Jared Leto: Smells Like Teen Spirit

Posted Feb 16th 2009 11:15AM by TMZ Staff

Here's actor/30 Seconds to Mars member Jared Leto at NY Fashion Week on Sunday (left) -- and late Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain back in 1993 (right).



One of them made amazing music.

We're just sayin'.

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Tags: Jared Leto, JaredLeto, Kurt Cobain, KurtCobain, nirvana

Juliette Lewis Jams With Grohl

Posted Sep 6th 2006 2:09PM by TMZ Staff

Juliette Lewis isn't just an actress. Like many folks in her profession, her talents reach beyond the silver screen. The star of such classics as "Cape Fear" and "Natural Born Killers" has been moonlighting with her band "Juliette and the Licks."

Unlike some celebs whose street cred stops with their publicist, Juliette has the backing of one of the world's biggest musical artists. Former drummer of the Nirvana and current frontman for Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl has joined the band as the session drummer for the recording of their second album "Four on the Floor."

Grohl had originally only planned to play on a few demos for the band, yet he was enjoying himself so much he stayed on for the entire album.

The album hits the street October 2nd in Europe.

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Tags: dave grohl, DaveGrohl, drummer, foo fighters, FooFighters, juliette and the licks, juliette lewis, JulietteAndTheLicks, JulietteLewis, nirvana

Rock (n' Roll) Your Baby!

Posted Aug 23rd 2006 1:26PM by TMZ Staff

You can't stand the Wiggles and the thought of some Disney Kidz belting out Britney Spears makes you want to tear up your "They Might be Giants" t-shirt.

Well hip indie parent, fret no more. Baby Rock Records has just what your ears are yearning for, great songs from great bands toned down to soothe even the fussiest of babies. The new-fangled lullaby album feature songs by Radiohead, Coldplay, Pink Floyd and Nirvana, and are sure to keep both baby and parent calm for years to come.

In order to smooth out the songs, the company replaced the guitars and drums with the melltron and glockenspiel vibraphone. We don't know what those are either, but they sound better then some pre-teen singing "Mambo # 5".

Check out Baby Rocks Rendition of Radioheads "Karma Police"

Filed under: Music, Baby Watch, Kids

Tags: baby music, Baby rock records, BabyMusic, BabyRockRecords, coldplay, nirvana, pink floyd, PinkFloyd, radiohead, tool

Life After Death: Artists Top Charts From the Grave

Posted Jul 13th 2006 7:00PM by TMZ Staff

After being dead for three years, Johnny Cash has again topped the Billboard music charts -- for the first time in 37 years. Interestingly, TMZ did some digging and found out that The Man in Black is not the only artist who has had posthumous albums skyrocket to #1.

Tupac Shakur, aka 2Pac, was gunned down on a Las Vegas street in 1996 at the peak of his hip-hop career. Since that time, the rapper has released two albums that hit #1 on the charts-- once in 2001 and the other 2005. His mother Afeni Shakur is now controlling the artist's new album releases.

Christopher Wallace, aka The Notorious B.I.G or Biggie Smalls, was killed the following year. 2Pac and Biggie were engulfed in a very heated East vs. West Coast rap war that played out in their music. Biggie had two albums hit #1 following his death -- "Life After Death" and "Born Again."

Seattle band Nirvana, a band fronted by Kurt Cobain, lost its leader to suicide on April 5, 1994. The band released "MTV Unplugged in NY" shortly after the singer's death -- which shot to #1. Two years later, the band released "From the Muddy Banks of Wishkah," which also launched up the charts to #1.

This album success trend doesn't only appear in Generation X artists. Long before those musicians picked up an instrument or microphone, dead celebrities were raking in the album sales; Bob Marley, Janis Joplin and Elvis Presley all had #1 one records after their deaths.

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Tags: 2Pac, Bob Marley, BobMarley, Elvis Presley, ElvisPresley, Janis Joplin, JanisJoplin, Johnny Cash, JohnnyCash, Nirvana, Notorious B.I.G, NotoriousB.i.g