Una banda estadounidense de rock Nirvana

This article is about the American grunge band. For the UK-based 60s band, see Nirvana (British band). For the Swedish death metal band, see Nirvana 2002. For other uses, see Nirvana (disambiguation).

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Nirvana

A sideview of Cobain and Novoselic onstage

Nirvana band members Krist Novoselic (left) and Kurt Cobain performing at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards.

Background information

Origin Aberdeen, Washington, United States

Genres Alternative rock, grunge

Years active 1987–1994

Labels Sub Pop, DGC

Associated acts Fecal Matter, Foo Fighters

Website nirvana.com

Members Kurt Cobain

Krist Novoselic

Dave Grohl

Past members Aaron Burckhard

Dale Crover

Dave Foster

Chad Channing

Jason Everman

Dan Peters

Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987. Nirvana went through a succession of drummers, the longest-lasting being Dave Grohl, who joined the band in 1990. Despite releasing only three full-length studio albums in their seven-year career, Nirvana has come to be regarded as one of the most influential and important rock bands of the modern era.

In the late 1980s Nirvana established itself as part of the Seattle grunge scene, releasing its first album Bleach for the independent record label Sub Pop in 1989. The band eventually came to develop a sound that relied on dynamic contrasts, often between quiet verses and loud, heavy choruses. After signing to major label DGC Records, Nirvana found unexpected success with "Smells Like Teen Spirit", the first single from the band's second album Nevermind (1991). Nirvana's sudden success widely popularized alternative rock as a whole, and the band's frontman Cobain found himself referred to in the media as the "spokesman of a generation", with Nirvana being considered the "flagship band" of Generation X.[1] Nirvana's third studio album, In Utero (1993), featured an abrasive, less-mainstream sound and challenged the group's audience. The album did not match the sales figures of Nevermind but was still a commercial success and critically acclaimed.

Nirvana's brief run ended following the death of Kurt Cobain in 1994, but various posthumous

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