1 | Kurt always spelled 'NIRVANA' in all capital letters. |
2 | Krist lived in Croatia for a year when he was fourteen. |
3 | Nevermind was recorded in the same studio as Fleetwood Mac's album 'Roumers.' |
4 | Dave Grohl was vice president of his freshman class in highschool. |
5 | That IS a rubber duck you hear in the Drain You bridge. |
6 | Former Nirvana guitarist Jason Everman played bass in Soundgarden briefly. |
7 | Kurt Cobain's childhoold idol was Evil Kenevil. |
8 | In Unplugged In New York, Dave plays a bit of 'Scentless Apprentice' before All Apolgies. |
9 | Nirvana were kicked out of the Nevermind release party for starting a food fight. |
10 | Kurt co-produced the Melvins' 1994 album 'Hudini.' |
11 | Pat Smear's birth name is Georg Ruthenburg. |
12 | Dave played drums on the 'Back Beat' soundtrack. |
13 | J Mascus of Dinosour Jr briefly considered becoming Nirvana's drummer. |
14 | Krist's mom Maria is still a hairdresser in Aberdeen, WA. |
15 | Krist Novoselic has two cats- Einstien and Doris. |
16 | The pop band Wilson Phillips almost called themselves 'Nirvana.' |
17 | The Nevermind version of Smells Like Teen Spirit is exacly 5 minutes long. |
18 | The naked baby on the Nevermind cover is named Spencer Elden. |
19 | The 'Sliver' video was taped in Kurt's garage. |
20 | In the 'Teen Spirit' video, Dave is wearing a Scream t-shirt. |
21 | Pat isn't wearing shoes in Unplugged In New York. |
22 | Nevermind hits Billboard (#144) and Kurt and Courtney finally start 'going out': 10/12/91. |
23 | 'Nevermind' is not a word. To be grammaticly correct, it should be "Never mind." |
24 | Kurt never paid Jason Everman back the $500 he had loaned the band to pay for the recording of Bleach. |
25 | At the time he was asked to join Nirvana, Pat Smear worked in the SST superstore in LA. |
26 | Seattle weather for 4/8/94: Rain, 50 degrees. |
27 | The first song Kurt learned how to play on guitar was 'Back In Black' by AC DC. |
28 | Nirvana won a Grammy in 1995 for Unplugged In New York. |
29 | Before Nirvana made it big, Shelli Novoselic worked at a t-shirt booth during their concerts. |
30 | If Frances Bean had been a boy, she would have been named Eugene. |
31 | The guitar used on the Nevermind recordings of Polly and Something In The Way had only 5 strings. |
32 | Two lines listed in the Nevermind liner note's 'poem' are not actually lyrics- they are: 'The second coming came in last and out of the closet' and 'At the end of the rainbow and your rope' |
33 | Krist grew up on Think Of Me Hill- the tallest hill in Aberdeen Washington. On clear days, he could get Portland Oregon radio stations. |
34 | Look closely at the collage in the picture on the back of Nevermind, and see a tiny picture of Kiss. |
35 | Nirvana appeared on a Kiss tribute album called 'Hard to Believe.' |
36 | Kurt's phonenumber at his Olympia apartment was 352-0992. |
37 | There are no lyrics to 'tourette's.' |
38 | During the Unplugged session, Nirvana and the Meatpuppets did a Sweet Home Alabama jam that didn't make it onto the album. |
39 | Heart-Shaped Box won Best Art Direction at the 1994 MTV Video Music Awards. |
40 | Krist and Kurt both voted for Clinton in the 1992 presidential election. |
41 | There are fourteen words in the song 'School.' |
42 | Nirvana were the second band on Sub Pop to have a written contract. |
43 | The symbols on the In Utero cover come form the book The Woman's Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects. |
44 | The Sliver single features Dan Peters of Mudhoney on drums. |
45 | Kurt and Courtney liked to check into hotels as 'Mr and Mrs Simon Richie'- Sid Vicious' real name. |
46 | Kurt claimed to string his guitars with piano strings. |
47 | The In Utero back cover photograph was taken by legendary Sub-Pop photographer Charles Peterson. |
48 | Krist Novoselic has always been legally 'Krist' although he used 'Chris' for years. |
49 | The spoken word bit of 'I Hate Myself and I Want to Die' is actually a Jack Handy 'Deep Thought' from Saturday Night Live. |
50 | Nirvana were opening for the Dharma Bums the night Kurt and Courtney first met. |
51 | Dave Grohl was in the audience of Nirvana's only show with Dan Peters. |
52 | Though the song is only 3:06 long, the time for Even In His Youth is credited as '4:20' on the Smells Like Teen Spirit Single. |
53 | Dave formed his first band with a friend at the age of ten- 'the H.G. Hancock Band.' |
54 | Pat Smear is in the Prince video 'Rasberry Beret.' |
55 | So who is Suzie Tennent, who is mentioned several times yet never introduced in Come As You Are? Head of DGC Northwest Relations. |
56 | Live debut of Smells Like Teen Spirit: 4/17/91. |
57 | The first band Kurt and Krist were in together was called 'the Stiff Woodies.' |
58 | Kurt Cobain's mom and Dave Grohl's mom met for the first time at NIRVANA's 1992 Saturday Night Live proformance. |
59 | Dave has three tattoos of varaiations of John Bonham's symbol from Led Zeppelin 4. |
60 | Spencer Elden (the Nevermind baby) has a platinum copy of the album hanging over his bed. |
61 | Kurt and Krist took guitar lessons from the same guy: Warran Mason. |
62 | The first Jag-Stang was 'True Blue,' the second, 'Fiesta Red.' |
63 | Courtney married Kurt in a dress that had belonged to actress Frances Farmer in the 1930s. |
64 | The announcer in the In Bloom video is in fact Robert Llwelen of The People's Court. |
65 | Nirvana won Best Alternative Video for the 'dresses' version of the In Bloom video in 1993. |
66 | Krist speaks fleunt Croatian. |
67 | The 'woman' on the In Utero cd is in fact Mike 'Cali' Dewitt- Frances' nanny- in drag. |
68 | Pat Smear's mom was an opera singer, his dad, an inventor. |
69 | The Sliver single was recorded using TAD's equiptment. |
70 | Kurt did his 'K' tattoo himself. Dave also has several homemade tattoos. |
71 | The origonal plan for the Lithium video was a cartoon about a girl named 'Prego.' |
72 | Kurt kept the glasses from the In Bloom video, and wore them occasionally in mid 1992. |
73 | Nirvana couldn't put 'Blandest' on Incesticide because they had let Jack Endino tape over the origional recording... the version we fans have was stolen. |
74 | There are 45 days between Feburary 20th and April 5th... 46 in a leap year. |
75 | The monkey on the back of Nevermind is named Chim Chim. |
76 | The 'real' Chim Chim is on Kurt's favorite cartoon- Speed Racer. |
77 | Chad Channing took up music following a 'freak gym accident' that shattered his thigh bone. |
78 | Eric Erlandson uses one of Kurt's guitars in Hole's 'Doll Parts' video. |
79 | Mike Mills also plays Kurt's Jag Stang in R.E.M's 'What's the Frequency Kenneth?' video. The guitar is also used in R.E.M.'s tribute song to Kurt Cobain- 'Let Me In.' |
80 | 'Gallons Of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through The Strip' was recorded in Brazil in January of 1993. |
81 | The 'real' Nirvana font is Bodini Extra Bold Condensed. |
82 | Ways Kurt Cobain has spelled his name: Curt Cobain, Kurdt Kobain, Kurdt Kobane. |
83 | Date of first instument smashing: 10/30/88. |
84 | Ben Shepard (lately of Soundgarden fame) was a Nirvana roadie in 1989, and was almost their second guitarist. |
85 | Krist and Shelli were married in their Tacoma apartment on 12/30/89. |
86 | Chad Channing thinks he quit Nirvana. Kurt and Krist think they fired him. |
87 | It cost $606.17 to record Bleach. Jason Everman contributed $500 to this, though he didn't play on the album. |
88 | Prospective names for the Nirvana/Screaming Trees hybrid blues band: "the Jury" or "Lithium." |
89 | The janitor in the Teen Spirit video is a real janitor. He revives he role in the video for Weird Al Yankovic's parody 'Smells Like Nirvana.' |
90 | Thank Amy Finnerthy for throwing a 'hissy fit' and getting Smells Like Teen Spirit debuted on MTV. |
91 | Frances Bean was born on August 18, 1992, at 7:48 a.m. She was 10 days overdue. |
92 | The first Nirvana t-shirt reads 'Nirvana: Fudge Packin', Crack Smokin', Satan Worshipin' Motherfuckers.' |
93 | Legendary alternative photographer Micheal Lavine took the picture on the Sliver single cover. |
94 | Dave Grohl's now ex-wife Jennifer Youngblood did the Unplugged in New York photography. |
95 | That's Krist dressed up on the cover of The Priest They Called Him. |
96 | Teen Spirit deoderent came in three scents: Rose, Baby Powder, and 'California.' |
97 | The Lithium single features an ultrasound picture of Frances Bean in the liner notes. |
98 | Krist and Shelli met while walking down the hall when they were in highschool. |
99 | Love Buzz plays in the opening scene of the Drew Barrymore movie 'Mad Love.' |
100 | Iggy Pop 'has' the song 'Talk To Me,' but hasn't recorded it... yet. |
101 | Kurt oversaw the final cut of the 'Teen Spirit' video himself, as he was unsatisfied with Samaul Bayer's cut. |
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