Nirvana and Kurt Cobain rose to prominence almost overnight after being hailed by the media as the voices of the younger generation.
Photo: Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Stock PhotoĬobain and bandmates Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic enjoyed their first taste of mainstream success with the single Smells Like Teen Spirit, taken from the band’s second studio album, Nevermind, released in 1991. Cobain sports a brown corduroy jacket with a green cardigan sweater, jeans ripped at the knee, and fingerless gloves. Pin Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, and Krist Novoselic of Nirvana posed for a picture in October 1990.
Nirvana, the band fronted by vocalist Kurt Cobain, is often cited as the band that epitomized the grunge sound. Grunge, an offshoot of alternative rock that emerged in the latter part of the 1980s and became popular in Seattle, was a dominant force in the city’s music scene at the time.
