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Aberdeen WA, United States (1987 – 1994)
There are numerous artists using the Nirvana name on Last.fm, 8 are listed in order of prominence:
1) Nirvana was a popular and highly influential American grunge band. The band formed in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987, and was part of the Seattle grunge scene of the late 80s. Other Seattle grunge bands such as Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains and Soundgarden also gained in popularity, and, as a result, alternative rock became a dominant genre on American and Canadian radio and music television during the early-to-mid ’90s.
Nirvana’s initial incarnation consisted of Kurt Cobain on guitar and vocals, bassist Krist Novoselic, and drummer Chad Channing. After a brief stint as a four-piece in 1989 with the addition of second guitarist Jason Everman, followed soon after by the replacement of Channing on drums in 1990, the band found the lineup that would form the core of the group when they added former Scream drummer Dave Grohl.
As Nirvana’s frontman, Cobain found himself referred to in the media as the “spokesman of a generation”, with Nirvana the “flagship band” of “Generation X”. Cobain was uncomfortable with the attention, and placed his focus on the band’s music, challenging the band’s audience with their much more abrasive third studio album In Utero, considered to be a conscious attempt to shed their audience. While Nirvana’s mainstream popularity waned in the months following its release, their core audience cherished the band’s dark interior, particularly after their 1993 performance on MTV Unplugged with the Meat Puppets, a band that Cobain had always idolised, performing with them the songs
Oh, Me, Plateau and Lake of Fire.
1) Nirvana was a popular and highly influential American grunge band. The band formed in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987, and was part of the Seattle grunge scene of the late 80s. Other Seattle grunge bands such as Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains and Soundgarden also gained in popularity, and, as a result, alternative rock became a dominant genre on American and Canadian radio and music television during the early-to-mid ’90s.
Nirvana’s initial incarnation consisted of Kurt Cobain on guitar and vocals, bassist Krist Novoselic, and drummer Chad Channing. After a brief stint as a four-piece in 1989 with the addition of second guitarist Jason Everman, followed soon after by the replacement of Channing on drums in 1990, the band found the lineup that would form the core of the group when they added former Scream drummer Dave Grohl.
As Nirvana’s frontman, Cobain found himself referred to in the media as the “spokesman of a generation”, with Nirvana the “flagship band” of “Generation X”. Cobain was uncomfortable with the attention, and placed his focus on the band’s music, challenging the band’s audience with their much more abrasive third studio album In Utero, considered to be a conscious attempt to shed their audience. While Nirvana’s mainstream popularity waned in the months following its release, their core audience cherished the band’s dark interior, particularly after their 1993 performance on MTV Unplugged with the Meat Puppets, a band that Cobain had always idolised, performing with them the songs
Oh, Me, Plateau and Lake of Fire.
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In Bloom
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About a Girl
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Polly
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Rape Me
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All Apologies
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Dumb
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The Man Who Sold the World
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Drain You
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Breed
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On a Plain
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Something in the Way
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Shoutbox
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-stain- wrote:
Thank you Titan50, I thought I was going crazy for a second there.
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Titan50 wrote:
Sonic Youth was a MASSIVE influence on Nirvana
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SavageHippy123 wrote:
Guys anyone heard this Nirvana demo before? Or Know what its called? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvE8rZOI2cQ
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-stain- wrote:
TheOnlyRoc, Kurt was a big fan of Sonic Youth...so there must have been some influence there
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tjms wrote:
Nirvana seriously introduced me to real music. Before listening to them all I was listening to was mainstream radio shit with some hair metal thrown in.
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TheOnlyRoc wrote:
um I dont think Sonic Youth was an influence on Nirvana at all. And of course Mudhoney were an influence on Nirvana.
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-stain- wrote:
rkfs, Mudhoney's first releases were in the 1980's and Sonic Youth were a fair influence on Nirvana.
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yosh2008 wrote:
<3
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Killhell wrote:
Woooo ma band!!!
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Titan50 wrote:
That Nirvana copied Radiohead (formed in 1976)
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ronnyfm wrote:
I don't see what agent9001 wrote... maybe he deleted it. What did he say?
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Titan50 wrote:
children
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coleman17 wrote:
smells like ....
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Titan50 wrote:
lolagent9001
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loneswan wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/sad+songs+make+me+happy
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rkfs wrote:
Creep was released before Nevermind, Fugazi and Mudhoney came out in the 90's and Sonic Youth is garbage that didn't influence anyone.
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Clown_Crusty wrote:
yeah... that's grunge
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Dufreine wrote:
I love u too
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st3ppinraz0r wrote:
i love you, Nirvana.
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dumpweed_mania wrote:
kurt has an awesome voice....what's all this shit about radiohead? i love that band.
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Nirvana Live at Reading
23 Apr 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/nirvana
Thanks Nirvana fans for all the support!Some of you may have read a story in a UK publication, about the 1992 Reading Festival show being released on DVD in May. …
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