Although Nirvana’s history is short, it was filled with many noticeable events. Here is a timeline of the major events that took place. Dates are formated by DAY-MONTH-YEAR.
31-01-1967
Birth of Chad Channing.
Birth of Kurt Cobain. 14-01-1969
Birth of Dave Grohl. ??-??-1982 Krist Novoselic and Kurt Cobain meet for the first time. ??-??-1985 Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic start playing in bands together, such as Stiff Woodies.
??-12-1987
Nirvana’s original lineup of Aaron Burckhard, Krist Novoselic and Kurt Cobain form in Aberdeen Washington.
23-01-1988
Seattle’s legendary grunge producer Jack Endino records a demo with Nirvana composed of 10 songs. After Jonathan Poneman, co-founder of Sub-Pop records, heard the demo tape, he offered to release and promote the band’s first single, Love Buzz and Big Cheese.
30-10-1988
The first show that Kurt destroyed a guitar.
??-11-1988
The promised release of Love Buzz and Big Cheese by Jonathan Poneman is finalized.
??-06-1989
Nirvana is officially signed with Sub Pop records and they release Bleach, their first full album. They then start touring in the United States for a month.
25-09-1990
Scream’s ex-drummer Dave Grohl joins Nirvana.
??-10-1990
Nirvana goes on tour shortly with L7 in Great Britain.
30-04-1991
Nirvana quits Sub Pop records and joins DGC Records.
??-08-1991
Nirvana embarks on a big European tour opening for Sonic Youth.
??-08-1991
Nirvana is featured while on tour with Sonic Youth in the documentary “1991: The year punk broke”.
??-08-1991
Making of the Smells like teen spirit video.
20-09-1991
Nirvana embarks on their legendary Nevermind tour with Toronto as the first venue.
24-09-1991
The album Nevermind is released, ranking only 144 in the Billboard Charts.
12-10-1991
The album receives a gold certification.
??-11-1991
Nirvana is starting to have great success in America and they embark on a European tour.
??-11-1991
Smells like teen spirit becomes the anthem for a generation as MTV plays the clip on television non-stop.
11-01-1992
The album Nevermind climbs to the first position of the Billboard charts.
11-01-1992
Nirvana plays on the television show Saturday Night Live.
14-02-1992
Nirvana starts tour in Japan and Hawaii.
??-04-1992
Rolling Stone magazine places Nirvana on cover for the first time.
30-08-1992
The famous Reading Festival offers Nirvana as their main act.
21-09-1993
The album In Utero is released.
18-10-1993
Nirvana embarks on a tour in America that lasts three months.
19-11-1993
Taping of the famous “MTV’s Nirvana Unplugged” at the Sony Studios in New York.
16-12-1993
“Nirvana Unplugged” is aired on MTV.
06-01-1994
Nirvana’s last tour starts in Europe.
01-03-1994
Nirvana’s last performance at Terminal 1 in Munich, Germany.
04-03-1994
Kurt is hospitalized in Rome Italy after an overdose that is considered by many as a suicide attempt. The European tour is canceled and Kurt returns to Seattle Washington.
08-04-1994
Kurt Cobain is found dead in his Seattle house of what appears to be a suicide by shotgun.
10-04-1994
Kurt Cobain’s memorial service.
??-09-1994
Heart Shaped Box wins the award for Best Alternative Video clip.
01-11-1994
Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged in New York performance is released and includes two tracks that were not released on the original 1993 broadcast.
15-01-1994
Release of the live video album “Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!” on cd and VHS.
01-10-1996
Release of Nirvana’s live album “From the Muddy Banks of The Wishkah” that compiles live performances from 1989 to 1994.
??-??-1997
Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Courtney Love for the limited liability corporation Nirvana LLC.
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