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Kurt Cobain-signed 1973 Fender Mustang – which he smashed onstage in 1989 – goes up for auction
By Matt Owen published
The signed guitar was later exchanged for a Gibson SG, after Cobain's guitar-smashing antics left him without a guitar to play for Nirvana's gigs

Watch Red Hot Chili Peppers cover Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit with John Frusciante on lead vocals
By Michael Astley-Brown last updated
The funk-rockers tackled the grunge classic during a recent show at Flea’s Silverlake Conservatory of Music

Watch Nirvana's legendary Reading 1992 set in full in remastered 4K
By Jackson Maxwell published
The band's final UK performance – an explosive 25-song set widely regarded as one of the band's greatest – occurred 30 years ago today

Guitars played by Jimi Hendrix, George Harrison, Ace Frehley go up for auction
By Jackson Maxwell published
Also going under the hammer is the destroyed neck of a guitar used (and subsequently smashed) by Kurt Cobain

Kurt Cobain’s Smells Like Teen Spirit Fender Mustang sells at auction for $4.5 million
By Matt Owen published
The winning bid from Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay makes the iconic offset the second most expensive guitar sold at auction, overtaking David Gilmour's Black Strat

Bids on Kurt Cobain’s Smells Like Teen Spirit Fender Mustang have already hit $2 million
By Matt Parker published
Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay has made a generous early bid to kickstart an auction in aid of his mental health charity Kick the Stigma

Kurt Cobain’s iconic Smells Like Teen Spirit Fender Mustang to go on tour ahead of world-first auction
By Matt Owen published
Used in Nirvana's breakthrough smash hit, the guitar's value is estimated to be around $800,000

Kurt Cobain’s Smells Like Teen Spirit Fender Mustang goes up for auction for the first time
By Matt Owen published
A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the guitar – which featured in the iconic 1991 music video – will go towards supporting mental health charity, Kicking The Stigma
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