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Nirvana

American rock band created by vocalist and guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1987. Several drummers changed in the collective; Dave Grohl, who joined Cobain and Novoselic in 1990, played with the band the longest. In 1989, Nirvana became part of the Seattle music scene, releasing their debut album "Bleach" on the indie label Sub Pop. After signing a contract with a major label, DGC Records, Nirvana achieved unexpected success with the song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from their second album "Nevermind", released in 1991. Subsequently, Nirvana entered the musical mainstream, popularizing the alternative rock subgenre called grunge. Kurt Cobain ended up in the eyes of the media not just as a musician, but as the "voice of a generation", and Nirvana became the flagship of "Generation X". In 1993, the band's third and final studio album, "In Utero", was released, the compositions of which differed greatly in musical terms from the collective's previous works. The band's short but bright history was interrupted by the death of Kurt Cobain on April 5, 1994, but in subsequent years, the team's fame only grew. In 2002, the unfinished demo recording of the song "You Know You’re Right", on which the band was working shortly before Cobain's death, occupied the top lines of world hit parades.