Rumors were swirling that Nirvana was breaking up, thanks to Cobain’s health woes, but the band ended up headlining the closing night of the 1992 Reading Festival in England . Kurt had actually put together the performance lineup himself. That performance at Reading has gone down in Nirvana history as…
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By Christmas 1991, Nevermind was selling 400,000 copies a week in the US.
That summer – 1991 – the band’s out on its first European tour, & things are getting a bit out of hand. The crowds are all stacked in & TV crews are getting in the way of the performance. Not to mention that “Smells Like Teen Spirit” is everywhere on…
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Come September 1990 & Buzz Osborne – of the Melvins – introduces the guys to Dave Grohl, the drummer from Washington based band Scream. Dave comes in & auditions just a few days later, & as Novoselic puts it, they knew straight off that he was the right guy.
The following month, Dale Crover’s back in the picture, this time as the drummer for a seven-date American West Coast tour with Sonic Youth.
July 1990, & Nirvana records the single “Sliver” with Mudhoney drummer Dan Peters on the kit.
April 1990, & the work on the next album is underway, this time at Butch Vig’s Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin.
After signing on, the band headed into the studio to start working on their first big record , Nevermind . They were offered a bunch of different producers to work with but nobody they wanted was available -so they waited till Chris Vig was free. Instead of using Vig’s studio…
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It’s 1990 now, & the band’s had a recommendation from Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon that they should sign to DGC Records. So they do.
And then, in June 1989, Bleach drops. As it happens it does pretty well for itself, & ends up getting a lot of airplay on college radio.