Hey artists want to make money. Here is how: smash your guitars and then write a song that defines a generation. Then sell that guitar at auction for $100,000. That simple. I just saved you so much time.

The Associated Press is reporting that a smashed guitar once owned by Kurt Cobain was sold for $100,000. The sale was confirmed by Jacob McMurray, curator at the Experience Music Project, who said that the axe was displayed at the Seattle exhibit for a period of time. The private buyer of the Fender Mustang was not named, while the seller was identified as a punk rock musician named Sluggo from New York bands Hullabaloo and the Grannies.

McMurray said, "It's a really cool-looking guitar because it's smashed and held together with duct tape and Kurt Cobain wrote on it."

Sluggo obtained the guitar after a Nirvana gig in New Jersey, before the band became successful. Cobain smashed the guitar during the show and needed one for the next gig. He happened to be staying at the apartment of Sluggo, who offered one of his guitars in exchange for the smashed one, also asking Cobain to sign it.

I first scoffed at this report...a 100k for a smashed guitar whose previous owner was Kurt Cobain? BUT the fact a man named Sluggo and Cobain owned the guitar increased the price I had in mind. Then the small ancedotal story moved the smashed guitar up to, at least, $3,000 for me. 

Now here is a clip from UK Pop TV show, "All My Loving", aired in 1968. Clips showcase the master of smashing guitar (Pete Townshend) and then a clip of Jimi Hendrix smashing his equipment.