"We learnt everything from the Wipers," Kurt told an English fanzine in 1990. "They were playing a mixture of punk and hard rock at a time when nobody cared." Indeed, it's pretty easy to hear Nirvana's power-chords-by-a-power-trio roots in this dark tune originally off of the seminal Portland punks' 1980 LP Is this Real? . As future In Utero producer Steve Albini wrote in Forced Exposure in 1987, "The Wipers' music is so simple, but so cool, it makes you wonder why anybody thinks doing stuff with tricks is a valid approach at all." JOE GROSS
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"We learnt everything from the Wipers," Kurt told an English fanzine in 1990. "They were playing a mixture of punk and hard rock at a … read more
"We learnt everything from the Wipers," Kurt told an English fanzine in 1990. "They were playing a mixture of punk and hard rock at a time when nobody cared." Indeed,… read more
There are multiple artists tracked as "Nirvana" on Last.fm. Following are six, 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 it was part of the Seattle grunge scene of the late 80s, alongside bands like Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains and Soundgarden. As their popularity rose, alternative rock became a dominant genre on American and Canadian radio and music television during the early-to-mid '90s. In late 1987, Cobain and Novoselic recruited drummer Aaron Burckhard (… read more
There are multiple artists tracked as "Nirvana" on Last.fm. Following are six, listed in order of prominence: 1) Nirvana was a popular and highly influential American grunge band.… read more
There are multiple artists tracked as "Nirvana" on Last.fm. Following are six, listed in order of prominence: 1) Nirvana was a popular and highly influential American grunge band. The band formed in Aberdeen, Washington in 19… read more