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Ongoing History of New Music

10 Unusual Things About Nirvana

Ongoing History of New Music

Curiouscast

History, Music, Music Commentary, Music History, Music Interviews

4.8 • 605 Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Nirvana is one of those bands where it seems we know everything…when they broke through with the “Nevermind” album in 1991 and 1992, there was a rush to learn everything we could about them…and then we Kurt died—which happened roughly at the same time the internet began to be a thing with the general public—that interest exploded… Now, in the decades since nirvana ceased to exist, study of the band, its history, its individual members and its influence can best be described as scholarship…that’s how deep we are into the band…so what’s there left to learn, really… While, you might be surprised…here are ten unusual and little known things about one of the best documented bands in the history of rock… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Alan, and I just wanted to let you know that you can now listen to the ongoing

0:04.3

history of new music early and ad-free on Amazon music, included with Prime.

0:09.3

Nirvana is one of those bands where it seems that we know everything there is to know about them.

0:15.8

When they broke through with the Nevermind album in 1991 and 1992, there was this rush to learn

0:20.3

everything that we could about them. And then when Kurt died, which happened roughly at with the Nevermind album in 1991 and 1992, there was this rush to learn everything

0:20.8

that we could about them.

0:22.3

And then when Kurt died,

0:23.8

which happened roughly at the same time

0:25.7

the internet began to be a thing with the general public,

0:28.9

that interest exploded.

0:31.5

Now, in the decade since Nirvana ceased to exist,

0:35.8

study of the band, its history, its individual members,

0:39.5

and its influence can be best described as scholarship. That's how deep we are into this band.

0:46.2

So what's there left to learn, really? Well, you might be surprised. Here are 10 unusual

0:53.3

and little-known things about one of the best documented bands in the history of rock.

1:00.6

This is the ongoing history of new music podcast with Alan Cross.

1:06.9

Hello again, I'm Alan Cross, and I gave myself another tough assignment for this show.

1:11.5

Is there anything left to know about Nirvana?

1:15.4

Tens of millions of words have been written on them since they ceased to exist, along with Kurt Cobain, in April of 1994.

1:23.2

What's been missed? Or at the very least, are there any unusual things about the band its members

1:28.4

its associates and its music that are at least unknown outside the community of uh you know

1:33.9

nirvana obsessives obsessions like this though are my specially i love a challenge so here we go with

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