There's something about Incesticide for me. It's probably the most upbeat of all the Nirvana records and has some great pop tunes on it.
Nevermind is such a beast though. Crazy to think Kurt Cobain was living in his car when it reached number 1.
People forget that for Cobain, the whole Nevermind/Nirvana explosion was just a continuation of his life. There was no magic border between before and after Nevermind. It all was just a constant flow. He had already committed to heroin, likely in despair at living such an awful, squalid existence.
It was heroin that ruined him. Creatively, his output after he started using it waned significantly.
In the last 2 and a half years of his life, post Nevermind, he only wrote 14 songs. 80–90% of Kurt’s known songs were written by September 1991.
Thanks for the great read Simon! And appreciated the link you posted to the NYT article - v interesting.
Will get my copy out of Nevermind and give it a play this weekend, seems weird to listen to it on vinyl now when all I ever had was dirty dubs from my mother’s cd.
Had to laugh - I should have known I wasn’t the only person to use the Maple Drive line 🤣
There's something about Incesticide for me. It's probably the most upbeat of all the Nirvana records and has some great pop tunes on it.
Nevermind is such a beast though. Crazy to think Kurt Cobain was living in his car when it reached number 1.
People forget that for Cobain, the whole Nevermind/Nirvana explosion was just a continuation of his life. There was no magic border between before and after Nevermind. It all was just a constant flow. He had already committed to heroin, likely in despair at living such an awful, squalid existence.
It was heroin that ruined him. Creatively, his output after he started using it waned significantly.
In the last 2 and a half years of his life, post Nevermind, he only wrote 14 songs. 80–90% of Kurt’s known songs were written by September 1991.
Shit, he could write a song though.
That NYT story is a great read. Cheers.
Thanks for the great read Simon! And appreciated the link you posted to the NYT article - v interesting.
Will get my copy out of Nevermind and give it a play this weekend, seems weird to listen to it on vinyl now when all I ever had was dirty dubs from my mother’s cd.
Had to laugh - I should have known I wasn’t the only person to use the Maple Drive line 🤣