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Nirvana had a giant impact on music in the nineties and beyond, despite only lasting for seven years. They were formed in thegrunge hot-bed of Seattle in 1987 by Kurt Cobain (vocals, guitar) and KristNovoselic (bass). They went through manydrummers in their early years, but finally settled onpunk percussionist Dave Grohl in 1991. With a permanent drummer inplace, Nirvana recorded theclassic rock album Nevermind. Nevermind unintentionally brought rock back into themainstream,selling millions upon millions of copies. Nirvana reached a tragic end in April of 1994 when Cobaindied in what isbel ...read more
Nirvana had a giant impact on music in the nineties and beyond, despite only lasting for seven years. They were formed in thegrunge hot-bed of Seattle in 1987 by Kurt Cobain (vocals, guitar) and KristNovoselic (bass). They went through manydrummers in their early years, but finally settled onpunk percussionist Dave Grohl in 1991. With a permanent drummer inplace, Nirvana recorded theclassic rock album Nevermind. Nevermind unintentionally brought rock back into themainstream,selling millions upon millions of copies. Nirvana reached a tragic end in April of 1994 when Cobaindied in what isbelieved to be a suicide, although there was (and still is) some heavy speculationthat Cobain was murdered. After Nirvana,Grohl experienced further musical success as frontman ofthe Foo Fighters.
Throughout Nirvana's short careers, they ultimately changed the scene of alternative rock andinspired dozens of new bands. Starting with Bleach from 1989, it was released on a mere budget of$600. The band didn't know what to expect in 1991when Nevermind was released. It was a singlemachine at the time and sold millions. The band then released the b-sidescollection Incesticide(which to this day is very underrated) in 1992. In Utero was released a year later and was less ofasuccess, but Kurt and the band were satisfied as they could finally have artistic expression and notbe held back by a recordlabel. Though after Kurt's death, the band still are pretty popular withteenagers around the world. The record label releaseda Greatest Hits record, simply self-titledNirvana, and Kurt's widow, Courtney Love, obtained the rights to a lot of Nirvana'smusic. Thisresulted in a box set called With The Lights Out filed with old demos, videos and early recordings,which sold inthe hundreds of thousands. There was also a single CD of some of the tracks releasedcalled Sliver: Best of The Box. « hide |
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