Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington. Nirvana went through a succession of drummers, the longest-lasting being Dave Grohl, who joined the band in 1990.
With the lead single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from the group's second album Nevermind (1991), Nirvana entered into the mainstream, bringing along with it a subgenre of alternative rock called grunge. Other Seattle grunge bands such as Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden also gained popularity, and, as a result, alternative rock became a dominant genre on radio and music television in the United States during the early-to-middle 1990s. As Nirvana's frontman, Kurt Cobain found himself referred to in the media as the "spokesman of a generation", with Nirvana the "flagship band" of "Generation X".[1] Cobain was uncomfortable with the attention and placed his focus on the band's music, believing the band's message and artistic vision to have been misinterpreted by the public, challenging the band's audience with its third studio album In Utero (1993).
Nirvana's brief run ended with Cobain's death in April 1994, but the band's popularity continued in the years that followed. In 2002, "You Know You're Right", an unfinished demo from the band's final recording session, topped radio playlists around the world. Since their debut, the band has sold over twenty five million albums in the US alone, and over fifty million albums worldwide.[2][3]
Unplugged/In Utero: The Demo's
MTV Unplugged in New York
MTV Unplugged in New York
Smells Like Teen Spirit [US CD #2]
Unplugged/In Utero: The Demo's
Unplugged/In Utero: The Demo's
Outcesticide V: Disintegration
Outcesticide V: Disintegration
Sliver: The Best of the Box
Forever Changing: An Introduction to Nirvana
Outcesticide III: The Final Solution
Sliver: The Best of the Box
Sliver: The Best of the Box
Outcesticide III: The Final Solution
Outcesticide III: The Final Solution
Outcesticide V: Disintegration
Forever Gold [Bonus Tracks]
Sliver: The Best of the Box
Inside Nirvana: An Independent Critical Review
Sliver: The Best of the Box
Sliver: The Best of the Box
Sliver: The Best of the Box
Sliver: The Best of the Box
Sliver: The Best of the Box
Sliver: The Best of the Box
Live (Blind Pig, Ann Arbor)
Sliver: The Best of the Box
Sliver: The Best of the Box
Outcesticide III: The Final Solution
Sliver: The Best of the Box
Sliver: The Best of the Box
Forever Gold [Bonus Tracks]
Outcesticide V: Disintegration
Sliver: The Best of the Box
Unplugged/In Utero: The Demo's