Brandi Hall
Hallie Nix
Julianna Wade
Angie Johnson
Born in
Hoquaim,
Washington
Moved to
Aberdeen,
Washington
Sickly Child
Mother, Wendy
Father, Donald
Divorce
Withdrawn
Moving
Impact On
Nirvana’s Music
School
The Melvins
British Bands
William S.
Burroughs
The Melvins
 The Beatles
 The Monkees
 Sex Pistols
 The Clash
 Black Sabbath
 Kiss
The Beatles
 Helped form Pop
Music
 Beatles effects music
greatly
 Wrote own songs
 Beatles inspire Clash,
Sex Pistols
 Important Punk Rock
Band
 Unique sound. New
Musical Style
 Cobain listens at an
early age
 Popularized by Sex
Pistols
 Superior lyrics and
melodies
 Political views and
looks
 Nirvana Influenced by
Clash
Black Sabbath
New slowed, screaming style
Influenced Nirvana’s sound and lyrics
1986-Kurt formed the band
the Stiff Woodies, with longtime friend Krist Novaselic
Kurt was drummer, Krist
was bass-guitarist, and many
different guitarists and
vocalists
Later changed name to Skid
Row featuring Aaron Burkhart
on drums
 1986-Burkhart replaced by Chad Channing
 1987-Nirvana was formed
 Kurt was lead vocalist and guitarist, Krist was
bass-guitarist, and Dave Grohl became the
permanent drummer
Nirvana began doing performances in
Olympia
Made ten demos with producer Jack
Endino
In December of 1988, Nirvana released
their first single “Love Buzz”
 In 1989 Nirvana
released their first
album Bleach
 This album featured
songs like “Smells
Like Teen Spirit”,
“Come As You Are”,
and “Something In
The Way”
 It recorded for just
over 600 dollars
 Nirvana’s popularity grew after appearing on
MTV’s Headbanger’s Ball and Saturday Night
Live
 A new form of music had been born
• 1991 Melody Maker's Album of the Year- Nevermind
• 1991 Melody Maker's Single of the Year- Smells Like
Teen Spirit
• 25/01/92 #1 Kerrang's Indie Metal Charts- Bleach
• 25/01/92 #1 Kerrang's Metal Charts- Nevermind
• 1992 Spin Magazine's-Artist of the Year
• 1992 MTV Video Music Awards- Best New Artist - Smells
Like Teen Spirit
- Best Alternative Group - Smells Like Teen Spirit
• 1993 MTV Video Music Awards- Best Alternative Video In Bloom
- Best Art Direction
• 1994 MTV Video Music Awards- Best Alternative Group Heart Shaped Box1994 Rolling Stone Magazine's-Artist
of the Year
• 1995 Grammy's- Best Alternative Album - Unplugged In
New York
- MTV's #1 Video of All Time - Smells Like Teen Spirit
- MTV's #1 Album of All Time - Nevermind
- Triple J's Top 100 of All Time - #1 Smells Like Teen
Spirit
- Massive's #1 Album - Nevermind
- Alternative Press #1 Album of the 90's - Nevermind
- Spin Magazine - Top 90 albums of the 90's -- #1
Nevermind
• 1998 Kerrang-Kerrang's most influential artist of all time
-100 greatest gigs of all time (published July 1997)
-100 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (published
January 1998)
• 1998 MTV's most Buzz worthiest group of all time- #1
Smells Like Teen Spirit
• 1999 Q Magazine's -#1 single of all time - Smells Like Teen
Spirit
• 1999 Kurt Cobain: Guitar World Magazine's-Artist of the
Decade
• 1999 Guitar World - Nevermind #1: "20 Albums of the 90's
That Mattered Most“
• 1999 Diamond Award-Nevermind (over 10 million copies
sold award)
• 1999 Kerrang: Best Song of All Time- Smells Like Teen
Spirit
• 1999 Kurt Cobain: Rolling Stone-Artist of the Decade
• 1999 VH1 Top 90 Videos of the Decade- #1 Smells Like
Teen Spirit
• 1999 Much Music Top Videos of the Century- #1 Smells
Like Teen Spirit2000 Guinness World Book Of RecordsMost Played Video on MTV Europe: Smells Like Teen Spirit
• 2000 Guinness World Book Of Records - Most Sucessful
Posthumous Albums: MTV Unplugged in New York & From
the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah weitere Awards folgen
Married Courtney Love
Frances Bean Cobain
Depression and Drug Abuse
Marital Troubles
Guns
 Kurt was rushed to
Hospital
 He enters a detox
program
 Courtney files a missing
persons report
 Kurt is found by
electrician
 Was Kurt murdered
or was it suicide?
 Investigations and
Books
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http://justiceforkurt.com/investigation/crime_scene.shtml
http://www.cobain.com/bio.html
http://www.indefenceofkurtcobain.com/events.html
http://musicfinder.yahoo.com/artist/photos/1800219291/454763
http://wallpaper.saverstuff.com/m/Mtv_Logo.html
http://music.msn.com/search/all/?ss=Nirvana
www.nirvanaplce.de/nirvana-awards.htm
www.launch.yahoo.com/artist/artistFocus.asp?artistID=1019522
http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/nirvana/bio.jhtml
http://www.vh1/artists/az/cobain_kurt/bio.jhtml
http://www.nirvanaphotos.com/photos.php?Cat=11&Idx=23
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Venue/2618/Kurtpictures.html
http://ricesj.tripod.com/biogf.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Cobain
http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/entertainers/music/kurt-cobain/
• Beatles:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/1
452393.stm
• The Sex Pistols http://www.factindex.com/s/se/sex_pistols.html
• The Clash
http://www.wordiq.com/definition/The_Clash
• Black Sabbath:
http://music.channel.aol.com/artist/artistbio.adp?
_pgtyp=pdct&artistid=3693
• What was Nirvana first called?
• What was the name of Nirvana’s first hit
song?
• Who was Kurt Cobain married to?
• What was the name of Kurt’s daughter?