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US rock group 1986–94. They made popular a hard-driving, dirty sound, a tuneful grunge, as heard on their second album, Nevermind (1991), and its hit single ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’.
Nirvana formed in Washington State in 1986–88 around singer, songwriter, and guitarist Kurt Cobain. Between their debut album Bleach (1989) and their 1991 breakthrough, the line-up was reduced to three players: Cobain, Krist Novoselic (1965– ), and Dave Grohl (1969– ). Their songs combined the hooks and dynamics of classic pop with the abrasive style of grunge. Their other albums included In Utero (1993) and Unplugged in New York (1994). The group disbanded with Cobain's suicide in 1994.
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