N°80 NIRVANA - ABOUT A GIRL

The band Nirvana existed since their formation by Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic in 1987 untill the death of Kurt Cobain in 1994. I don’t think I need to tell the complete story about his death but for those few people who never ever ever heared of that man: He committed suicide. Shot himself in the head in his house in Seattle. This happened a week after he escaped a rehab clinic after he collapsed earlier in Italy on their European tour. Cobain suffered a serious heroin and alcohol addiction.

Grunge is what their sound describes and Nirvana are still to be seen as the godfathers of grunge metal. Grunge can best be described as metal, punk, indie and noise.

Late 1987 drummer Aaron Burckhard joined Nirvana and this would be the final setup when recording the first demo tapes. Nirvana would try different drummers in the first few years. Burckhard was replaced in 1988 by Dale Crover, Dave Foster and Chad Channing and in 1990 again Dale Crover and Dan Peters participated either on the first albumBleach (1989) or on tour. The big break through would follow that same year after Dave Grohl took over the drum sticks and this would become the final setup untill Cobains death. 

Bleach didn’t give Nirvana the superstar stauts Cobain obtained but when listening to it now it has some great songs. Off course Nevermind (1991) is their biggest album and one can’t forget the MTV Unplugged session (1994) in which the three boys stripped their songs bare naked. Beautifull. The unplugged album was posthume released after Cobains death earlier that year. Novoselic and Grohl first doubted the release of the Unplugged album but then decided it would be a great tribute to Kurts music.

Nirvana stopped immediately after Cobains death but that didn’t stop Dave Grohl from being successfull as you know him as Foo Fighters singer and frontman and drummer with Them Crooked Vultures. Novoselic also continues bringing music with Sweet 75 and Flipper. He also played as a guest on a few Foo Fighters albums.
 

I’ve chosen About A Girl from their debut Bleach since it’s a pretty damn good song by a pretty damn good band. And if you don’t like this version you should try the Unplugged one.

Enjoy listening.