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Dave Grohl Reveals Nirvana Members Still Record Music Together The Howard Stern Show yesterday (June 8) that the surviving members of Nirvana not only jam together, but continue to record together when in the studio. Last time Grohl appeared on Stern, he spoke of impromptu jam sessions with Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear. The surviving members of Nirvana have only performed live together a handful of times following the death of Kurt Cobain, including a celebration for their induction into the ...

Legendary actor and superstar Amitabh Bachchan shared a close association for almost 60 years with Indu Jain, chairman of The Times of India Group, who attained nirvana on May 13.

Thats g-o-l-o.com. ♪ ♪ spew two lets be honest. what a lovely name we have had to get as you know, i love to share stories of when i brought famous people around town. lot month on one of our shows this happened. >> its amazing i was at a party this weekend because i like to party, everybody knows that. and i couldnt believe who i ran into. he has been kind of sick, he had i think a heart valve replaced. but he is an amazing shape. he just released a song with that dude from nirvana to fight...

>> i mean, its not as simple as just giving them treats or clicker training or something like that. he spoke to the animals. >> with talents that amazed his loyal clients. starbuckschairman howard schultz, pearl jams eddie vedder, major league outfielder ichiro suzuki brought him their dogs. >> you know one of his phrases was, "we trained everybody in seattle from nordstrom to nirvana, " but he was much more than a dog trainer to the stars. >> a longtime employee. >> come on, sampson. he trained...

It just gave an intensity that was really unique. ♪ i kill you, im not gonna crack ♪ >> nirvana gave the record industry a wake-up call and said, here is your new audience. so, start looking for the people with the clothes with the holes in the knees and you better run to those clubs to buy up the next one. >> i would go to the clubs and see bands like cat butt and bands like screaming trees. it was such a refreshing change from the competitive sort of l.a. hollywood 80s. and it was just sud...

>> the star-making machine had sucked nirvana up into its evil guts, and now they had to deal with it. >> we decided to lay low and obviously that was -- you know, someone would say, oh, thats because kurts on heroin the whole time. it was just like -- its been really damaging to us. to tell you the truth. its really affected my personal life a lot. [ applause ] >> i was in the front row of the "unplugged" performance, and it was a serious artistic statement. kurt didnt play the hits. those song...

Much from the heart, very directly, and he didnt play according to the rules. >> i was 16 when that happened. and if you turned to music for solace in your life, to then see your hero kill himself, it was devastating. it certainly sucked the air out of alternative rock. you know, the best band fell apart after only making a couple records. you know? what do you do after that? ♪ >> oasis, the verve, blur, the britpop thing, it was like the hangover of grunge. oh, my god, my heads pounding. this...

Something new needs to happen here, and its got to be real-sounding, more garage, less produced. ♪ ♪ i need an easy friend ♪ >> this music that was bubbling out of places like portland and seattle, and bands like nirvana that werent looking to fit in to what was being played on mtv or what was being played on radio. ♪ i can see you every night ♪ >> eventually radio and mtv came to them. >> the seeds of what will happen in the next decade are already all there by the end of the 80s. col...

The biggest misconception about the so-called seattle music scene is? >> everybodys a grunge band. >> all of these bands sound pretty different from each other were being lofted up to the mainstream as this is what grunge is. >> tell me a little bit about the seattle music scene. >> with all the attention, no ones ever asked us that before. >> weve never heard that question. >> so, tell me about the seattle sound. whats going on up there? >> whats in the water? ♪ son, have i got a little story...

Hes mixing electronic, country, rap, rock and roll, everything. everything. hes throwing the kitchen sink in. ♪ >> out of the ashes of nirvana dave grohl created the foo fighters. >> this is the first time in my life ive ever fronted a band, had to actually stand up and sing. and seem charismatic or whatever, which i cant do. but i need to just keep playing and making music. ♪ looking to the sky to save me looking for a sign of life ♪ ♪ looking for something to help me burn out bright �...