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Nirvana was an American grunge band formed by singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987, with drummer Dave Grohl joining the band in 1990. The band recorded three studio albums; Bleach, Nevermind and In Utero, with other songs available on live albums, compilations, extended plays (EPs ...
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- Love Buzz
- School
- Been A Son
- Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
- Aneursym
- Sliver
- Pennyroyal Tea
- Dumb
- Polly
- About A Girl
Nirvana’s first single may have been a cover of a song by Dutch psych-rockers Shocking Blue, but the band made it over entirely in their own image. Released as the first of Sub Pop’s exclusive Singles Club releases in November 1988, “Love Buzz” was limited to 1,000 copies, but succeeded in getting the band on the world’s radar. UK weekly Melody Mak...
With the exception of the sublime “About A Girl,” Nirvana’s 1989 debut album, Bleach, primarily drew upon metal, punk, and the sludgy, proto-stoner rock of Seattle contemporaries Melvins to alchemize a formidable hybrid the wider world later dubbed “grunge.” A prime example of Bleachat its best, “School” was built around Kurt Cobain’s looming, cycl...
Originally a highlight of the Blew EP, issued post-Bleach, in December 1989, “Been A Son” was one of Kurt Cobain’s earliest commentaries on sex and gender. Its pointed lyrics (“She should have died when she was born/She should have worn a crown of thorns”) referred to what Nirvana biographer Michael Azerrad described as “the plight of a girl whose ...
To the uninitiated, the idea of Nirvana recording one of the definitive Leadbelly songs might seem anathema, but as early as 1988, when he briefly formed a short-lived Nirvana side-project with Mark Lanegan, Kurt Cobain spent much of that band’s rehearsal time enthusing about the great country-blues man. Five years later, Nirvana concluded their wi...
As believers in rock’s unwritten law which decrees that you can judge a band by the quality of their B-sides, Nirvana often saved their finest moments for their flips. A case in point is the formidable “Aneursym,” which – if it hadn’t been tucked away on the reverse of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” – would surely have been a monster hit. The song’s cho...
Reputedly recorded in just an hour, standalone single “Sliver” (which Cobain later told Michal Azerrad was “fast and raw and perfect”) was Nirvana’s final release for Sub Pop, before they signed with Geffen. Captured prior to Dave Grohljoining the band, the song features Mudhoney’s Dan Peters on drums and it was released before Nirvana set out on t...
“Pennyroyal Tea” became one of the stand-outs from Nirvana’s third album, In Utero, from 1993, but it actually dated back to 1990 and was first performed live at Seattle’s OK Hotel in April 1991, at the same gig at which Nirvana also debuted “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” Despite its wracked, angsty lyric concerning acute depression, “Pennyroyal Tea” w...
As with “Pennyroyal Tea,” “Dumb” can be traced back to 1990, when Nirvana sporadically began to feature it in their live set. Accentuated by guest cellist Kera Schaley in the studio, this low-key song represents the gentler, more reflective side of the band’s work, and it provides an essential oasis of calm on the otherwise visceral, Steve Albini-p...
One of the numerous highlights from Nirvana’s game-changing second album, Nevermind, “Polly” features Kurt Cobain playing a five-string pawn shop guitar he bought for just $20. However, this stripped-down acoustic track (which was also performed in full electric mode live on occasion) is one of Cobain’s finest. Having read the true story of a young...
The first fully-fledged example of Kurt Cobain’s potent songwriting ability, “About A Girl” came from his love of the classic pop records – such as The Beatles’ Meet The Beatles! and The Knack’s Get The Knack – he was listening to in the run-up to recording Bleach with producer Jack Endino. “About A Girl” is frequently cited as that album’s peak, y...
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Kurt Cobain (February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994) was the founder and frontman of the highly popular 90s grunge band Nirvana, before purportedly ending his own life. He was known for his...
Sep 18, 2023 · The 30 Greatest Nirvana Songs. 30 years ago this week, Seattle alt-rock titans Nirvana—Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic—unveiled In Utero, their final studio album as a band. It ...
The Songs of Kurt Cobain is a 5-disc CD box set of music by the American rock band Nirvana, released as a promo only in 2007. The first three CDs feature songs by Nirvana themselves, while the last two discs feature covers by 11 other artists as well as seven " lullaby " and six " string " renditions of the band's songs.
