N I R V A N A
Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington . Nirvana went through a succession of drummers, the longest-lasting being Dave Grohl , who joined the band in 1990. With the lead single " Smells Like Teen Spirit " from the group's second album Nevermind (1991), Nirvana entered into the mainstream, bringing along with it a subgenre of alternative rock called grunge . Other Seattle grunge bands such as Alice in Chains , Pearl Jam , and Soundgarden also gained popularity, and, as a result, alternative rock became a dominant genre on radio and music television in the United States during the early-to-middle 1990s. As Nirvana's frontman, Kurt Cobain found himself referred to in the media as the "spokesman of a generation", with Nirvana the "flagship band" of " Generation X ".Cobain was uncomfortable with the attention and placed his focus on...