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Hey everyone!

Today I thought that I will give you a little Nirvana lesson ;) All of the
information was taken from different sources and I might left out something,
so feel free to add it in the comments <3
Their music is in genres such as alternative rock and grunge.
Here are some important dates:

May 10, 1965 Krist Novoselic is born.


February 20, 1967 Kurt Cobain is born.
January 14, 1969 Dave Grohl is born.
Fall 1985 Kurt meets Krist. They play in several bands together,
including Stiff Woodies.
December 1987 Kurt, Krist and drummer Aaron Burckhard form the
original lineup of Nirvana in Aberdeen, Washington.
January 23, 1988 Nirvana records a 10-song demo with the
Godfather of Grunge, legendary Seattle producer Jack Endino. Sub Pop cohoncho Jonathan Poneman hears the tape and offers to put out a Nirvana
single. The band accepts.
October 30, 1988 Kurt smashes his first guitar.
June 1989 Bleach is released on Sub Pop. Nirvana embarks on a
month-long U.S. tour.
September 25, 1990 Dave Grohl, former drummer for Washinton,
D.C.s Scream, joins Nirvana.
October 1990 Nirvana briefly tours England with L7.
Winter 1991 Nirvana signs with DGC Records.
August 1991 Nirvana opens for Sonic Youth on a European festival
tour, which includes a landmark performance at the Reading Festival. The
tour is documented in the film 1991: The Year Punk Broke.
September 24, 1991 Nevermind is released.
October 12, 1991 Nevermind is certified a gold album.
November 1991 The band starts a six-week European tour as
Nirvanamania sweeps the United States. MTV airs Smells Like Teen Spirit
video constantly; the song is hailed as an anthem for a generation.
January 11, 1992 Nevermind hits No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album
chart.
January/February 1992 Nirvana tours Australia, Japan and Hawaii.
April 1992 Nirvana appears on the cover of Rolling Stone.
June/July 1992 Nirvana tours Europe.
December 15, 1992 Incesticide, a collection of B-sides and rarities, is
released. It goes gold the following spring.
April 9, 1993 Nirvana plays a concert at San Franciscos Cow Palace
to raise awareness of and generate aid for rape survivors in BosniaHerzegovina. L7, the Breeders and Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy are also
on the bill.
September 21, 1993 In Utero is released.
October 18, 1993 Nirvana starts a three-month tour of North
America.

November 19, 1993 Nirvana tapes an all-acoustic show for MTV


Unplugged at Sony Studios in New York. Cris and Curt Kirkwood of the Meat
Puppets sit in on three Meat Puppets songs.
December 16, 1993 MTV airs Nirvanas Unplugged show.
January 7, 1994 Nirvana plays the Seattle Arena. It will be the bands
last U.S. show.
February 6, 1994 Nirvana embarks on a tour of Europe.

Genreal Information:
Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer and
guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic inAberdeen, Washington, in
1987. Nirvana went through a succession of drummers, the longest-lasting
being Dave Grohl, who joined the band in 1990. Despite releasing only three
full-length studio albums in their seven-year career, Nirvana has come to be
regarded as one of the most influential and important rock bands of the
modern era.
Nirvana's brief run ended following the death of Kurt Cobain in 1994, but
various posthumous releases have been issued since, overseen by Novoselic,
Grohl, and Cobain's widow Courtney Love. Since its debut, the band has sold
over 25 million records in the United States alone, and over 75 million
records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling bands of all time.
Nirvana was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014, in its first
year of eligibility.
Cobain and Novoselic met while attending Aberdeen High, although they
never connected, according to CobainThe pair eventually became friends
while frequenting the practice space of the Melvins. Cobain wanted to form a
band with Novoselic, but Novoselic did not respond to his requests, which
included giving him a demo tape of his project Fecal Matter. Three years
after the two first met, Novoselic notified Cobain that he had finally listened
to the Fecal Matter demo Cobain had given him and suggested they start a
group. The pair recruited Bob McFadden on drums, but after a month the
project fell apart In early 1987, Cobain and Novoselic recruited
drummer Aaron Burckhard The three practiced material from Cobain's Fecal
Matter tape but started writing new material soon after forming

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