Interview of Kurt Cobain (1993)
In 1993, MTV's Kurt Loder sits with Nirvana in Minneapolis: Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, and Dave Grohl together after Nevermind and while In Utero is still new.
Nevermind – Nirvana
Nevermind, recorded with Butch Vig and released in 1991, put pop choruses on Seattle volume and moved the charts.
Top 10 Most mind-blowing concerts in music history
Ten landmark concerts with dates and venues: Nirvana at Reading 1992, Queen at Live Aid, Dylan going electric at Newport, Bowie retiring Ziggy at Hammersmith.
Reading 1992 – Nirvana
On 30 August 1992 Kurt Cobain was wheeled onto the Reading stage in a hospital gown, sang a line of The Rose, then stood up and played the set.
In Utero – Albini tape, then the singles remixes
In September 1993 DGC released In Utero, Nirvana's third studio album, tracked in two weeks at Pachyderm Studio in Cannon Falls, Minnesota, with Steve Albini engineering.
Top 10 Accidental songs that took over the world
Ten chart hits that began as B-sides, warm-ups, dreams, or accidental studio moments rather than planned A-sides.
Nirvana – Come as You Are
Come as You Are, from Nirvana's Nevermind (1991), is the chorus-pedal riff single that invites and warns at the same time.
Afterlife Interview with Kurt Cobain
Kurt Cobain on fame, algorithms, and what people still do with his name.
Nirvana – Three chords that cracked the mainstream
In September 1991 Nirvana, a three-piece from Aberdeen, Washington, released Nevermind. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was already in heavy rotation on MTV.