Timeline Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit

From Aberdeen garages to knocking Michael Jackson off number one — Nirvana's seven years that changed rock music.

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1987 Nirvana formed in Aberdeen, Washington Cobain and Novoselic Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic start a band in a logging town.
1988 Nirvana release Love Buzz Sub Pop Their first single, on Seattle's Sub Pop label.
1989 Nirvana release Bleach Debut album Recorded for about 600 dollars.
1990 Dave Grohl joins Nirvana Drummer The final line-up is complete.
1991 Nirvana release Smells Like Teen Spirit Anthem of a generation The single that takes grunge into the mainstream.
1991 Nirvana Releases Nevermind Album propels grunge into the mainstream Nirvana's second album, Nevermind, led by the single "Smells Like Teen Spirit," became an unexpected commercial phenomenon. It displaced Michael Jackson from the top of the US charts and brought Seattle grunge into the mainstream. The album is widely regarded as one of the most influential rock records of its era.
1992 Nirvana's Nevermind reaches number one Replaces Michael Jackson Knocks Dangerous off the top, the same day they play Saturday Night Live.
1992 Nirvana headline the Reading Festival Wheelchair entrance Cobain is wheeled on stage in a hospital gown.
1993 Nirvana releases "In Utero" Follow-up to "Nevermind" debuts at number one Nirvana released their third studio album, "In Utero," produced with Steve Albini in a deliberately rawer style than its multi-platinum predecessor "Nevermind." The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. It would be the band's final studio album before Kurt Cobain's death the following year.
1993 Nirvana record MTV Unplugged Sony Studios, New York An acoustic set of mostly covers.
1994 Nirvana's Kurt Cobain dies Seattle Cobain dies at his home in Seattle, aged 27.
1994 Nirvana release MTV Unplugged in New York Posthumous number one Released seven months after Cobain's death.
1995 Nirvana's Dave Grohl forms Foo Fighters New band Grohl starts again as singer and guitarist.
2014 Nirvana inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Inducted in their first year of eligibility.