Formed Aberdeen, Washington, 1986; disbanded 1994.

Like nearly every other musical icon from Elvis to James Brown to John Lennon to Michael Jackson to Madonna, Kurt Cobain had a psyche that was too big for one body. He was a passionate fan, but hated fame; he wrote and sang songs about male murderers, but identified with their female victims; he endlessly baited his audience, but became the symbol of an age. While this tortured universality enabled Nirvana to break through the corporate stagnation of American rock, it also, ultimately, killed him. [read more...]

Discography in order of release date:

• Bleach (1989)
• Nevermind (1991)
• Hormoaning (1992 – Australia and Japan only)
• Incesticide (1992)
• In Utero (1993)
• MTV Unplugged in New York (1994)
• From the Muddy Banks of Wishkah (1995)
• Nirvana (2002) (also called Best Of 1988-1994)

U.S. Releases:
	From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah [LIVE] ~ Nirvana Original Release Date: 1996 Click here for more information
	Unplugged In New York [LIVE] ~ Nirvana Original Release Date: 1994 Click here for more information
	In Utero [EXPLICIT LYRICS] ~ Nirvana Original Release Date: 1993 Click here for more information
	In Utero [Edited] ~ Nirvana Original Release Date: 1993 Click here for more information
	Incesticide ~ Nirvana Original Release Date: 1992 Click here for more information
	Nevermind ~ Nirvana Original Release Date: 1991 Click here for more information
	Bleach ~ Nirvana Original Release Date: 1989 Click here for more information
	Interview ~ Nirvana Click here for more information
Imports:
	Black Flower [IMPORT] ~ Nirvana Original Release Date: 1967 Click here for more information
	In Utero [EXTRA TRACKS] [IMPORT] ~ Nirvana Click here for more information
	All Apologies/Rape Me [CD-SINGLE] [IMPORT] ~ Nirvana Click here for more information
	Singles [BOX SET] [IMPORT] ~ Nirvana Click here for more information
	Singles Box [CD-SINGLE] [IMPORT] ~ Nirvana Click here for more information
	Interview Sessions [IMPORT] ~ Nirvana Click here for more information
	In Utero [+Bonus Track] [IMPORT] ~ Nirvana Click here for more information
	Interview Sessions [IMPORT] ~ Nirvana Click here for more information
	Smells Like Teen Spirit [CD-SINGLE] [IMPORT] ~ Nirvana Click here for more information
	Interview [IMPORT] ~ Nirvana Click here for more information
	Nirvana: Interview [IMPORT] ~ Nirvana Click here for more information
	Interview Picture Disc [IMPORT] ~ Nirvana Click here for more information
	Heart-Shaped Box [CD-SINGLE] [IMPORT] ~ Nirvana Click here for more information
	Come As You Are [CD-SINGLE] [IMPORT] ~ Nirvana Click here for more information
	Secret Theathre [IMPORT] ~ Nirvana Click here for more information
	Lithium [IMPORT] [CD-SINGLE] ~ Nirvana Click here for more information
	Interview CD Book [IMPORT] ~ Nirvana Click here for more information
	Interview [IMPORT] ~ Nirvana Click here for more information

Frequently hailed as a flagship band of Generation X, Nirvana were a grunge band from Seattle (late 1980s early 1990s). Members included Kurt Cobain (guitar and vocals), Krist Novoselic (bass and backing vocals), Dave Grohl (drums and backing vocals), and later, an unofficial 4th member (Pat Smear) who played guitar when the band toured. Their first album, Bleach (featuring Chad Channing on drums), was a garage rock record, made for the Seattle independent record label Sub Pop and sold poorly. Their second, Nevermind, sweetened the sound of the earlier with a cleaner production (by Butch Vig) and occasional pop hooks. Recorded for the much larger Geffen Records label, it was a major breakthrough both for the band and the rock music scene. The highly infectious single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" received heavy airplay on MTV, inspiring a slew of imitators and bringing the grunge sound into the mainstream. Their follow up, 1993's In Utero, was slightly less accessible to the mass market due to its more subdued and introspective sound, but still obtained critical and commercial success.

Singer Kurt Cobain was known to be troubled, and suffered from bipolar disorder. He wrote a song, "Lithium", about the medication lithium carbonate, which is used to treat bipolar disorder. Around 1993 Cobain married musician and actress Courtney Love. Plagued by an unexplained stomach illness and increasingly dissatisfied with the crass commercialism of the music industry, Cobain became depressed, reclusive, and a heroin addict. Cobain committed suicide in 1994, after which the band broke apart.

Several albums have been released since Cobain's death, including a live set, and a superb perfomance on MTV's Unplugged. In the years following Kurt Cobain's death, there has been much controversy over the ownership of Nirvana's music. The two surviving members, Grohl and Novoselic, and wife Courney Love, have argued the issue of releasing a new ablum containing rare or unreleased tracks. On October 29, 2002, following a grueling legal battle, the album Nirvana was released containing several greatest hits and one unreleased track, "You Know You're Right". (A live version of this song can be found on Outcesticide V(5) Disintegration. This was released prior to the album Nirvana.)

According to some, notably public access host Richard Lee of Seattle, Kurt Cobain was murdered. His ongoing documentary has been running since the week after Cobain's demise. In addition, a documentary film called "Kurt & Courtney" was made by filmmaker Nick Broomfield which suggests that Love had Cobain killed. However, these are generally considered to be conspiracy theories and the official verdict of death by self-inflicted gunshot wound is widely accepted.

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Smiley's Nirvana Home Page - The most comprehensive Nirvana site on the web, with hundreds of images, tabs, a chat room and many hard-to-find articles and interviews.

Stain - The Nirvana website that had the entire Wishkah album before any others. Lots of photos, sounds and the whole schmear -- or is that Smear?

The Nirvana RealAudio Archive - Site with rare and live Nirvana RealAudio files - all in full length.

The Cobain Memorial: Cobain.Com - Includes lyrics, biography, links, pictures, and message board.

Massive Ground - Nirvana lyrics, tabs, and pictures.

NIRVAN@ Inc. - All about Nirvana and Kurt Cobain, as well as hacking information.

Kurt-Cobain.org - A Nirvana site that contains multimedia, texts, links, and downloads.

Three Cleancut Guys From Seattle - Contains a large amount of Nirvana material, including a comprehensive multimedia section.

Nirvana Web - Nirvana site with sounds and pictures to download as well as Nirvana games.

Nirvana: Never Fade Away - Dedicated to providing original Nirvana content. Contains information on the Outcesticides and other related bands.

Official Unofficial Nirvana Site - MP3s and everything else about Nirvana.

Complete Nirvana - Contains complete guitar tablature, bass and drum tabs, lyrics, loads of rare Real Audio files, Real movies. This site also has the song meanings of Nirvana songs and rare pictures.

Bleached - A well designed Nirvana site with all the usual stuff as well as some more original sections, such as a Nirvana dictionary.

Into The Utero - Nirvana news source.

English Nirvana Tribute - Biographies, murder theories, pictures.

The Grunge Attitude Nirvana Site - Includes tabs, discography, lyrics, and song meanings.

Nirvana Tabs - Tabs for every song, off of every CD, including the rarest of songs.

Nirvana Web Archive - A compendium of sounds, lyrics, tablature, and pictures of the band.

Kobain's Korner - Nirvana sound and image archive, Nirvana-related downloads like MP3 skins, and a Kurt Cobain memorial.

Wasted Nirvana Page - Nirvana full movies, sound files, tablature, and pictures.

Nirva.nu - Nirvana multimedia site with movies, music, and pictures of the band.

Tape Trader's Artist of the Month - Nirvana's bootlegs: the essential tapes to get and why they're good.

The Tarp Has Sprung a Leak - Nirvana site with lyrics, tabs, bootlegs.

InUtero.Web.Com - Biographies, multimedia, lyrics, and other Nirvana texts.

ABC to Nirvana - Origins of the band and biographies of its members, album lyrics, and pictures.

Nirvana Bootlegs - Nirvana bootlegs for sale or trade.

Surrealistic Fantasy: a Nirvana site - Rare songs, lyrics, song interpretations, pictures, info, Nirvana covers, quotes, Incesticide liner notes, and a tribute to Kurt.

Nirvana - Live Tonight - Sold Out - Pictures, information, quotes, and lyrics.

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Very Nirvana - Lyrics, biographies, and Kurt's suicide note.

Cobain and Nirvana Fan Page - A Nirvana fan site with audio/video, tab, lyrics, pics, and history.

MusicEffect: Nirvana - Lyrics, tabs, discography, pictures, and history of the band.

Nirvana Audio Resource - Sounds files for all albums and most rarities.

Into the Utero - Nirvana web ring.

Stage Dive Concert - A forum for Nirvana bootleggers to discuss the band, as well as news on the surviving band members.

Zzub Evol's Plateau - Nirvana encyclopedia and bootleg information.

Nirvana - Pictures, biographies and information about Nirvana.

From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah - Review by the Washington Post.

Nirvana @ RollingStone.com - Site includes bio, photo gallery, news, discography, album reviews, audio/video, and message boards.

Nirvana Another Rule - Tabs, biography, discography, lyrics and their meanings.

Nirvana History - At Sub Pop Records. Includes text of Nirvana's early one sheets, sent out with press kits.

Nirvana at Wall Of Sound - A great Nirvana biography, as well as news and a discography.

Something In the Way - Editorial on the impact Nirvana had on 1990's music.

Come as You Were - Fake press release of a new Nirvana Anthology series.