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Aberdeen WA, United States (1987 – 1994)
There are multiple artists tracked as “Nirvana” on Last.fm. Following are eight, 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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Rape Me
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Dumb
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All Apologies
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Drain You
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On A Plain
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Breed
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Something In The Way
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Shoutbox
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MrLJM wrote:
@daffyrwt - Same here! :(
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neisily wrote:
♥
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About_a_girl21 wrote:
more Bleach people...it won't hurt!
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Gripton wrote:
Won't you believe it is just my luck...NO RECESS
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burnganja wrote:
okay but deserves nothing more
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Famine_of_Blood wrote:
"Life is a sick game and he helped us express that. Many say he was weak to kill himself, no, Kurt was our voice, he helped us in more ways than he will ever know."
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nci417 wrote:
I love it!! I can repeat it even a thousand times [IMG]http://smileystoolbar.net/smiley/Smileys/5898370023/d_blush_ba.gif[/IMG]
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malloun4eG wrote:
I love Unplugged in Ney York <3
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RedPanther9 wrote:
can you feel my love buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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MissGirl wrote:
♥ kurt is alive in our hearts ...
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bau_markt wrote:
If you like the idea join I'd love to become a song.
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Kunggi wrote:
Xelonne: Kurt said in utero interview that all his songs are stories of people doing bad to other people. he was very empathic and concerned person and killed himself because didn't want to live in this sick world. his depressive feelings went along with music.
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Kunggi wrote:
I like some Nirvanas tracks but I say it's still overrated because there are much better "alternative" rock bands. Just because this is mainstream band and teen girls go wet when they see Cobain pictures doesn't mean it's musically better than rest.
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imagesk8r6969 wrote:
Glam Metal is better than Grunge but Grunge is still awesome! every hard rock/heavy metal sub-genre should cum 2gether and defeat the real enemy...............................(c)rap... FUCK RAP!!!!!!
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daffyrwt wrote:
(in response to MrLJM)....that's probably why I listen to them all the time
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Krankd wrote:
.. come out and play?
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Nonclique343 wrote:
I love Come Out and Play!
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MrLJM wrote:
@Xelonne "I don't know why, but I can listen to Nirvana only in bad mood..." - That's because Kurt Cobain's music magnetically repels happy people.
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Mi_Teoria wrote:
Kurt Is God!!!.
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breatheH20 wrote:
Calling something "overrated" is the easiest way to say "I hate this for no fucking reason". Even if Nirvana is "overrated", it doesn't alter their importance to the history of music.
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ABC News/Pitchfork review of both Bleach & Live At Reading
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Great ABC News/Pitchfork review of both Bleach & Live At Reading. Both are available everywhere now!
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