Black Sabbath / War Pigs / 1974 California Jam. Black Flag - My War (Live 1985) Sonic Youth. The History of Rock Music. Nirvana: history, discography, reviews, links. Seattle became a gold mine with Nirvana, formed by vocalist/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist "Chris" Novoselic. They, too, played hard-rock, but they also injected abnormal doses of emotion into it and had a melodic flair that the others lacked. Bleach (1989) was both rudimentary, savage and fragile. Nevermind (1991), featuring new drummer Dave Grohl (ex-Scream), increased the melodic factor, and found an even more unlikely balance between pathos and disgust, tenderness and rage, melancholy and rebellion.
If Nevermind had been the manifesto of an age, the brutal In Utero (1993) was Cobain's personal odyssey. Sounding like Neil Young's timid alter ego, they embodied the mood of their generation (the "teen spirit"). Nirvana's first release was the single Love Buzz/Big Cheese (SubPop), of which only 1,000 copies were printed. Leveraging on the success of these two songs, the album BLEACH, released in the following June (featuring Crover on drums), created quite a sensation. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit.
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