Tag: Nirvana

It was always hard to really get a gauge on what Kurt Cobain wanted out of life as a musician. As much as people loved the idea of him playing ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ until the end of time with Nirvana, there was a piece of him that seemed to be above the idea of […]

No one can really prepare themselves for a band like Nirvana when Kurt Cobain first wrote ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’. The rock and roll scene is constantly in a state of change, and even if people aren’t ready to see their entire musical taste change overnight, all it takes is someone from a nowhere town […]

The atmospheric weight of Sonic Youth‘s influence on alternative rock is as dense as the feedback from one of their Fender Jaguars. At the centre of this whirlwind was Kim Gordon, whose radical approach to the guitar laid the groundwork for the grunge explosion, drawing from the raw energy of New York icons like The […]

Even though his talents far surpassed many of his peers, it was clear that Kurt Cobain was not the sort of individual who was cut out for showcasing his brilliance on a grand scale. Nirvana’s debut album, Bleach, brought them a little bit of attention, but not exactly the sort that might drive someone to […]

Kurt Cobain was nothing if not one of the most easygoing music snobs in the world. He may have single-handedly changed the course of music overnight, the minute that Nirvana became the biggest band in the world, but there was a good chance that he would also be contradictory about nearly everything on the charts […]

Nirvana rose to prominence at a time when various fringe genres were finally starting to break through. The band spent years honing their brand of melodic no-wave in dingy clubs around Washington State before Subpop came along, and even then, it was years before 1991’s Nevermind earned Kurt Cobain and the band international recognition. Like […]