Nirvana is a grunge rock band whose popularity rose is the 1990’s. Their popularity then had a very influential impact on the radio and music television scene that time that their breakthrough caused alternative rock several years of dominance in music in the 1990’s. Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, Sound Garden and other grunge bands also rode the wave of rock’s emergence that time as a result of Nirvana’s success.
The first members of Nirvana were Kurt Cobain as lead guitarist and vocalist, Kris Novoselic as bass guitarist and Aaron Burckhard as drummer. After a few months however, Burckhard was replaced by Dale Crover then Crover was in turn replaced by Dave Foster. Finally in 1998, Nirvana settled for Chad Channing as their drummer. Like the group’s drummer, the band had to don different names before ending up with Nirvana. Among other names considered were Skid Row, Pen Cap Chew and Ted Ed Fred.
Nirvana released its first album, “Bleach,” in 1989 under Sub Pop records. The one thousand limited copies of the album was sold at the Lamefest in Seattle. Several influences in the album were “The Melvins,” “Mudhoney,” “Black Sabbath” and “Led Zeppelin.” The said album would eventually be discovered by Nirvana’s fans during the group’s success with “Nevermind” and the resulting clamor for copies of it has been responsible for more than 4 million copies of the album sold up to date.
It was not until September 1991 however when the band released their first major album, “Nevermind,” that Nirvana was to start its trek towards becoming the rock icon of the time. In the course of recording for the said album however, Nirvana changed its drummer again from Chad to Dale Crover, then to Dan Peters then finally to Dave Grohl.
“Nevermind” has sold about 10 million copies in the U.S. alone and more than 25 million copies worldwide. The said album has placed the Seattle grunge scene in the limelight and more importantly, the album became significant in placing alternative rock in its entirety into the mainstream that time. “Nevermind” banners the singles “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, “Come As You Are”, “Lithium” and “In Bloom.” The said singles and the albums topped music charts all over the world.
Nirvana released it’s follow-up album to “Nevermind,” in 1993. The said album was named “In Utero.” which carried their popular singles “All Apologies,” “Heart-Shaped Box” and “Rape Me.” Some singles such as “Rape Me” got the band dealing with corporate censorship as nationwide stores like Wal-Mart and K-Mart cited it along with several other singles and the collage back cover involving a plastic-fetus design as too controversial. The album itself debuted at number 1 in the Billboard Album chart.
Nirvana’s demise started from Cobain’s eventual heroin addiction which eventually led him to rehabilitation. He escaped a week after and after another week was found dead at his home in Seattle. Despite the death of Cobain however, the several post-mortem Nirvana albums were still released.
Bleach - 1989
1. Blew
2. Floyd The Barber
3. About A Girl
4. School
5. Love Buzz
6. Paper Cuts
7. Negative Creep
8. Scoff
9. Swap Meet
10. Mr. Moustache
11. Sifting
12. Big Cheese
13. Downer
Nevermind - 1991
1. Smells Like Teen Spirit
2. In Bloom
3. Come As You Are
4. Breed
5. Lithium
6. Polly
7. Territorial Pissings
8. Drain You
9. Lounge Act
10. Stay Away
11. On A Plain
12. Something In The Way
Incesticide - 1992
1. Dive
2. Sliver
3. Stain
4. Been A Son
5. Turnaround
6. Molly's Lips
7. Son Of A Gun
8. Polly, (New Wave)
9. Beeswax
10. Downer
11. Mexican Seafood
12. Hairspray Queen
13. Aero Zeppelin
14. Big Long Now
15. Aneurysm
In Utero - 1993
1. Serve The Servants
2. Scentless Apprentice
3. Heart-Shaped Box
4. Rape Me
5. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle
6. Dumb
7. Very Ape
8. Milk It
9. Pennyroyal Tea
10. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
11. Tourette's
12. All Apologies
Unplugged - 1994
1. About A Girl
2. Come As You Are
3. Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam
4. The Man Who Sold The World
5. Pennyroyal Tea
6. Dumb
7. Polly
8. On A Plain
9. Something In The Way
10. Plateau
11. Oh Me
12. Lake Of Fire
13. All Apologies
14. Where Did You Sleep Last Night
From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah - 1996
1. Intro
2. School
3. Drain You
4. Aneurysm
5. Smells Like Teen Spirit
6. Been A Son
7. Lithium
8. Sliver
9. Spank Thru
10. Scentless Apprentice
11. Heart-Shaped Box
12. Milk It
13. Negative Creep
14. Polly
15. Breed
16. Tourette's
17. Blew
Nirvana - 2002
1. You Know You're Right
2. About A Girl
3. Been A Son
4. Silver
5. Smells Like Teen Spirit
6. Come As You Are
7. Lithium
8. In Bloom
9. Heart-Shaped Box
10. Pennyroyal Tea
11. Rape Me
12. Dumb
13. All Apologies
14. Man Who Sold The World, The
With The Lights Out - 2004
DISC 1:
1. Heartbreaker - (previously unreleased, from 1987)
2. Anorexorcist - (previously unreleased, from 1987)
3. White Lace And Strange - (previously unreleased, from 1987)
4. Help Me I'm Hungry - (previously unreleased, from 1987)
5. Mrs. Butterworth - (previously unreleased, from 1988)
6. If You Must - (previously unreleased, from 1988)
7. Pen Cap Chew - (previously unreleased, from 1988)
8. Downer - (previously unreleased, from 1988)
9. Floyd The Barber - (previously unreleased, from 1988)
10. Rauncholda / Moby Dick - (previously unreleased, from 1988)
11. Beans - (previously unreleased)
12. Don't Want It All - (previously unreleased)
13. Clean Up Before She Comes - (previously unreleased)
14. Polly - (previously unreleased, from 1988)
15. About A Girl - (previously unreleased, from 1988)
16. Blandest - (previously unreleased, from 1988)
17. Dive - (previously unreleased, from 1988)
18. They Hung Him On A Cross - (previously unreleased, from 1989)
19. Grey Goose - (previously unreleased, from 1989)
20. Ain't It A Shame - (previously unreleased, from 1989)
21. Token Eastern Song - (previously unreleased, from 1989)
22. Even In His Youth - (previously unreleased, from 1989)
23. Polly - (previously unreleased, from 1989)
DISC 2:
1. Opinion - (previously unreleased, from 1990)
2. Lithium - (previously unreleased, from 1990)
3. Been A Son - (previously unreleased, from 1990)
4. Sliver - (previously unreleased, from 1989)
5. Where Did You Sleep Last Night - (previously unreleased, from 1989)
6. Pay To Play - (from 1990)
7. Here She Comes Now - (from 1990)
8. Drain You - (previously unreleased, from 1990)
9. Aneurysm - (from 1990)
10. Smells Like Teel Spirit - (previously unreleased, from 1991)
11. Breed - (previously unreleased, from 1991)
12. Verse Chorus Verse - (previously unreleased, from 1991)
13. Old Age - (previously unreleased, from 1991)
14. Endless, Nameless - (previously unreleased, from 1991)
15. Dumb - (previously unreleased, from 1991)
16. D-7 - (previously unreleased, from 1990)
17. Oh The Guilt - (from 1992)
18. Curmudgeon - (from 1992)
19. Return Of The Rat - (from 1992)
20. Smells Like Teen Spirit - (from 1991)
DISC 3:
1. Rape Me - (previously unreleased, acoustic version from 1992)
2. Rape Me - (previously unreleased, electric version from 1992)
3. Scentless Apprentice - (previously unreleased, from 1992)
4. Heart Shaped Box - (previously unreleased, from 1993)
5. I Hate Myself And I Want To Die - (from 1993)
6. Milk It - (previously unreleased, from 1993)
7. Moist Vagina - (previously unreleased, from 1993)
8. Gallons Of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through The Strip - (from 1993)
9. Other Improv, The - (previously unreleased, from 1993)
10. Serve The Servants - (previously unreleased, from 1993)
11. Very Ape - (previously unreleased, from 1993)
12. Pennyroyal Tea - (previously unreleased, from 1993)
13. Marigold - (from 1993)
14. Sappy - (previously unreleased, from 1993)
15. Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam - (previously unreleased, from 1994)
16. Do Re Mi - (previously unreleased, from 1994)
17. You Know You're Right - (previously unreleased, from 1994)
18. All Apologies - (previously unreleased)
Sliver: The Best Of The Box - 2005
1. Spank Thru
2. Heartbreaker
3. Mrs. Butterworth
4. Floyd The Barber
5. Clean Up Before She Comes
6. About A Girl
7. Blandest
8. Ain't It A Shame
9. Sappy
10. Opinion
11. Lithium
12. Sliver
13. Smells Like Teen Spirit
14. Come As You Are
15. Old Age
16. Oh The Guilt
17. Rape Me
18. Rape Me
19. Heart Shaped Box
20. Do Re Mi
21. You Know You're Right
22. All Apologies
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Maddie KCMO
Posted at 2:11am on Sunday, July 20th, 2008
Nirvana is and always will be the greatest 90's band to ever climb the billboard chart! RIP Kurt!
Nirvana is a grunge rock band whose popularity rose is the 1990’s. Their popularity then had a very influential impact on the radio and music television scene that time that their breakthrough caused alternative rock several years of dominance in music in the 1990’s. Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, Sound Garden and other grunge bands also rode the wave of rock’s emergence that time as a result of Nirvana’s success.
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