Origin: Aberdeen, Washington, USA
Years active: 1987 — 1994
Members:Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, Dave Grohl
Former members:Aaron Burckhard, Chad Channing, Dale Crover, Jason Everman, Dave Foster, Dan Peters, Pat Smear

Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist
Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington. Nirvana went through a succession of drummers,
With the longest-lasting being Dave Grohl, who joined the band in 1990.
With the lead single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from their 1991 album Nevermind,
Nirvana entered into the mainstream, bringing along with it a subgenre of alternative
Rock called grunge. Other Seattle grunge bands such as Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam,
And Soundgarden also gained in popularity, and, as a result, alternative rock became a dominant
Genre on radio and music television in the United States during the early-to-middle 1990s.
As Nirvana's frontman, Kurt Cobain found himself referred to in the media as the "spokesman
Of a generation", with Nirvana the "flagship band" of "Generation X".
Cobain was uncomfortable with the attention and placed his focus on the band's music,
Challenging the band's audience with their third studio album In Utero.

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