I just heard that new Nirvana material WILL be released by Christmas! Personally, I'm looking forward to hearing the new (old) stuff! ------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,353699~4~0~courtneylovesaysshes,00.html <b>Words of Love</b> <i>Courtney Love says she's settled Nirvana suit. As a result, Kurt Cobain's widow says, a long-awaited Nirvana retrospective, possibly with an unreleased track, should be out by Christmas</i> <b>by Gary Susman</b> The legal dispute between Courtney Love and the two surviving members of her late husband's band Nirvana was so bitter that Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic once petitioned the court to force her to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. (That request was denied.) But now, it's all harmonious between the two parties, Love told Howard Stern during his Friday morning radio broadcast. The settlement of that lawsuit means a long-awaited Nirvana retrospective, possibly including the previously unreleased track ''You Know You're Right,'' will be out soon. ''You'll get the new Nirvana record at Christmas,'' she told Stern. ''We love each other. We're getting along. We worked it all out.'' ''You Know You're Right'' was at the center of the dispute, with the band wanting to release it last year on a Nirvana boxed set timed to the 10th anniversary of the band's landmark ''Nevermind'' album. Love, who wanted to use the song on a single-disc Nirvana retrospective, filed an injunction that killed the boxed set. The dispute grew into all-out war between Love and Kurt Cobain's ex-partners over who should have custody over Cobain's musical legacy. Now, though, Love told Stern that everyone is on good terms again, thanks to a settlement involving ''lots and lots of money.'' Terms of the settlement were unclear, as was the nature of the Nirvana album Love said is in the works. She did not specify whether it would be a boxed set or a single disc, or whether ''You Know You're Right'' would appear on it. But Novoselic confirmed news of an imminent settlement to Billboard in a recent interview, saying that all parties had agreed upon the content of the record. ''That way, the band wins, the estate wins, the fans win, everybody wins, so it's good will,'' he said. Love told Stern she'd also settled her long-running legal dispute with Universal Music Group over her former band Hole's contract, a dispute which outlived the band. Her lawyer, however, tells Billboard that both sides are ''still talking,'' hoping to reach a resolution before a scheduled Oct. 1 trial date. It was a big weekend for Love. The thriller ''Trapped,'' featuring her first major film role in three years, was released, opening at No. 10 on the weekend box office chart. And MTV2 handed her the reins and let her broadcast 24 hours of programming of her own choosing on Saturday and Sunday. She also told Stern that she had completed a new album's worth of songs but will hold off on releasing it until next year because ''it would be stupid to compete with Kurt.''
All this over 1 song? And what do they need a 'retrospective' for? Anyone know what percentage of Nirvana's music Cobain wrote?
I'll have to check when I get home, but I believe that Cobain wrote almost every song on "Nevermind" and "In Utero" either with Novoselic, Grohl AND Novoselic, or just by himself. Depending on what is on this album, I wouldn't mind picking it up because they were a very influential band. It's just too bad that Kurt Cobain was such an unhappy individual.
I'll buy it for sure, I love Nirvana! Although Kurt wrote the lyrics and guitar lines to mostly all of the songs you can't tell me he told Dave Grohl every single drum beat to play nor Kris Novoselic every bass note to play. Sure it was more Kurt but not TOTALLY Kurt, I mean c'mon , its called creative colaboration. BTW, the part about the pshyciatric evaluation just makes me LMAO!!!!!!! I really think Courtney is a foul person! Also, did anyone ever see "Kurt and Courtney", the movie?!
Just 1%. Lou Pearlman wrote the other 99. Actually it didn't mention it in the article, but there was a whole slew of unreleased Nirvana songs that the surviving band members wanted to release as a boxed set (supposed to be good, high-quality stuff)...Courtney Love said "SCREW YOU" because she likes to feel powerful...the band members told her she was a psychotic and needs to see a psychiatrist...then they went to trial to try to decide who was the rightful owner of the music - the band or the spouse. Apparently they've come to some agreement, but that hasn't been announced yet. My guess is it will be a single disk. Seriously, as far as I know, Cobain pretty much wrote all of Nirvana's music...as well as Hole's.
James Barber, the manager for Ms. Love and Cobain's estate, said: "The original lawsuit was filed to protect the interest of Kurt's family and heirs, both in business dealing with the other members of Nirvana and with the Universal Music Group. Kurt wrote over 90 percent of Nirvana's songs, and while we appreciate the contributions that Krist and Dave made to the music, Nirvana was Kurt Cobain's band." http://www.trial.com/Corr-Nirvana Story (NYT)_files/Corr-Nirvana Story (NYT).htm And a good Cobain Bio: http://www.cobain.com/bio.html
Curious as to why "Celebrity Skin" took so long to come out then, if Cobain had any part in it... Also confirms that the Foo Fighters would be nothing had Grohl not been in Nirvana and benefitted from the name recognition that went along with it.
Celebrity Skin wasn't really that great, but it was speculated that he had a large part in writing Live Through This, which is Hole's signature album...but I was just joking...I doubt he wrote Hole's stuff. As for the Foo Fighters, I think they've done some pretty respectable stuff. I'm sure there's younger kids out there who don't even really know he was a part of Nirvana, or dont' really care.
I liked Nirvana. Still take out Nevermind and Unplugged occasionally. Good music, but it requires more energy to listen to[/] than I usually have .
What I've heard of Live Through This is just noise, while Celeb Skin has some great melodic tunes. Corgan co-wrote some tracks, but Love at least co-wrote every song on there I believe. "A walking study...in demonology"
I liked Nirvana ten years ago. The music is still good, but the radio is saturated with crappy rock now a days, it makes you kinda miss what real music is/was.
