This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Charleschuck (talk | contribs) at 04:10, 9 December 2002 (Removed redundant line about _Nirvana_ album, moved around some text to make more readable paragraphs). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
Revision as of 04:10, 9 December 2002 by Charleschuck (talk | contribs) (Removed redundant line about _Nirvana_ album, moved around some text to make more readable paragraphs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Nirvana were a grunge band from Seattle (late 1980s early 1990s). Members included Kurt Cobain (guitar and vocals), Krist Novoselic (bass and backing vocals), and Dave Grohl (drums and backing vocals). Their first album, Bleach, was a garage rock record, made for the Seattle independent record label Sub Pop and sold poorly. Their second, Nevermind, sweetened the sound of the earlier with a cleaner production (by Butch Vig) and occasional pop hooks. Recorded for the much larger Geffen Records label, it was a major breakthrough both for the band and the rock music scene. The highly infectious single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" received heavy airplay on MTV, inspiring a slew of imitators and bringing the grunge sound into the mainstream. Their follow up, 1993's In Utero, was slightly less accessible to the mass market due to its more subdued and introspective sound, but still obtained critical and commercial success.
Singer Kurt Cobain was known to be troubled, and suffered from bipolar disorder. He wrote a song, "Lithium", about the medication lithium carbonate, which is used to treat bipolar disorder. Around 1993 Cobain married musician and actress Courtney Love. Plagued by an unexplained stomach illness and increasingly dissatisfied with the crass commercialism of the music industry, Cobain became depressed, reclusive, and a heroin addict. Cobain committed suicide in 1994, after which the band broke apart.
Several albums have been released since Cobain's death, including a live set, and a superb perfomance on MTV's Unplugged. In the years following Kurt Cobain's death, there has been much controversy over the ownership of Nirvana's music. The two surviving members, Grohl and Novoselic, and wife Courney Love, have argued the issue of releasing a new ablum containing rare or unreleased tracks. On October 29, 2002, following a grueling legal battle, the album Nirvana was released containing several greatest hits and one unreleased track, "You Know You're Right".
According to some, notably public access host Richard Lee of Seattle, Kurt Cobain was murdered. His ongoing documentary has been running since the week after Cobain's demise. In addition, a documentary film called "Kurt & Courtney" was made by filmmaker Nick Broomfield which suggests that Love had Cobain killed. However, these are generally considered to be conspiracy theories and the official verdict of death by self-inflicted gunshot wound is widely accepted.
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