Blender Burner: Nirvana/Guns N’ Roses clash at the 1992 Video Music Awards

Published 11 months ago

So you live in Seattle, you used to play bass in a world-changing rock band, but these days you’ve got some time on your hands. What to do? Well, if you’re Krist Novoselic of Nirvana or Duff McKagan formerly of Guns N’ Roses, currently of Velvet... more

So you live in Seattle, you used to play bass in a world-changing rock band, but these days you’ve got some time on your hands. What to do? Well, if you’re Krist Novoselic of Nirvana or Duff McKagan formerly of Guns N’ Roses, currently of Velvet Revolver, the answer is clear: You blog for the Seattle Weekly. This week, Novoselic celebrated his first year of blogging by recapping the epic tale of the Nirvana/Guns N’ Roses clash at the 1992 Video Music Awards. You may remember the story: Axl Rose gets teased by Courtney Love backstage, and in response Axl steps to Courtney’s husband, Kurt Cobain, to tell him to keep his lady in line. Words are exchanged! Axl challenges Kurt to get in the ring! And like every other similar challenge, it never happens. less

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