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Bleach (Album) by Nirvana

Artist Biography For Nirvana

There Are Multiple Artists Tracked As "Nirvana" On Last.Fm. Following Are Six Listed In Order Of Prominence 1 Nirvana Was A Popular And Highly Influential American Grunge Band. The Band Formed In Aberdeen Washington In 1987 And It Was Part Of The Seattle Grunge Scene Of The Late 80s Alongside Bands Like Pearl Jam Alice In Chains And Soundgarden. As Their Popularity Rose Alternative Rock Became A Dominant Genre On American And Canadian Radio And Music Television During The Early-To-Mid '90s. In Late 1987 Cobain And Novoselic Recruited Drummer Aaron Burckhard 1987–1988 .The Three Practiced Material From Cobain's Fecal Matter Tape. After Losing Contact With Burckhard The Pair Instead Practised With Dale Crover Of The Melvins And Nirvana Recorded Its First Demos In January 1988. Their First Single A Cover Version Of "Love Buzz" A Song By Dutch Group 'Shocking Blue' Was Released In November 1988 On The Seattle Independent Record Label Sub Pop. Their Debut Album 'Bleach' Was Produced By Jack Endino And Released In June 1989. Later That Year The Band Recorded The 'Blew EP' With Producer Steve Fisk. At The Start Of The New Decade The Band Commenced Their First Recording Sessions To The Follow-Up Album With Producer Butch Vig Substituted Their Drummer By Dave Grohl And Signed To DGC Records. The Result 'Nevermind' Would Eventually Sell Over Seven Million Copies In The United States And Over 30 Million Worldwide. In Early 1993 Nirvana Released "Puss"/"Oh The Guilt" A Split Single With The Jesus Lizard On The Independent Label Touch & Go. Meanwhile The Group Chose Steve Albini As The Producer To Record Its Third Album. 'In Utero' Debuted At Number One On The Billboard Album Chart In September The Same Year. As Nirvana's Frontman Cobain Found Himself Referred To In The Media As The "spokesman Of A Generation" With Nirvana The "flagship Band" Of "Generation X" Their Third Studio Album 'In Utero' Was Considered To Be A Conscious Attempt To Shed Their Audience. While Nirvana's Mainstream Popularity Waned In The Months Following Its Release Their Core Audience Cherished The Band's Dark Interior Particularly After Their 1993 Performance On MTV Unplugged With The Meat Puppets A Band That Cobain Had Always Idolised Performing With Them The Songs Oh Me Plateau And Lake Of Fire. It Was Later Released And Topped The Charts In 1994. Nirvana's Brief Run Ended With The Suicide Of Cobain In 1994 But The Band's Popularity Expanded In The Years That Followed. Eight Years After Cobain's Death "You Know You're Right" An Unfinished Demo That The Band Recorded Two Months Prior To Cobain's Death Topped Radio Playlists Around The World. Since Their Debut The Band Has Sold More Than Fifty Million Albums Worldwide Including More Than Ten Million Copies Of Nevermind In The US Alone. Nirvana Remains A Consistent Presence On Radio Stations Worldwide. In 2004 The Box Set "With The Lights Out" A Collection Of Radio Sessions Home Demos Studio Demos And Outtakes Was Released. A Year Later "Sliver The Best Of The Box" Was Released A Compilation Of Selected "WTLO" Tracks But With 3 New Tracks Including A Track From The Famous "Fecal Matter" Demo. Band Members Kurt Cobain - Vocals Guitar 1987–1994 Krist Novoselic - Bass 1987–1994 Dave Grohl - Drums Vocals 1990–1994 Prior Members Aaron Burckhard - Drums 1987–1988 Dale Crover - Drums 1988 1990 Dave Foster - Drums 1988 Chad Channing - Drums 1988–1990 Jason Everman - Guitar 1989 Dan Peters - Drums 1990 Touring Members Pat Smear - Guitar 1993–1994 Lori Goldston - Cello 1993–1994 Melora Creager - Cello 1994 --- 2 Nirvana Is A UK-Based Progressive Rock Band Formed In 1967 Primarily Active In The Late 1960s And Early 1970s - And Still Sporadically Active To The Present Day. The Band Was Formed In The Summer Of 1967 In An Era When Melodic Pop/rock Music With Baroque And Chamber Arrangements And Instrumentation Was Highly-Prized. The Band Consisted Of Two Songwriter/performers - Greek-Born Alex Spyropoulos And Irish-Born Patrick Campbell-Lyons Who Met In London. They Produced A Number Of Singles Notably "Rainbow Chaser" "Pentecost Hotel" And "Tiny Goddess" For The Fledgling Island Records Label. The Band Was Signed By Island Records' Founder Chris Blackwell In The Era When He Also Signed The Bands Traffic And Free. In October 1967 The Band Released Its First Album - A Concept Album Produced By Blackwell Titled The Story Of Simon Simopath. The Album Was Probably The First Narrative Concept Album Ever Released - Predating Story-Driven Concept Albums Such As The Pretty Things' S.F. Sorrow December 1968 The Who's Tommy April 1969 And The Kinks' Arthur September 1969 . Musically The Group Blended Myriad Musical Styles Including Rock Pop Folk Jazz Latin Rhythms And Classical Music - Primarily Augmented By Baroque Chamber-Style Arrangements To Create A Unique Entity. The Next Year 1968 Their Follow-Up Album All Of Us Featured A Similar Broad Range Of Musical Styles. Their Third Album To Markos III Was Released On The Pye Label In 1969. In 1971 The Duo Amicably Separated For A While With Campbell-Lyons The Primary Contributor To The Next Two Nirvana Albums Local Anaesthetic 1971 And Songs Of Love And Praise 1972. Campbell-Lyons Subsequently Worked As A Solo Artist And Issued Further Albums Me And My Friend 1973 Electric Plough 1981 And The Hero I Might Have Been 1983 Though These Did Not Enjoy Commercial Success. The Band Reunited In 1985 Successfully Touring Europe And Releasing A Compilation Album Black Flower 1987 Containing Some New Material. Black Flower Had Been The Provisional Title Of Their Third Album. In The 1990s Two Further Albums Were Released. Secret Theatre 1994 Compiled Rare Tracks And Demos While Orange And Blue 1996 Contained Previously Unreleased Material Including A Tongue-In-Cheek Cover Of The Song "Lithium" Originally Recorded By The American Grunge Band Nirvana Who Released Its First Album In 1989 And Who The Band Had Successfully Sued Over Use Of The Name Nirvana. The Undisclosed Terms Of The Settlement Has Apparently Allowed The Original Nirvana To Continue Using Its Name And Issuing New Recordings. In 1999 The Band Released A Three-Disc CD Anthology Titled "Chemistry" Including Several Previously-Unreleased Tracks And Some New Material. Top Musicians Who Played On Nirvana Sessions Include Lesley Duncan Herbie Flowers Billy Bremner Later Of Rockpile/Dave Edmunds Fame Luther Grosvenor Wynder K. Frogg Clem Cattini And The Full Lineup Of Rock Band Spooky Tooth. The Group Was In The School Of Baroque-Flavored Melodic Pop-Rock Music Typified By The Beatles Of "Rubber Soul" And "Revolver" The Beach Boys Of Pet Sounds And God Only Knows The Zombies Of Odessey And Oracle And Time Of The Season The Procol Harum Of A Whiter Shade Of Pale The Moody Blues Of Days Of Future Passed And Nights In White Satin And The Kinks Of Waterloo Sunset. The Majority Of The Tracks On Nirvana's Albums Fall Into That Broad Genre Of Contemporary Popular Music - Not Easily Categorized - But Perhaps Best Described As The Baroque Or Chamber Strand Of "progressive Rock Soft Rock Or "orchestral Pop". Their First Three Albums Were Reissued On CD By Universal In 2003 And Received Critical Acclaim. In 2005 Universal Japan Reissued Local Anaesthetic And Songs Of Love And Praise. As Of Late 2005 The Founding Members Alex Spyropoulos And Patrick Campbell-Lyons Are Still Sporadically Writing And Recording. --- 3 Nirvana Was A Short-Lived Finnish Punk Band Formed In 1980 Whose Sole Release Was A 7" Vinyl With Tracks "Kielletyt Leikit" And "Kuljen Kaupungilla" With 200 Pressings. --- 4 Nirvana Was A Dutch Pop Group Formed In 1985 By Producers Bernard Oattes And Rob Van Schaik. The Group Consisted Of Anthony Moendir Frits Broekrits And Annie Alberti And Have Released One Single "Say When" Which Became A Big Hit. The Group Split Up In 1987. --- 5 Nirvana Is A Side Project Of The Skaters' James Ferraro. Primitive Droning Drum Beats And Swirling Synthesizers. --- 6 Nirvana Was A Slovenian Hard-Rock Band In The Early Seventies. They Appear On Several Collections YU Record Collector Dream Boom Festival 72 .

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Frogtoon Music Album Info: Bleach

Bleach Is The Debut Album By The American Grunge Band Nirvana. It Was Released On June 15 1989 Through The Independent Record Label Sub Pop. Bleach Originally Sold A Mere 30 000 Copies But Following The Enormous Success Of The Band's Second Album Nevermind 1991 Fans Discovered Nirvana's Obscure Debut. It Has Since Been Certified Platinum By The Recording Industry Association Of America Making It One Of Only Two Albums Released On Sub Pop To Have Received Platinum Certification. The Main Sessions For Bleach Took Place At Reciprocal Recording Studios In Seattle Washington With Local Producer Jack Endino Manning The Board. Nirvana Began Recording With A Five Hour Session On December 24 1988. The Band Recorded Again On December 29-31 And On January 14 And 24. Ultimately Endino Billed The Group For 30 Hours Of Recording Time. Three Of The Album's Songs–"Floyd The Barber" "Paper Cuts" And The CD-Only Track "Downer"–were Recorded During A Previous Session At Reciprocal Studios In 1988 Featuring Dale Crover On Drums. Despite Attempts To Re-Record Them With New Drummer Chad Channing The Band Ultimately Decided To Remix The Versions Recorded With Crover For The Final Version Of Bleach. "Big Long Now" Was Omitted From The Album Because Vocalist/guitarist Kurt Cobain Felt "there Was Already Enough Slow Heavy Stuff On Bleach And He "didn't Want That Song To Go Out" According To Endino. The Album Was Edited And Sequenced But Sub Pop Head Bruce Pavitt Ordered That The Album Be Completely Resequenced. The Record Was Further Delayed For Several Months Until Sub Pop Was Able To Secure Sufficient Funds To Issue It. The Recording Sessions Were Completed With A Cost Of $606. Jason Everman A Guitarist Who Was Impressed By The Band's Demo With Dale Crover Supplied The Money. He Briefly Joined Nirvana As A Second Guitarist. Everman Is Credited Removed On Deluxe Reissue As A Guitarist On The Album Sleeve And Is The Other Guitarist On The Cover Of The Album Even Though He Did Not Perform On The Record. Bassist Krist Novoselic Explained "We Just Wanted To Make Him Feel At Home In The Band."The Information Above Is Incorrect In Regards To The Release Date Of "Bleach".
The Singles "Love Buzz/Big Cheese" Were Released In 1988 On The Sub Pop Label Followed By The 1989 Release Of The Album "Bleach". According To The Album Sleeve It Cost A Whopping $606.17 To Record Supplied By Jason Everman Who Was Fired After Their First US Tour . After Becoming Disenchanted With Sub Pop They Then Signed With DGC/Geffen In 1990 And In 1991 They Released "Nevermind" After The Album's Release Members Of Nirvana Expressed Dissatisfaction With The Polished Sound The Mixer Had Given The Album . Everyone Knows How Things Went After This Point So There's No Point In My Continued Writing. According To Cobain The Music On Bleach Conformed With The Grunge Genre Sub Pop Heavily Endorsed. "There Was This Pressure From Sub Pop And The Grunge Scene To Play 'rock Music' " Cobain Said. "Strip It Down And Make It Sound Like Aerosmith." Cobain Felt He Had To Fit The Expectations Of The Grunge Sound In Order To Build A Fanbase And So He Purposefully Suppressed His Arty And Pop Songwriting Traits When Crafting The Record. Krist Novoselic Noted In A 2001 Interview With Rolling Stone That The Band Had Played A Tape In Their Van While On Tour That Had An Album By The Smithereens On One Side And An Album By The Black Metal Band Celtic Frost On The Other And Noted That The Combination Probably Played An Influence As Well. Cobain Told Spin In 1993 That With Bleach "I Didn't Give A Flying Fuck What The Lyrics Were About " And Claimed That Eighty Percent Of The Lyrics Were Written The Night Before Recording. Cobain Often Was Still Working On Them On The Drive To The Recording Studio. He Explained "It Was Like I'm Pissed Off. Don't Know What About. Let's Just Scream Negative Lyrics And As Long As They're Not Sexist And Don't Get Too Embarrassing It'll Be Okay. I Don't Hold Any Of Those Lyrics Dear To Me." Nirvana Biographer Michael Azerrad Noted That Nevertheless Many Of The Songs On The Album Were Reflective Of Cobain And Various Incidents In His Life. "Mr. Moustache" Was Inspired By Cobain's Dislike Of Macho Behavior While "School" Was A Critique Of The Seattle Music Scene Particularly Sub Pop. Sub Pop Pressed The First 1 000 Copies On White Vinyl The Next 2 000 On Black And All Subsequent Pressings Were On Red And Blue. The First 3 000 Copies Of The Record Came With A Poster Featuring Jason Everman. The Vinyl Pressings Omitted "Big Cheese" Or "Downer". In The United Kingdom The Record Was Released On Tupelo Records In June 1989. The First 300 Tupelo Copies Were Pressed On White Vinyl The Next 2 000 Copies Were On Dark Green. The Rest Of The Tupelo Copies Were On Black Vinyl. The Tupelo Copies Did Contain "Love Buzz" But "Big Cheese" Was Listed On The Label And Sleeve Instead. They Also Did Not Contain "Downer". In Australia Bleach Was Released On Waterfront Records And Later Re-Issued On Various Colored Covers And Colored Vinyl Prior To 1992. Sub Pop Released A Remastered Version Of The Album On CD And Cassette In April 1992. For The 20th Anniversary Of The Album Sub Pop Released A Deluxe Reissue Of Bleach Featuring A March 2009 Remastering From The Original Tapes By George Marino And A Live Recording Of A 1990 Show At Portland Oregon's Pine Street Theatre. The Album's Working Title Was Too Many Humans. It Was Renamed Bleach After Cobain Found An AIDS Prevention Poster While Nirvana Was Driving Through San Francisco. The Poster Advised Heroin Addicts To Bleach Their Needles Before Use Featuring The Slogan "Bleach Your Works."