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Nirvana----In 1975, Kurt Cobain, who was only 8 years old, faced the pressure of his parents' divorce and chose music as an escape and weapon. Cobain's father accidentally joined a record club, and the records he received every month became Cobain's gift. He heard Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Kiss... On February 20, 1981, Cobain chose Cobain got a guitar as his birthday gift, and he began to write his own songs from then on. When by chance Cobain saw a report about the Sex Pistols, punk rock became his new belief.

Cobain dropped out of high school in 1985 and met Matt Lukin and Buzz Osborne of The Melvins (one of the founders of grunge music). From The Melvins, Cobain heard Black Flag, Flipper and MDC, which further cemented his belief in punk rock. At the end of 1985, Cobain formed the band Fecal Matter with Dale Crover and Greg Hokanson, who later became the drummers of The Melvins, and recorded a seven-song demo.

Chris Novoselic, a Cobain alumnus, met Cobain at a rehearsal venue at The Melvins. In 1987, Aaron Burckhard became their drummer and eventually formed the prototype of Nirvana. On January 23, 1988, Nirvana recorded a 10-song demo. Recording engineer Jack Endinno later sent the demo to the newly established Sub Pop record company. A few months later, Nirvana signed to Sub Pop. Since Burckhard often did not attend the band's rehearsals, he was replaced by Chad Channing. November Nirvana's first single "Love Buzz/Big Cheese". In February 1989, the band held a short-term tour on the West Coast of the United States and released its first album "Bleach" in June. On Nirvana's first album, Dale Crover was responsible for drums on Floyd the Barder, Paper Cuts, Downer, and Chad Channing was responsible for the rest. The success of the debut album led the band to embark on their first U.S. tour, but due to huge differences in musical spirit, Channing left Nirvana after the tour and was joined by Dave Grohl.

In April 1991, Nirvana officially signed a contract with Geffen Records. In September of the same year, the album "Nevermind" was released. Sales reached 500,000 copies in just 5 weeks after its release. It was also on the charts and rising steadily. On January 11, 1992, it became the number one selling album in the United States, and its global sales Over the 10 million mark. It was a huge commercial success. Dave Grohl also solidified himself as drummer. The single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is quickly climbing the US BILLBROAD Bulletin charts. (Nevermind) brought Nirvana to success, but also began a myth and a spiritual tragedy.

After the huge success of (Nevermind), Nirvana collected some previously unreleased songs and released the album "Incesticide" on December 15, 1992. This is a typical underground music album, and they stated that the purpose of launching this record was to test the limits of underground rock acceptance by listeners and radio DJs.

In September 1993, they invited the famous anti-commercial producer Steve Albini to supervise their production and released "InUtero". Steve Albini attempted to record an authentic punk album, using a richer musical material than before.

On November 18, 1993, Nirvana was invited to produce an unplugged concert for MTV, and later released part of the unplugged song "UNPLUGGED IN NEW YORK". On March 1, 1994, Nirvana's performance in Munich, Germany became the band's last public performance.

On April 8, 1994, an electrician discovered Cobain's body at his residence with a suicide note next to it. Seattle police confirmed that Kurt Cobain died by suicide three days ago. Nirvana disbands. In 1996, the album "FROM THE MUDDY BLANKS OF THE WISHKAH" was released in memory of Cobain, which included 17 Nirvana live songs.