Happy Birthday Nevermind (Nirvana)!

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Today in 1991 Nirvana released this to the world

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Tell me your Nirvana, Nevermind, Seattle, Grunge and youth stories.

Happy 25. Birthday Nevermind!
 
Yikes. I feel so old. (of course, half of GAF is younger than that baby)

I remember that album being a revelation. When you heard it for the first time, that's when the hypercolor "super 80's" ended and the flannel, grim n gritty 90's proper began. Axl Rose died the day you heard Nevermind for the first time.
 
Duane Cunningham said:
Yikes. I feel so old. (of course, half of GAF is younger than that baby)

I remember that album being a revelation. When you heard it for the first time, that's when the hypercolor "super 80's" ended and the flannel, grim n gritty 90's proper began. Axl Rose died the day you heard Nevermind for the first time.
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Great album, a classic that helped bookend 80's rock and usher in 90's rock and of course bring grunge into the limelight.


As for Axl Rose and G N R, they where on the way to ending themselves and Appetite For Destruction is still an all time classic album as much as Nevermind.



Takes me back to being 11 years old.
 
Only now does it occur to me that the album cover is actually pretty stupid, and kind of embarrassing to have attached to a classic album.
 
I had demo versions of half the songs that would end up on it several months before it came out. The demos have Chad on drums and had been circulating via cassette while the band were still on sub pop. I still have the tape, though all those versions of the songs have since been officially released .
 
My first CD, started my love of music, and I taught myself the guitar by playing it over and over hundreds of times.
 
Never really did get into them at the time, Pumpkins, Soundgarden, and Alice in Chains were more my thing. Respect the legacy though. Somehow I'm endlessly fascinated by the Courtney killed Kurt conspiracy jank despite never listening to the band much. On a slightly different note, think I might give Montage of Heck another watch today (great official doc).
 
I was set to see Nirvana as the headliner for Lollapalooza the year the Kurt killed himself. I had to settle for Smashing Pumpkins, who sucked that night. I always wondered if Nirvana would have even made another album even if Cobsin lived today. They seemed on the verge of imploding.
 
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Not a fan of the band at all, but this is undeniably one of the most influential releases ever. So... happy birthday. :D
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Same, and I can't ignore the influence this band had. My older brother was heavily into Nirvana at the time, so I followed their legacy through him, including Kurt's death. Hearing this and other Nirvana albums was a large part of my childhood because of him.
 
My favorite album of all time from my favorite band of all time.

This record was in my parents CD collection. I remember being fairly small (around 8) and taking it up to my room and listening to it. I was floored. The music connected with me. No not themes or meanings or anything like that. The sound of the instruments, the sound of Kurts voice. the idea that you could be loud and quiet at the same time. At a young age the record really opened up my mind about what music could be. Heck I remember thinking "man it would be cool if there was a Nirvana song where Kurt just goes crazy and yells the whole time". Turns out that song would be found on In Utero lol.

Love the production. the drumming influenced me to get a drum set. I don't think it ever clicked with me at the time of my early listens that there was all this other hoopla over the record. My listening was purely innocent. Just enjoying the tunes. Not really getting that Kurt killed himself (how many kids really grasp the concept of death before preteen years anyways), not really understanding the popularity that surrounded the record. Being completely naive to my enjoyment.

Eventually when I "got into music" again just before high school, it was Nirvana that I turned to again. They saved me from Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park lol. After that everything opened up again.

So thanks Nevermind. You are the best.

P.S. I also made the pilgrimage to Seattle two years ago. Checked out the exhibition at the EMP which was spectacular. Then I went to Kurt Cobain's park next to the house where he unfortunately took his life. The first visit was a little weird and I sort of freaked out. So I eventually returned a few days later and really took in the whole thing. Kurt Cobain is my favorite musician of all time. I adore the joy he brought to me and I still think about him on a weekly basis.
 
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