Kurt Cobain imitated them, R.E.M. supported them, the Red Hot Chili Peppers would never have existed without them. The most indefinable group of the English scene of the 1970s says goodbye: ‘We were never commercial. We never participated in that big spectacle’
A study examining the myth surrounding the deaths of artists analyzes how popular beliefs emerge from random and statistically improbable events
Their grandparents were remarkable talents in the realms of cinema, music, and literature. They bear the weight of their family legacy, which often brings advantages but can also come with its share of challenges
In the 1990s, an isolated city in the Pacific Northwest created a global musical movement, ‘grunge.’ EL PAÍS visited Seattle 30 years after the death of Kurt Cobain, the artist who personified this genre. He marked a generation and defined a diverse scene that is still vibrant today
The Californian band, whose third release continues to be the best-selling album of all time by an independent label, is still playing, 30 years after its biggest success
Heartfelt tributes are being paid to Kurt Cobain, who left us 30 years ago, but none to Lee Brilleaux, a British rock figure who died a few hours before him and was relegated to a footnote in an obituary
Artists and critics establish that the mystical influence of the unique band is very much alive as they examine how it changed rock history and left a spiritual legacy
McCartney bought the bass for about 30 pounds ($37) in 1961 and now it’s estimated to be worth 10 million pounds ($12.6 million). The instrument was played on the Beatles first two records
The return of the legendary group with ‘Saviors’ is the spearhead of the resurgence of the style they managed to impose in the 1990s and, against the odds, on the musical panorama
They didn’t appreciate her enough in the ‘90s. Now, a new generation of artists is even inspired by the way she dressed
Baby boomers champion hard work and millennials embrace social justice, but what about the group that falls in between them? We look at what happened to the first demographic cohort to realize that they belonged to one
It is no longer surprising to see male designers, actors, pop stars and other pop culture personalities appear in public wearing skirts
From Baudelaire to Kurt Cobain, being ‘cursed’ may have been a source of inspiration for art during the 19th and 20th centuries, but today no one believes that failure is one more step towards success
