Nevermind was never meant to change the world, but you can never predict when the zeitgeist will hit, and Nirvana's second album turned out to be the place where alternative rock crashed into the mainstream. This wasn't entirely an accident, either, since Nirvana did sign with a major label, and they did release a record with a shiny surface, no matter how humongous the guitars sounded. And, yes, Nevermind is probably a little shinier than it should be, positively glistening with echo and fuzzbox distortion, especially when compared with the black-and-white murk of Bleach. This doesn't discount the record, since it's not only much harder than any mainstream ock of 1991, its character isn't on the surface, it's in the exhilaratingly raw music and haunting songs. Kurt Cobain's personal problems and subsequent suicide naturally deepen the dark undercurrents, but no matter how much anguish there is on Nevermind, it's bracing because he exorcises those demons through his evocative wordplay and mangled screams -- and because the band has a tremendous, unbridled power that transcends the pain, turning into pure catharsis. And that's as key to the record's success as Cobain's songwriting, since Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl help turn this into music that is gripping, powerful, and even fun (and, really, there's no other way to characterize "Territorial Pissings" or the surging "Breed"). In retrospect, Nevermind may seem a little too unassuming for its mythic status -- it's simply a great modern punk record -- but even though it may no longer seem life-changing, it is certainly life-affirming, which may just be better.
Neonfiller takes you back to an era when TV appearances could make or break an act and frequently did. For our selection we've opted for the rude, the cheeky and the downright strange. Those featured include The Stone Roses, Nirvana, Husker Du and Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.We've also included some of TV's best live performances as well as a more up to date reality TV moment.....more here.
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Doing the obligatory relistening to an album I've been through inside and out...I came into my formative years right after he offed himself. I remember where I was when the DJ announced it. Waiting in the parking lot in my father's car, alone so I could listen to any station I wanted. At the time it meant precious little to me. The name was familiar, how could it not be, the biggest rock star on t
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I haven't posted one of these for a long time. I didn't put my new iPod (which I used for the first time today and will knit a sweater for on the weekend) on shuffle today. Instead I played some Nirvana because, well, it's one of those days where I have to listen to Nirvana or I will die. So I put on Nevermind, which I haven't listened to in a long, long time. And when I got to this song, w...
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"Come As You Are". I have to admit that I slept on Nirvana when they were hot. I was somewhat aware of them but my priorities at that time had me focused on other things. I dug Soundgarden and some of the other bands coming out of that school but didn't actually get hip to Nirvana until a couple of years ago when on a flight in Europe somewhere, one of the younger cats in my band gave me his iP...
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After watching a documentary on the last few days of Kurt Cobain, and taking a look at the "wikipedia entry":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smells_Like_Teen_Spirit, I must admit that there is a similarity between Boston's 'More Than A Feeling' and 'Smells like Teen Spirit'. It doesn't matter though: I can still remember 'my first time' jumping into the crowds at a club on the pier in Portsmouth.....
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*For The Musicians:*Was there a band, more than any other, an artist , more than any other that caused you to to say...._'That's It! I won't go another day without learning to play something!!!!"_For me it was Nirvana...I remember playing a pool stick at a party while Nevermind blasted and somebody said...'Why don't you learn how to play an instrument.'2 weeks later I traded my first snowboard...
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Did you ever wish that you could stand in front of Kurt when he sings this song and scream "YOU LIED!!! YOU LIED!!!"? I sure do.
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A Kurt Cobain and Nirvana tribute concert by Nevermind and High Class Wreckage will take place at Motor in Seattle on Friday, April 10. Proceeds go to the Kurt Cobain Memorial Committee, whose mission is to build a youth center and memorial park in Cobain's hometown of Aberdeen. By Marian Liu Seattle Times staff reporter It's been 15 years since Kurt Cobain died. Cobain was found dead in h...
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The ash remains of legendary Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain have gone missing from the Los Angeles area home of his rehab-prone widow Courtney Love.Cobain's ashes were reportedly kept in a pink teddy-bear-shaped bag along with a lock of his hair and were swiped along with thousands of dollars worth of jewelery and clothing. (What? No golden shrine. One of the greatest rockers of all time was kept...
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Suddenly I have an urge to play some Nirvana...now they can duke it out in the afterlife...;)
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Welcome to one of London's best rock venues: sweaty, dark, a bit seedy. Converted from a warehouse into a theatre and cinema in 1926, it became a live venue in 1986. Everyone has played here, from hardcore classic rock bands (The Rolling Stones, Deep Purple) to the kind of artists (Kylie, Madonna) who appeal to the clientele attending G.A.Y. on a Saturday night. Amy Winehouse showed how amazin...
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Austin's the live music capitol of the world. Nashville is home to country and Seattle, well, it's just grabbing the overall title when it comes to music.Next Wednesday, October 29th, Seattle mayor Greg Nickels will announce a long-term strategy to make Seattle The City Of Music. Over the next 12 years they'll be creating little rock stars in the school system, investing in music education duri...
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By MARCUS WOHLSEN SAN DIEGO (AP) - Dr. John Kelsoe has spent his career trying to identify the biological roots of bipolar disorder. In December, he announced he had discovered several gene mutations closely tied to the disease, also known as manic depression. Then Kelsoe, a prominent psychiatric geneticist at the University of California, San Diego, did something provocative for the buttoned-d...
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The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain performs "Smells like Teen Spirit"this one was a fun find - Patti Smith - Smells Like Teen Spirit, one of my favorite versions, also on Patti's album "Twelve" Smells Like Teen Spirit [with lyrics]
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April 5th will be the 13th anniversary of Kurt Cobain's suicide. He was 27. Only 27.I graduated high school in 1993, and more than any band that I have ever seen during my lifetime, Nirvana actually changed the landscape of popular music. I mean when Nevermind was released, it debuted at number one...knocking Michael Jackson out of the top spot, it that doesn't signify a sea change in American ...
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I can't believe this kid is 17 already!
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Five of the best youtube minutes you willever see. It's like the history of early 90's rock neatly packaged for your consumption.A great song by a band that changed the face of music, the most disastrous bass toss ever caught on film, and Dave Grohl mocking Axl Rose in front of millions of people.Enjoy
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I must have this!
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Danny Goldberg in a terrific interview on Sound Opinions discusses his new book Bumping Into Geniuses & why his career as a bonafide rock critic was so brief."When it came to writing... I was a guy who just wanted to enthuse about people, I wasn't really a good critic, but that same quality made me a pretty good PR guy." I'll say! Go have a listen, he talks candidly and of course not too critic...
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Bizarrely, the first track I heard off this album was the hidden track, Endless Nameless. It's one of those moments when I can remember where I first heard it. I was standing in the old HMV in Crawley, UK, and this strange track came on the shop's sound system, I ended up having to ask who the artist was.At the time, I had no strong interest in Nirvana, not because I was anti-grunge, but that m...
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Did you ever wish that you could stand in front of Kurt when he sings this song and scream "YOU LIED!!! YOU LIED!!!"? I sure do.
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I posted this a long time ago but I deleted it when I sobered up because sobriety does crazy things to people. The song came up tonight in conversation and I wished to share this whole rest of it, but it wouldn't have worked. It is so hard talking to new people because you don't know how long to wait before you let them in on the fact that you are totally fucking insane. Anyways, here's the ...
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| 1 Smells Like Teen Spirit |
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| 2 In Bloom |
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| 3 Come as You Are |
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| 4 Breed |
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| 5 Lithium |
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| 6 Polly |
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| 7 Territorial Pissings |
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| 8 Drain You |
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| 9 Lounge Act |
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| 10 Stay Away |
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| 11 On a Plain |
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| 12 Something in the Way |
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