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When Kurt Cobain died, I wouldn't leave my room for a week in middle school. All I listened to was "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from "Nevermind".
After signing with major label DGC Records, Nirvana found breakthrough success with "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from their second album "Nevermind" (1991).
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Smells Like Teen Spirit
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" is a song by American rock band Nirvana. It is the opening track and lead single from the band's second album, "Nevermind" (1991), released on DGC Records. The unexpected success of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" in late 1991 propelled "Nevermind" to the top of the charts at the start of 1992, an event often marked as the point where alternative rock entered the mainstream. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was Nirvana's biggest hit, reaching number six on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and placing high on music industry charts all around the world in 1991 and 1992. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" received many critical plaudits, including topping the "Village Voice" Pazz & Jop critics' poll and winning two MTV Video Music Awards for its music video, which was in heavy rotation on music television.
Nevermind
Nevermind is the second studio album by American rock band Nirvana, released on September 24, 1991 by DGC Records. Produced by Butch Vig, "Nevermind" was the band's first release on DGC. It was also their first album to feature drummer Dave Grohl. Despite low commercial expectations by the band and its record label, "Nevermind" became a surprise success in late 1991, largely due to the popularity of its first single, "Smells Like Teen Spirit". By January 1992, it had replaced Michael Jackson's album "Dangerous" at number one on the US "Billboard" 200 chart. The album also produced three other successful singles: "Come as You Are", "Lithium", and "In Bloom".
Nirvana (band)
Nirvana was an American rock band formed by singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1987. Nirvana went through a succession of drummers, the longest-lasting being Dave Grohl, who joined 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 alternative bands in history. Though the band dissolved in 1994 after the death of Cobain, their music maintains a popular following and continues to influence modern rock and roll culture. In the late 1980s, Nirvana established itself as part of the Seattle grunge scene, releasing its first album, "Bleach", for the independent record label Sub Pop in 1989.
Kurt Cobain
Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Born in Aberdeen, Washington, Cobain formed the band Nirvana with Krist Novoselic and Aaron Burckhard in 1987 and established it as part of the Seattle music scene which later became known as grunge. Nirvana's debut album "Bleach" was released on the independent record label Sub Pop in 1989. After signing with major label DGC Records, Nirvana found breakthrough success with "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from their second album "Nevermind" (1991). Following the success of "Nevermind", Nirvana was labeled "the flagship band" of Generation X, and Cobain hailed as "the spokesman of a generation".
Smells Like Nirvana
"Smells Like Nirvana" is a parody of Nirvana's song "Smells Like Teen Spirit", written and performed by "Weird Al" Yankovic; it was released both as a single and as part of Yankovic's "Off the Deep End" album in April 1992. "Smells Like Nirvana" was written during a three-year career low for Yankovic after the financial failure of his film "UHF", but captured the quickly-rising popularity of the grunge style and Nirvana's success. The song was written to poke fun at the fact that many people had a hard time understanding Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain's lyrics in the original song. After being unable to contact Nirvana by conventional means, Yankovic called Cobain while the band was on the set of "Saturday Night Live", where Cobain quickly gave permission to record the parody.
Grunge
Grunge (sometimes referred to as the Seattle sound) is a subgenre of alternative rock and a subculture that emerged during the in the Pacific Northwest U.S. state of Washington, particularly in Seattle and nearby towns. The early grunge movement revolved around Seattle's independent record label Sub Pop and that region's underground music scene. By the early 1990s its popularity had spread, with grunge bands appearing in California, then emerging in other parts of the United States and in Australia, building strong followings and signing major record deals. Grunge was commercially successful in the early–mid 1990s, due to releases such as Nirvana's "Nevermind", Pearl Jam's "Ten", Soundgarden's "Superunknown", Alice in Chains' "Dirt" and Stone Temple Pilots' "Core".
Come as You Are (Nirvana song)
"Come as You Are" is a song by American grunge band Nirvana, written by frontman Kurt Cobain and released as the second single from the band's second studio album "Nevermind" in March 1992. It was the band's second American Top 40 hit, and second UK top 10 hit, reaching number 32 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, and number nine on the UK Singles Chart. The unexpected success of the album's lead single, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" drew Nirvana to mainstream success, with "Nevermind" being released two weeks after the single's release. Following the album's release, the band and its management company debated whether to release "Come as You Are" or "In Bloom" as the next single from the album due to Cobain's concerns over similarity of the former with the Killing Joke song "Eighties" (1984).