A very conscious attempt to break the mould, About A Girl was the first real indication that Cobain's band had more to offer ...

Kurt Cobain was never exactly shy about the influences behind Smells Like Teen Spirit. “I was trying to rip off the Pixies,” the Nirvana frontman told Rolling Stone in 1994. “We used their sense of ...

Before it changed rock forever, Nirvana’s biggest song got its name from Kathleen Hanna through an offhand moment that helped ...

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Some fans love it, some fans hate it. “Tourette’s” is often considered mid-tier or even lower out of all the songs on In Utero, but we have to disagree with that notion. It’s grunge-y grunge at its ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Nirvana's Nevermind and "Smells Like Teen Spirit" both find their ...

Nirvana, one of the most influential grunge bands of the ’90s, recorded their first live session at MTV Unplugged in November 1993, five months before the death of lead singer Kurt Cobain. The live ...

Part of the allure of Nirvana was their ability to juxtapose incredibly dark, somber lyricism with powerful, driving rock arrangements that almost made it easy to forget just how bleak the songs ...