On April 6 , 1994 it was announced that Nirvana had pulled out of their Lollapalooza 94 tour because of Cobain’s ongoing health issues . Reports were circulating that the band had actually broken up.
By the start of 1994 the band was back out on the road doing a European tour.
And in 1994, Dave Grohl went on to form his own new band – the Foo Fighters .
Given that Nevermind had been out for 15 months and had already produced a fourth single in “In Bloom” , Geffen and DGC didn’t feel it was worth trying to push Incesticide too hard. That was confirmed when the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America…
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Steve Albini and the band went in and laid down a whole album in Pachyderm Studio in Cannon Falls, Minnesota in just two weeks that February – and it only cost them $25,000 .
In February 1993 Nirvana released a split single with the Jesus Lizard , with two tracks – “Puss” and “Oh, the Guilt” – on the independent label Touch & Go.
The big record label had been banking on a new Nirvana album for Christmas 1992 – but instead they decided to release the compilation album Incesticide in December of that year.
But America was left wanting more : with exhaustion getting the better of them Nirvana decided not to do another big tour in support of Nevermind that year – and only managed a handful of performances in the months that followed. In March 1992 Cobain was trying to sort out…
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By January 1992, Nevermind has pushed Michael Jackson’s Dangerous off the top of the Billboard album charts. & it’s number one in loads of other countries too.
The month Nevermind reached number one on the Billboard charts and the magazine was proclaiming – “Nirvana: that rare band that’s got it all – critical acclaim, the industry’s respect, and both pop radio and a college / alternative following that’s as solid as a rock.”