February 20, 1967 Kurt Cobain is
born.
January 14, 1969 Dave Grohl is born.
Fall 1985 Kurt meets Krist. They play
in several bands together, including
Stiff Woodies.
December 1987 Kurt, Krist and
drummer Aaron Burckhard form
original lineup of Nirvana in
Aberdeen, Washington
January 23, 1988 Nirvana records a
10-song demo with the "Godfather of
Grunge," legendary Seattle producer
Jack Endino. Sub Pop co-honcho
Jonathan Poneman hears the tape and
offers to put out a Nirvana single. The
band accepts.
October 30, 1988 Kurt smashes his
first guitar.
June 1989 Bleach is released on Sub
Pop. Nirvana embarks on a
month-long U.S. tour.
September 25, 1990 Dave Grohl,
former drummer for Washinton
D.C.'s Scream, joins Nirvana.
October 1990 Nirvana briefly tours
England with L7.
Winter 1991 Nirvana signs with DGC
Records.
August 1991 Nirvana opens for Sonic
Youth on a European festival tour,
which includes a landmark
performance at the Reading Festival.
The tour is documented in the film
1991: The Year Punk Broke.
September 24, 1991 Nevermind is
released.
October 12, 1991 Nevermind is
certified a gold album.
November 1991 The band starts
six-week European tour as
Nirvanamania sweeps the United
States. MTV airs "Smells Like Teen
Spirit" video constantly; the song is
hailed as an anthem for a generation.
January 11, 1992 Nevermind hits No.
1 on the Billboard 200 album chart
January/February 1992 Nirvana tours
Australia, Japan and Hawaii.
April 1992 Nirvana appears on the
cover of Rolling Stone.
June/July 1992 Nirvana tours Europe.
December 15, 1992 Incesticide, a
collection of B-sides and rarities, is
released. It goes gold the following
spring.
April 9, 1993 Nirvana plays a concert
at San Francisco's Cow Palace to
raise awareness of and generate aid
for rape survivors in
Bosnia-Herzegovina. L7, the
Breeders and Disposable Heroes of
Hiphoprisy are also on the bill.
September 21, 1993 In Utero is released.
October 18, 1993 Nirvana starts a
three-month tour of North America.
November 19, 1993 Nirvana tapes
an all-acoustic show for "MTV
Unplugged" at Sony Studios in New
York. Cris and Curt Kirkwood of the
Meat Puppets sit in on three Meat
Puppets songs.
December 16, 1993 MTV airs
Nirvana's "Unplugged" show.
January 7, 1994 Nirvana plays the
Seattle Arena. It will be the band's
last U.S. show.
February 6, 1994 Nirvana embarks
on a tour of Europe.
April 8, 1994 Kurt Cobain is found
dead of a self-inflicted shotgun
wound.
November 1, 1994 Nirvana's "MTV
Unplugged" performance is released
as MTV Unplugged in New York.
Two tracks not aired on the MTV
broadcast appear on the album.
October 1, 1996 The Nirvana live
album, From the Muddy Banks of the
Wishkah, is released, featuring
performances from 1989 to 1994.
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