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Nirvana

Anton Johannes Gerrit Corbijn van Willenswaard is born in Strijen, Netherlands, Europe. He will find massive international acclaim as Anton Corbijn, the long-term creative director behind the visual output of Depeche Mode and U2. Corbijn's unique style has also graced works by Coldplay, Nirvana, Bryan Adams and others.
Kurt Cobain, future leader of Nirvana, gets his first guitar.
People for Ethical Treatment of Animals [PETA] is incorporated. PETA's work in alerting the world to the suffering of animals, usually as part of our food chain, has influenced and/or inspired many artists to compose songs on the same theme, notably The Smiths' Meat is Murder [1985], Nirvana's Something In The Way [1991] and NOFX's Clams Have Feelings Too [2000].
Kurt Cobain, not yet having formed Nirvana, moves into the first house he has rented on his own, on East Second Street, Aberdeen, Washington, USA, with Matt Lukin of The Melvins. He is currently working part-time as a maintenance man at the Polynesian Inn Resort, Ocean Shores, to pay the rent.
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Kurt Cobain, later to lead Nirvana, sends a tape of demos he had recorded the previous day to a number of record labels in the USA. None of them will even reply.
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Nirvana is mixing the tracks Love Buzz, Big Cheese and Spank Thru at Reciprocal Recording Studios, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Sub Pop records of Seattle, Washington, USA, is invoiced in the amount of $248 by Secord Printing of Redmond, Washington, for printing 1200 covers for the Nirvana debut album, Bleach.
Nirvana release their debut album, Bleach, in the USA on Sub Pop Records.
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When Tom Tom Club play at The Ritz, New York City, USA, they are joined on stage by David Byrne and Jerry Harrison, thus bringing about the first live appearance by Talking Heads since 1984.
Mudhoney, Nirvana and Catbutt play at The Center For Contemporary Arts, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Nirvana arrive in London, England, UK, Europe, to begin their first European tour, co-headlining with Sub Pop Records labelmates Tad.
London Calling by The Clash tops the Rolling Stone magazine critics' list of the Top 100 Albums of the 80s.
Nirvana play at The B-52 Club, Monchengladbach, Germany, Europe.
Nirvana play at The Rose Club, Koln, Germany, Europe.
Nirvana play at The Ecstasy Club, Berlin, Germany, Europe.
Nirvana play at The Alhambra, Oldenburg, Germany, Europe.
Nirvana play at The Ka-Ba Club, Hanau, Germany, Europe.
Nirvana play at The U4 Club, Vienna, Austria, Europe.
Nirvana play at Frison, Fribourg, Switzerland, Europe
Nirvana play at Rogue Fabrik, Zurich, Switzerland, Europe.
Mark Lanegan of Screaming Trees is working on his solo album The Winding Sheet, at Reciprocal Recording, Seattle, Washington, USA. He is aided and abetted on the album by Kurt Cobain of Nirvana.
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Nirvana mix Sappy at Reciprocal Recording, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Nirvana play at Satyricon, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Nirvana play at Rignall Hall, Olympia, Washington, USA.
Nirvana play at Legends, Tacoma, Washington, USA.
Dinosaur Jr., supported by Nirvana, play at The Cattle Club, Sacramento, California, USA.
Nirvana play at Foufounes Electriques, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Nirvana play at JC Dobbs, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
On their Bleach tour, Nirvana play at Duffy's Tavern, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.
On his Manic Nirvana tour, Robert Plant plays the second of two nights at Great Woods Amphitheatre, Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA.
On his Manic Nirvana tour, Robert Plant plays at Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, Wisconsin, USA, with Alannah Myles.
Sonic Youth play at the Melody Ballroom, Portland, Oregon, USA, supported by Nirvana.
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At the Dutchman rehearsal room, Seattle, Washington, USA, Dave Grohl auditions to become the new drummer in Nirvana. Later in the day, while playing an acoustic solo spot on KAOS radio, Kurt Cobain announces that Grohl is the band’s new drummer.
Nirvana play with new drummer Dave Grohl for the first time at the North Shore Surf Club, Olympia, Washington.
Nirvana begin a UK tour at Goldwyn's Suite, Birmingham, UK.
Buck Ram, American music biz manager and composer of hits for The Platters, dies in Las vegas, nevada, USA. On the same day, Nirvana play at the Cow Palace, San Francisco, California, USA, supported by The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pearl Jam.
Seattle grunge rockers Nirvana formally sign with Geffen Records.
Seattle grunge rockers Nirvana formally sign with Geffen Records.
Nirvana play at JC Dobbs, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, with The Melvins.
Kurt Cobain of Nirvana is arrested following a fight with his wife, Courtney Love, at their home in Seattle, Washington.
Courtney Love hires private detective Tom Grant to locate her 'missing' husband Kurt Cobain of Nirvana.
When Courtney Love appears on the ABC TV show '10 Most Fascinating People' in the USA, she states that she wished she had done 'eight thousand million things differently' to have prevented the death of her husband Kurt Cobain.
Judge Robert Alsdorf turns down a request from former Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic to have Kurt Cobain's widow, Courtney Love tested by a psychiatrist. Grohl and Novoselic had claimed that Love, their partner in the Nirvana-related company LLC, had been behaving so irrationally that she should be tested.
Following objections from citizens of Aberdeen, Washington, USA, the last three letters of the word 'fuck' are removed from a granite plaque in memory of Kurt Cobain of Nirvana in the town's Kurt Cobain Riverfront Park. The edited plaque is then returned to the park. The full quote which had incensed the citizens was, "Drugs are bad for you. They will fuck you up."
Them Crooked Vultures, a 'supergroup' featuring Queens Of The Stone Age's Josh Homme, Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters and Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones, play their first live concert, at The Metro, Chicago, Illinois, during the Lollapalooza festival weekend.
Courtney Love storms offstage during Hole's performance at the SWU Festival in Sao Paolo, Brazil, South America, after a crowd member holds up a picture of her late husband, Nirvana's Kurt Cobain.
Michael Stipe, Courtney Love, Nils Lofgren and Krist Novoselic are among those attending the 29th Annual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at Barclays Center in New York City, USA.
Jonathan Poneman, co-founder of Sub Pop Records, which launched Nirvana, is presented with the Independent Spirit Award on the opening night of Music Biz 2014, the annual convention of the Music Business Association at The Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles, California, USA.
During the 3rd North American leg of their Not In This Lieftime tour, Guns N'Roses play at The BOK Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. This tour features classic Guns N'Roses line-up members Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan, playing together for the first time since 1993. At this show, Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters joins them during their performance of Paradise City.
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