KURT COBAIN

MTV Unplugged: Nirvana File photo of Kurt Cobain of Nirvana during the taping of 'MTV: Unplugged' at Sony Studios in New York City on Nov. 18, 1993. (Frank Micelotta Archive/Getty Images)The iconic guitar played by late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain in the 1991 video for Generation X anthem “Smells Like Teen Spirit” sold at auction Sunday for $4.5 million, or nearly eight times the expected high bid. >> Related: ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’: Kurt Cobain’s iconic guitar to hit auction blockThe 1969 Fender Mustang electric guitar sold to the Jim Irsay Collection of Indianapolis in a global bidding war among collectors who participated in the online and over-the-phone auction, Variety reported. “I’m left-handed, and it’s not very easy to find reasonably priced, high-quality left-handed guitars. I’ve only owned two of them,” Cobain said in his final interview with Guitar World, the entertainment news outlet reported.

The guitar was expected to sell between $600,000 to $800,000, according to Julien's Auctions. The person who bought it will be displaying it at a free exhibit.

INDIANAPOLIS — (AP) — Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay spent years putting together his expansive guitar collection. Now he’s trying to add a Fender Mustang electric guitar used by Kurt Cobain. Cobain’s family is auctioning off the blue guitar used in Nirvana’s iconic “Smells Like Teen Spirit” music video and other items that belonged to the late singer. Bidding will take place May 20-22 at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York's Times Square and a portion of the proceeds will go to the Colts' Kicking The Stigma mental health awareness campaign. The Irsays have committed $16 million to the team's mental health initiative and Irsay said he has been speaking with director Peter Berg about filming a new public service announcement.

INDIANAPOLIS — (AP) — Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay spent years putting together his expansive guitar collection. On Monday, he announced one of his prized possessions — the Fender Mustang electric guitar used by the late Kurt Cobain — will be auctioned off to help support the team's Kicking The Stigma mental health awareness campaign. During the announcement, Irsay, and his daughter, Kalen Jackson, said Cobain's family supported the move and would put other items from Cobain on the auction block during that weekend. Cobain used the guitar in Nirvana's iconic “Smells Like Teen Spirit” music video. The Irsays have committed $16 million to the team's mental health initiative and Irsay said he has been speaking with director Peter Berg about filming a new public service announcement.

INDIANAPOLIS — (AP) — Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay spent years putting together his expansive guitar collection. On Monday, he announced one of his prized possessions — the Fender Mustang electric guitar used by the late Kurt Cobain — will be auctioned off to help support the team's Kicking The Stigma mental health awareness campaign. During the announcement, Irsay, and his daughter, Kalen Jackson, said Cobain's family supported the move and would put other items from Cobain on the auction block during that weekend. Cobain used the guitar in Nirvana's iconic “Smells Like Teen Spirit” music video. The Irsays have committed $16 million to the team's mental health initiative and Irsay said he has been speaking with director Peter Berg about filming a new public service announcement.

A portion of the guitar's proceeds will be donated to the program "Kicking The Stigma," a national initiative to raise awareness about mental health disorders.

A portion of the guitar's proceeds will be donated to the program "Kicking The Stigma," a national initiative to raise awareness about mental health disorders.

The iconic blue guitar that Kurt Cobain played in the “Smells Like Teen Spirit” music video is going on the auction block. “This is one of the most iconic guitars ever to come to the auction block, this is the blue Mustang Fender guitar, one of Kurt Cobain’s favorite guitars of all time,” Martin Nolan, the executive director of Julien’s Auctions, told Reuters. The 1969 blue Fender comes with the original case and guitar strap. It is part of Julien’s “Music Icons” auction that is scheduled to take place in New York and online from May 20 to 22. An artwork created by Cobain showing Michael Jackson and a 1965 Dodge Dart owned by the Nirvana lead singer are also part of the auction.

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The man who as a 4-month-old appeared nude on the 1991 cover of Nirvana’s album “Nevermind” has filed a new version of his lawsuit alleging the image is child pornography.

Spencer Elden, who appeard nude as a baby on the album cover, sued the surviving band members and Kurt Cobain's estate alleging the image amounted to child pornography.

Spencer Elden, who appeard nude as a baby on the album cover, sued the surviving band members and Kurt Cobain's estate alleging the image amounted to child pornography.

A federal judge has dismissed the lawsuit of a 30-year-old man who alleged that the image of him nude as a baby on the 1991 cover of Nirvana’s “Nevermind" is child pornography.

Grohl added that he "was overcome" with "profound sadness" at the thought of Cobain dying when he received the misleading call.

With a laugh, Dave Grohl calls himself “the labrador of rock ’n' roll.”.

(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File) (Mark J. Terrill)LOS ANGELES — (AP) — A 30-year-old man who appeared nude at 4 months old in 1991 on the cover of Nirvana’s “Nevermind” album is suing the band and others, alleging the image is child pornography they have profited from. It seeks at least $150,000 from each of more than a dozen defendants, including the Kurt Cobain estate, surviving Nirvana members Krist Novocelic and Dave Grohl and Geffen Records. Elden also wants any new versions of the album altered. “If there is a 30th anniversary re-release, he wants for the entire world not to see his genitals,” Mabie said. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.

A 30-year-old man who appeared nude at 4 months old in 1991 on the cover of Nirvana’s “Nevermind” album is suing the band and others, alleging the image is child pornography.

Nirvana 'Nevermind' cover baby sues band, alleging child porn In this 1991 file photo, Nirvana's Kurt Cobain records in Hilversum Stuidos in the Netherlands. (Michel Linssen/Redferns via Getty Images)LOS ANGELES — The baby who appeared nude on Nirvana’s iconic “Nevermind” album cover 30 years ago is now suing the band, alleging child pornography and sexual exploitation, multiple news outlets are reporting. Elden, represented by attorney Robert Y. Lewis, “seeks liquidated damages in the amount of $150,000 against each defendant,” the lawsuit says. KCBS reported that neither Nirvana’s representatives nor Universal Music Group responded to requests for comment on the case. Since its release in 1991, more than 30 million copies of “Nevermind” have been sold worldwide, according to KCBS.

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Rock Auction FILE - This 1993 file photo shows Kurt Cobain, the lead singer of the U.S. rock band Nirvana. Six strands of blonde hair from the grunge rock icon are part of a series of Nirvana offerings that also includes a Cobain amp and a rare group-signed blue Stratocaster-style guitar. (A guitar Cobain used for his MTV Unplugged show recently sold for $6 million). The items are part of a slate of rock items being offered up by Iconic Auction, spanning Elvis to grunge. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band” signed by McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, and a sheet of handwritten “Blowin' in the Wind” lyrics signed by Bob Dylan.

Guitars from Eddie Van Halen, Eric Clapton and Aerosmith as well as autographed memorabilia from The Beatles and even strands of hair from Kurt Cobain are some of the highlights of an online rock ‘n’ roll auction that ends over the weekend.

Kurt Cobain file The FBI released a 10-page file on Kurt Cobain, the lead singer of Nirvana who died in 1994. In April, the FBI made Cobain’s file public for the first time, Rolling Stone reported. The authors of the correspondence, whose names were redacted, urged the Bureau to investigate Cobain’s death on April 5, 1994, at his Seattle home, Billboard reported. Cobain’s death was ruled a suicide by the Seattle Police Department, which concluded the singer had died by a self-inflicted shotgun wound. For decades, the FBI kept a file on conspiracy theories about Kurt Cobain's death.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Two guitars owned, played and partly designed by the late Eddie Van Halen will be going up for auction. Both guitars were hand-striped by Van Halen in the familiar style of most of his guitars dating back to the first Van Halen album in 1978. Each of the guitars is expected to fetch between $60,000 and $80,000. The guitar legend and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer died of cancer on Oct. 6 at age 65. “As we were preparing for our annual ‘Icons & Idols: Rock and Roll’ auction lineup, we were stunned to hear the sad news of Eddie Van Halen’s passing last week,” Julien’s Auction’s president Darren Julien said in a statement.

The musical opens Friday (Oct. 25) at City Repertory Theatre in Palm Coast and runs for the next three weekends, through Nov. 10. Spring Awakening won eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Direction, Book, Score and Featured Actor, while its original cast album received a Grammy Award. I dont put myself in one bubble.The musicals anti-conformity elements make people question things, Sokolska says. The play kind of shows that if you do give into conformity, its not going to end well, Sokolska says. Performances will be at CRTs home venue in City Market Place, 160 Cypress Point Parkway, Suite B207, Palm Coast.

Kurt Cobain wears his green cardigan during the taping of Nirvana's performance on "MTV Unplugged" in November 1993. A sweater once worn by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, as well as rare items from David Bowie, Elvis Presley, Madonna, and more artists, will be up for auction in New York and online, beginning Oct. 25. Cobain wore the cardigan during Nirvana's 1993 concert on MTV Unplugged in New York. Cobain's custom Fender Mustang, built in Japan because Fender's Custom Shop wasn't equipped to build a left-handed version, is included as well. It's the first time the archive has been opened in more than 50 years, according to the auction company.

SEATTLE - For just $7.5 million, you can own a piece of rock 'n' roll history. Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love bought the Seattle house in January 1994. The current owners acquired the house from US Bank in 2000, according to the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods. It has four bedrooms and four bathrooms with a detached garage and retaining wall that were added in 1999, according to property records. There aren't any interior shots of the home available for the public to view, but the property listing describes it as a "perfectly maintained home of extraordinary presence."

But getting back to Barrymore, she not only has famous godparents, but she is a godmother herself, to Frances Bean Cobain (left), daughter of Courtney Love (right) and Kurt Cobain. Hide Caption

Kurt Cobain suicide images released Previously unseen images from the scene of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain's suicide 20 years ago were released. Marlie Hall has more on how the new photos affect a decades-old investigation.

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