January 27th, 2013

Bryan Carlstrom (foreground), who engineered Alice in Chains’ Dirt, has passed away. He was 51. The above picture, featuring guitarist Jerry Cantrell, bassist Mike Inez, Carlstrom and producer Dave Jerden, presumably was taken during Alice in Chains’ Music Bank sessions in 1998. (H/T David de Sola)

July 18th, 2011
I saw Miley’s cover of ‘Teen Spirit’ in South America. The crowd just went crazy. And I thought, How beautiful, man, because I do believe Kurt’s spirit is very much still on this earth, through his fans and his music. I did have a very surreal moment watching my little girl do their song, realizing, Wow, these kids are singing along to this in English, every word. And I’m sure that Kurt loves it.
Bill Ray Cyrus, in Spin’s August issue (interview by yours truly)
May 2nd, 2011

Miley Cyrus covers “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” in Lima, Peru, yesterday. Makes sense, given that her dad and Kurt were besties.

Reblogged from The Daily What
February 16th, 2011
Kurt Cobain… was one of those guys that became a friend to me that I never expected. We met at a venue one night, some big coliseum somewhere—his rig was pulling out and mine was pulling in—and I was standing in the shadows, 1 a.m. in the morning, and he’s, ‘Hey man, congratulations—you pissed the whole world off.’ We shook hands, and I said, ‘Thanks, man… I love what you all do.’
Billy Ray Cyrus, in the new issue of GQ
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