Nirvana

The band's stability was questioned in the wake of a variety of bizarre stunts including Cobain's penchant for showing up at concerts in women's clothing and mocking his way through songs, and a nationally televised kiss between the band members following a Saturday Night Live performance.
             Cobain's marriage to difficult diva Courtney Love in 1992 only fueled the negative publicity. The recording of their third studio album was delayed by Cobain's health problems and Geffen released Incesticide, a compilation of B-sides and rarities late in 1992 to appease the fans starved for new material. By the spring of 1993, the band was ready to go back in the studio. They recruited Steve Albini to produce In Utero, the long-awaited follow up to Nevermind. The album was released in September 1993 followed by a three-month North American tour, which included their much celebrated appearance on "MTV Unplugged." In early 1994 Nirvana embarked on a European tour that was cut short in February by Cobain's drug overdose in Rome. At the end of March Cobain entered a drug rehab facility in Los Angeles, and on April 1 he escaped from the center and returned to Seattle. .
             Cobain's body was found April 8 in his Seattle home with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Like the three Js of the seventies: Janis, Jimi and Jim, Kurt was only 27 years old.
             After his death, Grohl and Pat Smear formed the Foo Fighters, whose 1995 self-titled album was a smash hit. Krist Novoselic eventually went on to join two bands, Sweet 75, and eventually Eyes Adrift, although keeping a lower profile than Grohl.
             Nirvana's crossover appeal can be traced in their skillful ability to combine the hardcore fury of Grohl and Novoselic with the plaintive, introspective lyrics and vocals of Cobain. Although Nirvana 'spoke' to the disillusioned, post-baby boomer youth of the nineties, they were much more than that. They reached out to the jocks, the rebels, the geeks, nerds, homosexuals, women; Nirvana appealed to almost everybody.