Critics and artists alike saw her as the bright hope in an age of what Dave Grohl misogynistically branded “stripper pop”, claiming it reminded him of the Nirvana aesthetic. David Bowie hailed ...

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As Nirvana geared up to start work on their second album in the early months of 1991, there were some business affairs that required their attention and interrupted their process. Initially signed ...