13 highlights from the life of "Nirvana" Bashny.Net

It became known yesterday that the company plans to publish the Universal Music in September, previously unknown demo group Nirvana. We decided to recall moments of brief but extremely bright existence of the group and its leader, Kurt Cobain.
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1. The band Nirvana, left to right: singer / guitarist Kurt Cobain, bassist Krist Novoselic and drummer Dave Grohl, photographed behind the scenes Festival England's Reading Festival. Hometown group is Aberdeen, Washington. Throughout its existence, the group was at the peak of the global popularity.



2. Nirvana released the album «Nevermind» in September 1991. It was the second studio album. He has sold over 30 million copies worldwide, thanks largely to the super popular song «Smells Like Teen Spirit». Spencer Elden, the baby on the cover of this album, already a 17-year-old told MTV, that he was very concerned about the fact that many people have seen him naked.



3. Grohl, Novoselic and Cobain posing for a portrait during underwater shooting pool North Hollywood.



4. Cobain in the hands of the crowd during a concert in Frankfurt, Germany. The album «Nevermind» entered the Billboard Top 40, and the song «Smells Like Teen Spirit» became a hit.



5. In April 1992, the band Nirvana appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone. Cobain specially chosen for shooting shirt with a meaningful inscription «Corporate magazines still suck».



6. Cobain performs with band Nirvana at the MTV Video Music Awards. MTV representatives have proposed a group to play «Smells Like Teen Spirit», however, Nirvana insisted on his new song «Rape Me». As a result, both sides agreed that the band will perform the song «Lithium». However, at the beginning of appearances Cobain still played a few lines from the song «Rape me». In addition, the concert almost a fight between Cobain and frontman Guns N 'Roses Axl Rose. It happened after Cobain's wife had a fight with Axl Rose.



7. Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, along with their daughter, Frances Bean Cobain attend the MTV Video Music Awards in Universal's Amphitheatre Universal City, California.



8. Nirvana participated in the recording of the episode show «Unplugged» at MTV in New York. The band played six cover songs, including David Bowie's song «The Man Who Sold the World». The recording artist also participated Meat Puppets. Cobain died on April 5, 1994, shot himself with a hunting rifle. He was 27 years old. Sessional album was released after Cobain's death, and debuted at number one in the Billboard 200.



9. Cobain and Nirvana band during the recording of the concert «Live and Loud» on MTV in Seattle. The group at that time released third album «In Utero» and went on their first US tour in two years. Group Reviewer David Fricke Rolling Stone praised the album is very high, saying that it merged together brilliance, aggression, anger and melancholy.



10. Former drummer Dave Grohl speaks at the MTV Movie Awards June 5, 2011 as the frontman of his own band Foo Fighters. The team was formed in 1994 and has since released seven studio albums.



11. Novoselic (left) and Grohl (center) pose with Butch Vig, producer of the album «Nevermind». Over the last 20 years the album is at its peak of popularity. This is due to the fact that the album includes a really good song. When writing them used only bass, drums and guitar, and nothing more.



12. Nirvana's artifacts at the exhibition «In Bloom: The Nirvana Exibition» to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of the album «Nevermind». The exhibition was held in the Loading Bay Gallery in London.



13. Portrait of Cobain in the exhibition «In Bloom: The Nirvana Exibition», held at the Loading Bay Gallery in London on 13 September 2011.



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