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Nirvana

Formed 1988

• Principal Members
• Kurt Cobain
• Dave Grohl
• Krist Novoselic

Biography

Nirvana was an American rock band originating from Aberdeen, Washington. With the lead single 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' from their 1991 album Nevermind, Nirvana exploded 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'...

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