An album with cult status

Kurt Cobain (1967 - 1994) is not only because of his early and tragic Tods a cult figure like Jim Morrison become, but also because it is considered an important pioneer of Grunge Music. The breakthrough came Cobain and his band "Nirvana" with this album "Nevermind." Almost all the songs he wrote himself, and he was not as important to the text itself. Content was Cobain most of his songs open so that remained free space for interpretations. In many cases, the constantly repeating passages were also invested aggressively. Much somehow reminds me of the abstruse texts of the "Doors."

Before this album was already considered the Subculture Pop again as antiquated and was expected with such low demand for this album that initially only about 50,000 copies were for sale. The manager should, however, be wrong.

On 4 November 1991, the single of the cult hit "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was published, which four weeks later by awarding the platinum record by the American Association RIAA records for one million sold copies of Nevermind. On January 11, 1992 Nevermind rose to the top of the US album charts and thus displaced Michael Jackson's album Dangerous. Were very successful at the international level, the song "Come As You Are," "Lithium" and "In Bloom."

"Poly" and "Something in the Way" were later popular with the release of MTV Unplugged album. Finally got the band due to the suicide of the singer at the age of 27 years so much attention, that after his death even more albums have been released, as during his lifetime. This album is missing until today in no matter how small temple of music of a small town, because it is a cult. Even songs like "Drain You," "Lounge Act," "Stay Away" or "On a plaine" have cult status.

Characteristic of the Music Nirvana is a general tendency in grunge, combining punk with elements of metal and hard rock. Simple melodies often change with hard rock passages. Curt Cobain regretted partly the commercialization of the band, because that the style and character discovery was hugely influenced or determined by the record label. A special feature is certainly the powerful and sometimes raspy voice of Kurt Cobain, as well as the producer Jack Endino once turned out right.

Nirvana has a prominent position within the popular culture. It is often regarded as an expression of the so-called Generation X. The term "Generation X" is designated at the time a disoriented youth in a changing world order that was initially characterized by the collapse of the Eastern Bloc. The lyrics of Nirvana recorded partly due to very left-wing political messages, whereby, given the rugged appearances of the band (spitting, smashing equipment, etc.), the Mother Theresa can not lose him.

Nevertheless: The album is now once a cultural asset and should in no pop - missing Rack - CD. Meanwhile it has also become quite cheap. From the sizes of Grunges today seems only the band "Pearl Jam" to be left holding the scepter of the genre still successful high. There are here many words have been lost and my contribution is actually only help to move the audio CD again towards five star.