Nirvana are one of the biggest and most influential bands in music history. Formed in Seattle in 1987, they pretty much single-handedly catapulted alternative music into the mainstream when their second album, Nevermind, took the music industry by surprise and turned popular culture on its head on its release in 1991. Their mix of dirgey, down-tuned rock’n’roll, punk rock spirit and abstract lyrics originally captured the imagination of the increasingly disaffected Generation X youth, but continues to shape and inform rock music today.
In their best-known formation, Nirvana was made up of singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain, drummer Dave Grohl and bassist Krist Novoselic. Cobain and Novoselic met at high school in Aberdeen, Washington, where the band was originally based.
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Cobain was Nirvana’s chief songwriter, wrote all their lyrics and almost all of their music though Grohl and Novoselic both contributed to Nirvana’s music, as on Aneurysm, which was a co-write by all members of the band. Grohl also wrote the Heart-Shaped Box B-side Marigold himself. I
Are Nirvana a grunge?
There really is no question about this: Nirvana were and still are the biggest grunge band on the planet. Grunge itself is a term that comes with a fair amount of contention, as its defining qualities borrowed from the ferocity of punk, the down-tuned dirge of metal and pop’s irresistible songwriting nous, which has lead some to claim grunge isn’t a genre in its own right at all, or dismiss it as a cynical marketing term. But if people tell you that Nirvana were a punk band, an alt.rock band, a pop band, you shouldn’t listen to them. Nirvana weren’t just a grunge band. Nirvana were grunge.
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What is the Nirvana smiley face about?
This doodle of a yellow face on a black background, with crossed out eyes and a wobbly smile, is one of the most enduring images from Nirvana’s career, and has adorned T-shirts, mugs, key rings, beer koozies and pretty much everything else you can think of since. Legend has it it was drawn by Cobain for a flyer announcing a Nevermind album launch party in Seattle in September 1991. It’s said to have been inspired by a similar crudely drawn smiley face, which wished punters “an erotic day” from its spot on the signage at The Lusty Lady strip club a well-known joint close to where Cobain and the rest of the Seattle scene used to hang out.
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How did Kurt Cobain die?
Kurt Cobain died by suicide on April 5, 1994. He was discovered in his Seattle home with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and high levels of heroin and diazepam in his system. He was survived by his wife, Courtney Love, and their daughter, Frances Bean Cobain.
What are Nirvana’s best albums?
Best is a tricky term, given its subjective nature though of them all, "Nevermind" is the definitive Nirvana album, and historically the most important. Nirvana only officially recorded three albums in their time as a band: "Bleach" in 1989, "Nevermind" in 1991 and In "Utero" in 1993. "Nevermind" is by far Nirvana’s best-selling album, having sold over 10 million copies in the USA alone. In Utero comes in second with 5 million US sales under its belt, while debut album "Bleach" is the least popular , though has still sold 2 million copies in the US.
As well as these albums, Nirvana compilation album "Incesticide" has grown a huge cult appeal over the years.
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What are Nirvana’s biggest songs?
Nirvana’s biggest song was the world-changing "Smells Like Teen Spirit". Released on September 10, 1991, it shot straight into the Billboard top 10, and is often cited as the moment when grunge music crossed over into the mainstream.
We recently held a vote with our readers to determine the best Nirvana songs of all time. Here are their choices of Nirvana’s 15 best songs, in descending order:
1. Smells Like Teen Spirit
2. Lithium
3. Heart-Shaped Box
4. Come As You Are
5. All Apologies
6. Aneurysm
7. Drain You
8. Breed
9. In Bloom
10. You Know You're Right
11. Territorial Pissings
12. Lounge Act
13. Where Did You Sleep Last Night
14. About A Girl
15. Pennyroyal Tea
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