Nirvana

Nirvana (formed: 1987-1994) were an American Grunge Rock Band from Seattle, Washington most famous for their hit song Smells Like Teen Spirit. The band conisted of singer Kurt Cobain (born: Febuary 20, 1967- April 5, 1994), Drummer Dave Grohl (born: January 14, 1969 [age 50]), Bassist Krist Novoselic (born: May 16, 1965 [age 54]) and guitarist Pat Smear (born: August 5, 1959 [age 60].

Bleached
Kurt and Krist met while attending Aberdeen High School and eventually became friends, with Cobain wanting to start a band. Cobain gave Krist a demo tape of his project Fecal Matter which fell apart in early 1987. Kurt still wanting to start a band recruited a drummer called Aaron Burckhard who began to practice new material after listening to Kurt's mixtape. The band went through a long list of names until finally settling on the name Nirvana due it being a calm name according to Kurt. They also had long list of drummers until settling with Dave Grohl before the recording of their debut album, Bleach. Following the release of Bleach, Nirvana went on their first National Tour, with the album becoming a favourite of college radio stations. The band ended up cancelling the last few dates and drove back to Washington because of differences in the band.

Smells Like Becoming Mainstream
On September 24, 1991, Nirvana released their first major album Nevermind, it blew up selling 30 million copies. The band decided not to go on another tour after Nevermind's release; citing Cobains health as a reason. In 1992 Nirvana performed at the MTV Video Music Awards and even though MTV refused to let the band play their new song Rape Me, Cobain strummed the first 5 seconds of the song before singing another Nirvana song called Lithium. By the end of 1992; Nirvana had gotten ready for the holidays and released their compilation album Incesticide. On September 21, 1993 Nirvana released their third and final album called In Utero which debuted number one at the charts. While the band was preparing for a concert in Munich, Cobain was found unresponsive and was rushed to hospital, drugs were revealed to be the culprit and Cobain was sent to Drug Rehabillitation. Just a week later Cobain was found dead in his hotel room after having shot himself in the head with a shotgun. The band soon disbanded after Cobain's death with drummer Dave Grohl going on to found The Foo Fighters; another rock band located in Seattle in 1994.

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