Nirvana
1987 – 1994
Dave Grohl drums |
Kurt Cobain guitar & vocals |
Krist Novoselic bass |
Biography
Nirvana popularized punk, post-punk and indie-rock, unintentionally bringing it into the American Cobain married Courtney Love, the leader of the indie-rock/foxcore band Hole, in February of 1992. Contoversy arose over heroin use during pregnancy, but France Bean Cobain was born a healthy baby, on August 18, 1992.
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Jane’s Addiction and Soundgarden may have proven to the vast American heavy metal audience that alternative could rock, and the Pixies may have merged pop sensibilities with indie-rock white Following Cobain’s death, Grohl formed the Foo Fighters, who released their debut album in the |
Discography
1989 Bleach – The unrelenting fervor with which the group delivers these 13 tunes is almost frightening!
1991 Nevermind
…raising the Seattle grunge trio to the status of Godhead, and forever changing the face of the pop music market… |
1992 Incesticide “…short, melody-driven songs
which belt past with brisk, uncomplicated glee….a fascinating insight
into what makes the band tick….a must for fans…”New Musical
Express (12/12/93, p.29) – “…Between the recording of BLEACH
in 1988 and NEVERMIND in 1991, a helluva lot happened and
here, thanks to the inclusion of the 1990 Peel covers session, a few
mysteries about their metamorphosis in style are laid out for a
proper look…
1993 In Utero – brilliant, corrosive, enraged and thoughtful
1994 Unplugged In New York – Review: New York Times 1/5/95, Included on Neil Strauss’ list of the Top 10 Albums of ’94 –
“…These songs…[are] strings of epitaphs delivered in a blistering, electrifying unplugged show.”
1996 From The Muddy Banks Of Wishka – Ranked #9 on Rolling Stone’s list of the “Ten Best Albums” of 1996
2009 Live at Reading
Nirvana Links
There are possibly over a thousand sites paying homage to Nirvana on the Web. This Nirvana page attempts to provide only a bare bones outline of where to start in the search for lyrics, tab, bio, pics, tributes and original content. |
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Kurt Cobain Jaguar – special reproduction guitar from Fender
Nirvana discography @ Wikipedia
Nirvana Links @ Artists direct Former Ultimate Band List of Nirvana sites
The Cobain Memorial – Cobain.com
Nirvana Tablature from rockmagic.net
Nirvana Tablature from ultimate-guitar.com
Kurt: The Nirvana Webring
Nirvana Fan Club – nirvanaclub.com
Nirvana Lyrics from elyrics.net
alt.music.nirvana Newsgroup
See also:
Foo Fighters Official Site
Grunge
Using the sludgy, murky sound of the Stooges and Black Sabbath as a foundation, grunge was a
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Nirvana was more melodic than their predecessors and they also had signature
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