The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame pays tribute to artists that have made a difference in the music industry. These bands include Nirvana, who is apart of grunge. Grunge has to do with electric guitars, contrasting song dynamics and lyrics filled with agony. Nirvana is an important group that will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame because they started a new era of grunge.
Nirvana includes Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl. Kurt Donald Cobain was born on February 20, 1967. Kurt’s family started out in a rental home in nearby Hoquiam, Washington, then moved to Aberdeen when Kurt was 6 years old (Azerrad 13). After his parents divorced when he was 9, Kurt became withdrawn. He went to live with his father after the divorce (biography.com). David Eric Grohl was born on January 14, 1969, in Warren, Ohio. Dave moved from Warren to Springfield, Virginia, when he was 3 years old (imdb.com). Krist Anthony Novoselic was born on May 16, 1965, in Compton, California. Novoselic’s family moved to Aberdeen in 1979 (Azerrad 49). Nirvana was formed when Kurt and Krist met in high school. In the summer of 1993 Dave became Nirvana’s third and last drummer. As a child Kurt loved the Beatles, but by 9 discovered the heavier music of Led Zepplin, Black Sabbath and KISS (rollingstone.com). Krist was into bands similar to Kurt at a young age, Led Zepplin, Devo, Black Sabbath and Aerosmith (Azerrad 15). Like Krist and Kurt, Dave was into punk at a young age. His first concert was to see Naked Raygun when he was thirteen years old (Azerrad 136).
Throughout the music career of Nirvana they have achieved many things. On January 11, 1992, their album, Nevermind hit #1 on the Billboard album charts and stayed #1 for two weeks (nirvana...
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...e, he was shocked and suddenly couldn't deal with the press and the publicity (imdb.com). He quickly doubted his stardom (biography.com). Although Kurt was extremely stressed and depressed, he still continued to write his personal, focused lyrics. In February 1992, Kurt went to Hawaii to get married to long-time girlfriend, Courtney Love (Azzerad 161). On March 4, 1994 Kurt was rushed to the hospital in a coma after an unsuccessful suicide attempt(imdb.com). Nirvana will be inducted into the Rock and Roll hall of Fame on April 10, 2014. Kurt Cobain died on April 5, 1994, from a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head. His body was found by electrician, Gary Smith who had come to install a security system in his guest house (biography.com). Even after Kurt’s suicide Nirvana inspired many bands including Green Day, Pearl Jam, and Smashing Pumpkins (rockhall.com).
The Grateful Dead was a famous rock and roll band. During the 1960’s, the band had an audience called the “deadheads”. Deadheads were a bunch of druggies. Jerry Garcia was a big part in this band before his fatal health issues came along. The Grateful Dead was a band that impacted society by breaking rules to build their career.
On April 5, 1994, a tragic event that we now know today as the death of Kurt Donald Cobain, lead singer of Nirvana, occurred. This sudden and disturbing calamity was since deemed a suicide, but was it really? This topic has become one of the most controversial subjects in the musical industry. After the traumatizing news that Cobain had ended his life transpired, it gained some serious speculation. Theory after theory arose, with the most popular being that Cobain had not passed to suicide, but homicide. After close examination, the evidence leads to one particular person.
This is probably one of my favourite CD’s of all time. It has so many of Nirvana’s greatest hits. I think (and I’m probably the only one) that Nirvana is a lot like Marilyn Manson in many ways. They completely created a new genre, and have the largest modern cult followings. Nirvana totally brought grunge to the world, and Manson brought us Alternative Music.
The Grateful Dead are one of the rock bands that helped shape music into what it is now. The band is known for their signature live performances, which includes improvisational sections that can last for up to half an hour. The Grateful Dead has had many different members who all influenced their unique sound in a different way.
“We’re just musically and rhythmically retarded. We play so hard that we can’t tune our guitars fast enough. People can relate to that.” Kurt Cobain’s thoughts on why his band, Nirvana was such a massive success in an unexpected way. A heroin shooting, guitar strumming musician who sang the barely audible lyrics which spoke so loudly for the angst ridden youth of America had such an important influence on our culture that over twenty years later, the details around his suicide are still heatedly debated. The impact that Cobain had on the world was intense at the time and can still be found today; the music he wrote for Nirvana had influence on the music industry, his unintended voice to angst-ridden society and even the fashion industry cashed in on his style.
Kurt Cobain, lead singer of the infamous band Nirvana was discovered outside of his Seattle home three days after his death by Garry Smith on April 8, 1994. While Cobain’s official death certificate reads suicide, many theories have cropped up over the years that claim to explain neglected attributes to the original case.
That list shows the power Nirvana and Kurt Cobain had on the art of music. (CD-Now)
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Nirvana, Rage Against the Machine, Alice in Chains, and Pearl Jam, Alternative Grunge bands from the 90s, were very influential to today’s bands. Grunge music started in the early 90s, mainly from the Seattle scene. Metallica, Kiss, and even Led Zeppelin helped make alternative music start. Although these bands were very famous in the 90s, many of them suffered from substance abuse and even depression. After years of being famous some bands split completely, some formed new bands with members in other bands, and even some stayed together and play together today. All bands believed that people should be able to afford music and listen to what they enjoy, not what other people want you to listen to. Bands from the 90s have influenced some of
Another reason why classic rock is the best is because you had to be talented to become famous. If you are vocally or musically talented now you have to be physically attractive to make it big. Now if you are pretty and have no musical talent you can throw in a lot of autotune and be “talented”. For example Steven Tyler, he was never really a attractive guy. He couldn’t just wake up one day and be pretty. He made it big for his talent. Same thing with the lead singer of Nirvana, Kurt Cobain. If you’re not attractive you might as well kiss your talent goodbye and find something else to do with your
The members of the group are Jimmy Page, born on April 9, 1944, Robert Plant, born on August 24, 1948, John Paul Jones, born on January 3, 1946, and John Bonham born on May 31, 1948.
There possibly isn't an album in history that is as genre defining as Nirvana's Nevermind. Released in 1991, it single handedly was responsible for the birth of what became to be known as grunge and has gone on to sell over 10 million copies in the United States alone (Stuessy, Joe). It reached number 1 in 1991 and was the first album to bring Seattle grunge to the mainstream audience (Stuessy, Joe). Nevermind is a mix of slow, dark songs and fast paced grunge rock songs. With its grinding guitars, pounding drums, and lead singer, Kurt Cobain's distinctive voice, Nevermind found a distinctive way to fuse alternative punk with 70's rock (Nirvana, Nevermind).
This article demonstatres how important Kurt Cobain was both as a rock and roll icon and a philosopher. His songs which he recorded himself are still popular today, over 20 years after his death. The author argues how Cobain influences other young artists and his effect on the direction of the music industry.
First, let us define what grunge is and where it comes from. Grunge as defined by web encyclopedia alt.culture is the cumulative influences of punk and ‘70s heavy metal (plus rain, coffee, cheap, potent beer, and occasionally heroin), a cohort of Seattle bands developed a soulful hard rock variant that was instrumental to alternative music’s early-‘90s move underground (altculture. com). Among the bands included in the definition Nirvana would be mainly the one that made this phenomenon popular. Released in 1991, Nevermind—a record by an obscure band working in a genre considered as hopelessly uncommercial—launched the grunge phenomenon and marked an era of unprecedented exposure for alternative acts. Then other bands like Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Soundgarden, Candlebox followed the trail that Nirvana started in the grunge w...
He later referenced Freddie Mercury again in his suicide note when he took his life on April 5th of 1994. “I haven't felt the excitement of listening to as well as creating music along with reading and writing for too many years now. I feel guilty beyond words about these things. For example when we're back stage and the lights go out and the manic roar of the crowds begins., it doesn't affect me the way in which it did for Freddie Mercury, who seemed to love, relish in the love and adoration from the crowd which is something I totally admire and envy,” (Cobain “Letter”). Along with Kurt Cobain, Freddie inspired his own stand in to become a