Nirvana

Formed: 1987 in Aberdeen, WA

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Disbanded: 1994

Genre: Pop/Rock

Group Members: Pat Smear, Dale Crover, Chad Channing, Kurt Cobain, Jason Everman, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Dan Peters

Biography: Prior to Nirvana, alternative music was consigned to specialty sections of record stores, and major labels considered it to be, at the very most, a tax write-off. After the band's second album, 1991's Nevermind, nothing was ever quite the same, for better and for worse. Nirvana popularized punk, post-punk, ...Read full biography

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Nevermind

Released: 1991

Label: Geffen

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Nevermind was never meant to change the world, but you can never predict when the Zeitgeist will hit, and Nirvana's second album turned out to be the place where alternative rock crashed into the mainstream. ...Read full review

In Utero [Explicit Version]

Released: 1993

Label: Geffen

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Nirvana probably hired Steve Albini to produce In Utero with the hopes of creating their own Surfer Rosa, or at least shoring up their indie cred after becoming a pop phenomenon with a glossy punk record. ...Read full review

More Nirvana albums: Main Albums (6), Compilations (55), Singles & EPs (28), DVD/Video (47), Others (45)