The core of Nirvana was Kurt Cobain, lead guitarist and vocalist, and Krist Novoselic, bass player. For their first album, the drmmer was not Dave Grohl, but Chad Channing. Nirvana recorded "Bleach", a dark, crunching album containing simple, guitar driven like Negative Creep and School as well as more sophisticated songs like About a Girl.
After touring and and looking for another label, they recorded their Nevermind album in May of '91. It was released on September 13, 1991 and went platinum in about three weeks, mostly due to the song Smells Like Teen Spirit, which has been labeled as the anthem of generation X.
After a massive tour in support of Nevermind, Nirvana came back to the states. After touring constantly, Nirvana once again returned to the studios in March of 1993 to record their long-awaited new album, In Utero, which didn't go down well with the record company.
A few of the songs were later remixed or rerecorded, but the majority of the album stayed the same. One of the reasons why it may not have sounded quite as great as Nevermind is that In Utero was recorded in two weeks. Most of the vocals were done in one day, with the help of a lot of cough syrup.
Nirvana returned to the road, playing in the states and overseas. On January 8, 1994 Nirvana played their final American show in Seattle. They then toured Europe, playing their last show on March 1 in Munich, Germany.
After returning to the United States, Kurt Cobain dissapeared after jumping the wall at the Exodus rehabilitation clinic, where he was undergoing rehab for a heroin addiction. Several days later, on April 8, his body was found by an electrician at his house in Seattle, Washington. Kurt had been dead for several days, the victim of a self inflicted gunshot wound. He left a suicide note near his body, explaning why he had killed himself. Fans still didn't accept his death, and many haven't still.
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