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Someone call social services, quick: these four young fellows have clearly been locked away in a darkened room for months with nothing but the first few Pixies albums for company.

There’s an understandable perception that Evan Dando blew it.

1. Drinks: Tristam Shandy; Cider with Rosie; Whisky Galore; Bitter Sweet

My parents were... timid towards the world. They passed that on, very much.

For devotees at the singer's home, the circumstances of her death were a salutary lesson. By Rob Sharp and Katie Binns

The catcalls once again rained down on the misfiring Lionel Messi as he failed to find the target against Colombia.

Dave Grohl dreams that Kurt Cobain is still alive and they have reformed Nirvana.

17 years ago today Kurt Cobain took his own life in a suicide that shook not just the music world, but pop culture in general. All this time on, there’s very little to say about Cobain, or indeed Nirvana – the ground breaking grunge rock’n'roll band he fronted – that hasn’t already been said.

It's 17 years now since the death of one of the most iconic frontmen guitar music has ever produced. We look back at some of our key coverage of the life and death of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain