Nirvana was an American grunge band formed in 1987 that achieved worldwide fame in the early 1990s. The band consisted of Kurt Cobain (vocals, guitar), Krist Novoselic (bass), and Dave Grohl (drums). They released their breakthrough album Nevermind in 1991, which sold over 30 million copies worldwide and featured their hit single "Smells Like Teen Spirit". However, the band struggled with the pressures of fame and Kurt Cobain's heroin addiction. Cobain died by suicide in 1994 at the age of 27.

1. Nirvana
An American grunge band (1987-1994)

2. Members: Past Members:
Kurt Cobain Aarpon Burchard
Krist Novoselic Dale Crover
Dave Grohl Chad Channing
Jason Everman
Dan Peters
3 Albums
2 EP‟s (”Blew” „89) (”Hormoning” „92)
A great deal of live albums and box-sets

3. WHO, WHAT, WHEN?
Nirvana popped out of nowhere in 1991 with their masterpiece album: NEVERMIND.
But they were formed back in 1987, and released in „89 their first album: BLEACH, which
became a favorite album at the college radio-stations.
But it was NEVERMIND that made them famous world wide.(It has sold more than 30. million
copies world wide)
From BLEACH to NEVERMIND their music changed. BLEACH was a lot more angry and
didn‟t really made any sense, but Kurt said before its release that “As time goes on, the songs
get poppier and poppier, as I get happier and happier” But NEVERMIND must have been the
just right dose of everything, because it topped nr1 everywhere!
But the band didn‟t really care about any of the big achievements. Novoselic said that he was
happy about it, but really didn‟t give a fuck, but it was cool he guessed.
But all the overwhelming fame was way to much way to fast for the band and they laid low for
most of „92 before releasing IN UTERO in 1993.

4. KURT‟S DEATH
Courtney Love, Kurt‟s wife found him unconscious in their hotel room in Rome, in 1994.
He has had a bad reaction from mixing alcohol and pills. The rest of their European tour was
canceled and Kurt checked into rehab because his heroin addiction came back. But he “ran
away” not even a week after checking in. He went back to Seattle where he was found a week
later(8.April) in their home. He had suffered a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head. RIP!