Nirvana

Nirvana is an American band, emblematic figure of the Grunge movement, formed in 1987 in Aberdeen, Washington, by Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic. After a series of drummers and a first album, Bleach , produced by the independent label Sub Pop, the band stabilizes with the arrival of Dave Grohl (futur Foo Fighters ) in October 1990. Together with Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, they are part of the four mythical groups of the Grunge movement: the Big Four of Seattle. The trio signed with the label DGC Records and released its second album, Nevermind, in September 1991, accompanied by the single Smells Like Teen Spirit. The latter's video is broadcast throughout the days on the music channel MTV, while the record sells more than 3 million copies in less than six months. The band and Cobain in particular are constantly followed by the press, the latter's relationship with Courtney Love making regular headlines for his frascists. Under pressure, the training was on the verge of a break in the summer of 1992 but agreed to participate in the Reading Festival, which will see one of the most successful stage performances of their career. Nirvana was isolated at the beginning of 1993 at the Pachyderm studio with Steve Albini and recorded his third album, with the aim of finding a darker and less commercial sound than Nevermind's. After remixing the first version, In Utero released the single Heart-Shaped Box in September and took over the lead in the various sales rankings, although it did not receive any promotion. In mid-November, the band, now accompanied on stage by Pat Smear on guitar, was featured on the MTV Unplugged show, during which he directed several occasions including the tearing Where Did You Sleep Last Night by Leadbelly and David Bowie's The Man Who Sold the World. After a last jam session in early 1994, the following European tour will end prematurely after the hospitalisation of Cobain, due to the hard drug addiction of the singer. He went to Los Angeles to undergo a detoxification treatment but fled shortly afterwards to return to Seattle and died at his home in early April 1994. Nirvana's compositions offer inspired ballads or pieces with more aggressive riffs. Kurt Cobain's themes are varied and often personal: drug addiction, machismo, love or his own childhood. Nirvana's career, though short, marks the Rock's history of its footprint, making the Alternative Rock popular and paving the way for other bands such as Foo Fighters, The Offspring, Green Day.