2008 Waterfront - Rotterdam, Holland
21 Nov 2008 Bastard - Osnabruck, Germany
22 Nov 2008 Logo - Hamburg, Germany
23 Nov 2008 Lido - Berlin, Germany
24 Nov 2008 Underground - Koln, Germany
26 Nov 2008 Social Club - Paris, France
28 Nov 2008 Dampfzentrale - Bern, Switzerland
29 Nov 2008 Latte - Brescia, Italy
30 Nov 2008 Backstage - Munich, Germany
1 Dec 2008 Lucema Music Bar - Prague
2 Dec 2008 Arena - Vienna, Austria

Check out the official Flipper MySpace page for more details.

Posted or updated: 08-25-2008 @ 8:16 PM (GMT) by RH.

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MySpace page fights for "1991: The Year Punk Broke" DVD release

A MySpace profile has been created with the sole purpose to petition for a DVD release of the documentary, 1991: The Year Punk Broke. The Sonic Youth film which features a number of clips of Nirvana live was originally released on VHS in the 90s. It has apparently been ready for DVD release since 2004. Visit the MySpace page for more details.

"Take a trip with Sonic Youth and Nirvana as they stumble thought their 1991 European club festival tour! Let filmmaker Dave Markey put you on stage, off stage and backstage! Witness the boredom! The cynicism! And rock harder than you may have ever rocked before! Featuring Dinosaur Jr., Babes In Toyland, Gumball, The Ramones and a surging wave of punk rock fanatics!"

Posted or updated: 08-24-2008 @ 6:10 PM (GMT) by RH.

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Updates to the site

It's been a while since there's been some updates to the site, aside from the news section, but here are finally a few updates with more to come soon. Thanks for your patience and support!

A new poll was put up. You can view the results of the previous polls here

The news section now offers an RSS feed

The multimedia section was updated so that all videos now work again, and a couple of new videos were added as well

We welcome news editor Oana who has already been submitting a lot of great stories for the news section over the past few weeks

More new content coming soon!

Posted or updated: 08-24-2008 @ 11:09 AM (GMT) by RH.

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Cobain memorial concert lineup announced

Harvey Danger and Schoolyard Heroes will be headlining a special benefit concert put together by the Kurt Cobain Memorial Committee. Each band will perform at least one Nirvana song! Money raised at the show held September 13 in Hoquiam will be used to build a youth center in Cobain's name in his former hometown. Click here for more info and tickets.

Posted or updated: 08-21-2008 @ 9:27 AM (GMT) by Uanah.

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Flipper at Fun Fun Festival in Austin

Seminal punk band Flipper featuring Krist Novoselic will be playing the Fun Fun Festival to be held November 8 and 9 at Waterloo Park in downtown Austin, Texas. Headliners include Bad Brains, Dead Milkmen, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The National and Minus the Bear. More here.

Posted or updated: 08-21-2008 @ 9:22 AM (GMT) by Uanah.

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Cobain - Rose feud detailed in Goldberg's book

A recently-published excerpt from Danny Goldberg's new book, Bumping into Geniuses gives a new account of the famous feud between Kurt Cobain and Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose. The bad blood made Cobain pass a massive arena tour with Guns N' Roses and Metallica, although he liked the latter.

When Rose asked to meet him backstage after a show, Kurt slipped out of his dressing room. "Rose had the kind of macho rock persona that Kurt detested," Goldberg writes.

Promoters tried to launch a tour with Nirvana, Metallica and Guns N' Roses. "There was a lot of money on the table," says Goldberg, who served as president of the Atlantic, Warner Bros. and Mercury labels. "Kurt really liked Metallica." But there wasn't enough money in the world to get him to share a stage with that other band. Cobain passed.

More info here and here. Bumping into Geniuses is to be released on September 8.

Posted or updated: 08-21-2008 @ 9:13 AM (GMT) by Uanah.

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Nirvana nominated in MTV/VH-1 Greatest Video Ever poll

From MTV: "This summer MTV, the original home of music video, is delving into the archives to define the greatest video ever made. Experts from MTV TWO, MTV BASE and VH1 have already set out their opinions on the Top 100 videos in their respective genres.

Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit has been nominated in VH1's Greatest Video Ever Top 10."

To vote for NIRVANA - please click the banner below. The vote closes at midnight on 14 September and the ultimate Top 10 Greatest Videos Ever will be revealed on Sunday 21 September at 7pm across MTV channels.