Editor's note: As Nirvana drummer-turned-founding Foo Fighter Dave Grohl turns 50 Monday, USA TODAY looks back on one of his most iconic recordings: Nirvana's "MTV Unplugged In New York," which turned ...

November 1, 1994, MTV Unplugged in New York, featuring the historic Nirvana set, was released in stores. It dropped slightly less than a year after it was taped on Nov. 18 of 1993, about 11 months ...

In the fall of 1994, after the shock and grief among fans, fellow artists, and the music media over the death of Kurt Cobain had settled, news about plans for the first posthumous Nirvana release ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many fans might have preferred some bracing footage of Nirvana fully amped up and defiantly live before a seething mosh pit.

Nirvana's MTV Unplugged in New York arrived in stores on Nov. 1, 1994, less than six months after the tragic death of frontman Kurt Cobain. It was a moment which gave music fans a way to revisit a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nirvana's appearance on MTV Unplugged might now be considered one of the most iconic live performances of all time, but the run-up ...

Nirvana taped the "unplugged" performance for MTV on Nov. 18, 1993. Nirvana's "unplugged" performance first aired on MTV on Dec. 16, 1993. Kurt Cobain died around April 5, 1994. "MTV Unplugged in New ...

Peter Freedman of RØDE Microphones made the winning bid, which set a world record for the most expensive guitar sold at auction, besting the previous record holder, which was a Stratocaster owned by ...

Nirvana will reissue their MTV Unplugged in New York this November on a 2-LP vinyl that boasts recordings of five rehearsals from the legendary gig. Among the rehearsals – which were previously only ...

During its heyday in the 1990s, “MTV Unplugged” gave artists a platform to escape the confines of the recording studio and the glut of special-effects-laden music videos. They performed unadorned, raw ...

Kurt Cobain’s guitar from Nirvana’s iconic MTV Unplugged performance sold at auction Saturday for a record $6 million. The previous record was $3.95 million for a Black Stratocaster owned by Pink ...