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Richard Ashcroft
Richard Ashcroft


Background information
Birth name Richard Paul Ashcroft
Born September 11, 1971
Born place Billinge, Lancashire, England
Origin Wigan, Lancashire, England
Genre(s) Alternative Rock
Britpop
Space Rock
Neo-psychedelia
Years active 1990—present
Label(s) Virgin Records
Parlophone Records
Hut Records
Associated acts Coldplay
RPA & The United Nations of Sound
The Verve
UNKLE
DJ Shadow
The Chemical Brothers
Pino Palladino
Website Website



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Nirvana's Kurt Cobain MTV Attack Letter Up For Auction

October 8, 2010
Nirvana's Kurt Cobain MTV Attack Letter Up For AuctionA letter written by late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain attacking MTV is set to go up for auction.

The handwritten note is undated, but it is thought to have been written in 1993 – the same year Cobain gave an interview attacking the corporation.

It reads: "Dear Empty TV, the entity of all Corporate GODS. We will survive without you easily - the oldschool is going DOWN FAST. My lifes (sic) Dedication is Now to Do Nothing But SLAG something.”

The letter is signed: “Kurdt Kobaineee professional Rock musician."

The letter is part of an extensive collection of rock memorabilia set to go under the hammer inan online auction by Julien's Auctions.

Cobain, who along with Nirvana popularised grunge music in the early nineties, committed suicide in 1994.

(by Jason Gregory)



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