| NIRVANA |
| HOME FOO FIGHTERS NIRVANA HOLE SMASHING PUMPKINS BLINK 182 PLACEBO MUSE WEEZER LIT MY VITRIOL AMERICAN HI-FI ME LINKS |
| NIRVANA WERE FORMED BY KURT COBAIN AND KRIST NOVOSELIC IN THE MID TO LATE 1980'S. THE BAND WENT THROUGH SEVERAL DRUMMERS. THEIR FIRST ALBUM WAS RELEASED IN 1989 AND WAS CALLED BLEACH. THE BAND'S LINE-UP FOR THIS ALBUM WAS KURT COBAIN, KRIST NOVOSELIC, DALE CROVER/CHAD CHANNING, AND JASON EVERMAN. JASON NEVER ACCTUALLY PLAYED MUCH ON THE ALBUM AND CHAD CHANNING ONLY PLAYED ON ONE SONG. THE RELEASE OF THE ALBUM GAVE NIRVANA SHORT TOURS IN AMERICA AND BRITAIN. THE FOLLOWING YEAR THE BAND GOT DAVE GROHL TO PLAY FOR THE BAND AFTER THE BAND DAVE WAS IN SPLIT. DAVE JOINED, AND NIRVANA JUST GOT BIGGER AND BETTER. 1991 SAW THE RELEASE OF THE BAND'S SECOND ALBUM NEVERMIND. IT ARRIVED IN STORES, AND WENT TO GOLD STATUS IN LESS THAN TWENTY DAYS. THE INFECTIOUS SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT WAS RELEASED AND EVERYONE HEARD OF NIRVANA. THEY WERE A BAND YOU EITHER HATED OR YOU LOVED, MOST PEOPLE LOVED THEM OF COURSE. KURT HATED THE SONG, AND THE BAND WEREN'T PARTICULARLY PLEASED WITH THE VIDEO. IN 1992 KURT MARRIED COURTNEY LOVE AFTER HAVING MET HER 3 YEARS EARLIER. THEY MARRIED IN HAWAII IN FEBRUARY, IN AUGUST OF THAT YEAR THEY HAD A DAUGHTER THAT THEY CALLED FRANCIS BEAN, SOON AFTER THOUGH FRANCIS WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM THE COUPLE BECAUSE OF RUMOURS OF THE COUPLES ADDICTION TO HEROIN, AND THE RUMOURS OF COURTNEY TAKING IT DURING THE PREGNANCY. WHILST THE LEGAL BATTLE FOR FRANCIS WAS GOING ON, KURT TRIED TO WRITE A NEW ALBUM, BUT HE HAD TO MUCH PRESSURE AND GAVE IN, A FEW MONTHS LATER INCESTICIDE WAS RELEASED BY THE RECORD COMPANY TO KEEP FANS HAPPY. IT WAS AN ALBUM OF RARITIES AND WAS MEANT TO KEEP BOOTLEGGERS HAPPY. THE COUPLE GOT THEIR DAUGHTER BACK, AND EVERYTHING WAS SEEMINGLY HAPPY. NIRVANA WENT BACK INTO THE STUDIO IN FEBRUARY 1993 TO RECORD IN UTERO. ACCORDING TO STEVE ALBINI, THE RECORDING WENT WELL, THE FIRST WEEK, THEN WHEN COURTNEY ARRIVED ON THE SCENE, TENSION BUILT UP. THE BAND, PRODUCERS, AND EVERYONE ELSE INVOLVED LIKED THE ALBUM WHEN THEY LISTENED TO IT THE FIRST TIME AFTER RECORDING. WHEN THE RECORD COMPANY HEARD IT, THEY WEREN'T IMPRESSED AND INSISTED THAT SOME OF THE TRACKS WOULD BE REMIXED. THE BAND DIDN'T WANT TO, THE PRODUCER OF THE ALBUM DIDN'T WANT THEM TO BE, BUT AFTER A LOT OF PRESSURE WAS PUT ON THE BAND, THEY GAVE IN. TWO TRACKS WERE REMIXED BY SCOTT LIT, HEART-SHAPED BOX AND ALL APOLOGIES. THE ALBUM WAS RELEASED IN ENGLAND ON 14TH SEPTEMBER, AND A WEEK LATER IT WAS RELEASED IN AMERICA. SOON AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE ALBUM THE BAND BEGAN A NORTH AMERICAN TOUR, WITHIN THIS WAS THE STOP FOR THE UNPLUGGED SESSION ON 18TH NOVEMBER. KURT WAS REPORTED THAT HE HAD A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS, HE WAS THE HAPPIEST HE'D BEEN IN A LONG TIME. IN FEBRUARY 1994 THE BAND BEGAN THEIR LAST EUROPEAN TOUR. THE LAST GIG WAS IN GERMANY ON 1ST MARCH IN MUNICH. THE BAND FLEW TO ITALY TO CONTINUE THE TOUR, COURTNEY AND FRANCIS JOINED THEM. KURT AND COURTNEY ARGUED A LOT, KURT PROBABLY TOLD HER HE WAS LEAVING HER AND THE BAND, HE HAD EVEN FILED FOR A DIVORCE. EARLY THE NEXT MORNING, COURTNEY FOUND KURT IN THE HOTEL UNCONCIOUS. HE HAD TAKEN AN OVERDOSE. HE HAD DRANK CHAMPAGNE AND IN THE CHAMPAGNE THERE WAS THE DATE RAPE DRUG. HE WAS RUSHED TO HOSPITAL, BUT HE RECOVERED, WAKING UP ASKING FOR A MILKSHAKE!!! THE TOUR OF COURSE WAS CANCELLED, A FEW WEEKS LATER KURT ENTERED RE-HAB. HE LEFT THE CENTRE IN CALIFORNIA, WENT TO HIS HOME, ON THE 5TH APRIL HE DIED, BUT WASN'T FOUND UNTIL THREE DAYS LATER ON THE 8TH. ON THE TENTH A MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS HELD, IT FEATURED COURTNEY LOVE READING KURT'S SUICIDE NOTE PRE-RECORDED TO THE MASSES OF PEOPLE MOURNING FOR THE GREATEST ROCK STAR SINCE THE BEATLES. PEACE LOVE AND EMPATHY NIRVANA WILL HAVE A GREATEST HITS ALBUM OUT SOMETIME IN 2,002, KURT'S JOURNALS WILL ALSO BE PUBLISHED (AS AN INVASION OF PRIVACY) AND THE BOX SET WILL BE OUT IN ONE CENTURY OR ANOTHER - MAYBE |
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