• Grunge
• Alternative Rock

As has been witnessed so often in the past, it takes a tragedy to propel some bands into legend. This is certainly the case with NIRVANA. Despite the huge success of their ‘Nevermind' album and the global hit single ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’, it took the suicide of band leader Kurt Cobain before the world truly paid attention, delivering 'supergroup' status to NIRVANA and thrusting Cobain’s widow COURTNEY LOVE of HOLE to greater stardom as a by-product.

It is widely acknowledged that NIRVANA completely revolutionised Rock Music, spearheading the Grunge movement and prompting a radical media purge of the antecedent 'Hair' band culture. However, with NIRVANA's swift rise to stardom came attention which would plague band leader Cobain.

Kurt Donald Cobain was born on 20th February 1967. In 1979 Kurt’s family moved to Aberdeen, Washington and lived in a trailer park with his mother (who split from Kurt’s father in 1975 and re-married in 1984) in the area for a number of years. NIRVANA formed in Aberdeen in 1987 after Cobain had met bassist Krist Novoselic (born 16th May 1965) and drummer Chad Channing (born 31st January 1967). The band’s first single came in November 1988, a cover of SHOCKING BLUE's 'Love Buzz' on the Sub Pop label. Shortly after recording NIRVANA were boosted to a quartet with the enrolment of second guitarist Jason Everman...