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Tiny Music . . . Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop – Stone Temple Pilots (1996)
Reminiscing STP's third and their most musically diverse album
Ripping off the Seattle grunge sound is second nature to a lot of new alternative rock renaissance bands these days, but Stone Temple Pilots often simply called STP was one of the first pioneering grunge rock bands to do so and pay the price. The Stone Temple Pilots were one of the most critically despised bands on the planet […]
Pearl Jam – Rough Mixes 4/26/91
Celebrating the 28th anniversary of this rare album from the Grunge superstars
What is the one of the rarest, (if not the rarest) most collectible Pearl Jam recording? In the past, this question would have been answered by almost every serious Pearl Jam collector either with the fan club only ‘91 Christmas single (1500 copies) or the 3-track Alive promo CD-single featuring Alive (different mix from ‘Ten’), […]
Nirvana – MTV Unplugged In New York (1994)
Acoustic Nirvana for Nirvana Fans
On MTV Unplugged In New York, Kurt Cobain and company (including Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl) spend a lot of time paying tribute to their influences. Nirvana performs songs by the Meat Puppets, the Vaselines, and David Bowie. Cobain‘s blistering interpretation of Bowie’s “The Man Who Sold the World” is one of few remakes that sounds […]