Nirvana

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grunge band musical group rock band

Nirvana was a highly influential American grunge band from the late 1980s and early 1990s, best known for popularizing alternative rock worldwide with hits like "Smells Like Teen Spirit."

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Surface form Occurrences
Nirvana discography 1

Statements (77)

Predicate Object
instanceOf grunge band ⓘ
musical group ⓘ
rock band ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1994 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1987 ⓘ
associatedAct Alice in Chains ⓘ
Foo Fighters ⓘ
Hole ⓘ
Melvins ⓘ
Pearl Jam ⓘ
Screaming Trees ⓘ
Soundgarden ⓘ
bassist Krist Novoselic ⓘ
breakupReason death of Kurt Cobain ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
disbandedIn 1994 ⓘ
drummer Dave Grohl ⓘ
formedIn 1987 ⓘ
frontman Kurt Cobain ⓘ
genre alternative rock ⓘ
grunge ⓘ
hard rock ⓘ
heavy metal ⓘ
noise rock ⓘ
post-punk ⓘ
punk rock ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear 2014 ⓘ
influenced mainstream acceptance of alternative rock ⓘ
influencedGenre alternative rock ⓘ
modern rock radio ⓘ
post-grunge ⓘ
languageOfLyrics English ⓘ
liveAlbum From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah ⓘ
MTV Unplugged ⓘ
surface form: MTV Unplugged in New York
member Dave Grohl ⓘ
Krist Novoselic ⓘ
Kurt Cobain ⓘ
movement Seattle grunge scene ⓘ
notableSong About a Girl ⓘ
All Apologies ⓘ
Come as You Are ⓘ
Drain You ⓘ
Heart-Shaped Box ⓘ
In Bloom ⓘ
Lithium ⓘ
Polly ⓘ
Rape Me ⓘ
Smells Like Teen Spirit ⓘ
notableWork Bleach ⓘ
In Utero ⓘ
MTV Unplugged ⓘ
surface form: MTV Unplugged in New York

Nevermind ⓘ
Smells Like Teen Spirit ⓘ
originRegion Pacific Northwest ⓘ
pastMember Aaron Burckhard NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chad Channing ⓘ
Dale Crover ⓘ
Dan Peters ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Aberdeen, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ
Seattle, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel DGC Records ⓘ
Geffen Records ⓘ
Sub Pop ⓘ
single About a Girl ⓘ
All Apologies ⓘ
Come as You Are ⓘ
Heart-Shaped Box ⓘ
In Bloom ⓘ
Lithium ⓘ
Pennyroyal Tea ⓘ
Rape Me ⓘ
Sliver ⓘ
Smells Like Teen Spirit ⓘ
studioAlbum Bleach ⓘ
In Utero ⓘ
Nevermind ⓘ

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In Utero → artist → Nirvana ⓘ
Nevermind → artist → Nirvana ⓘ
Hole → associatedAct → Nirvana ⓘ
The Breeders → associatedBand → Nirvana ⓘ
Nevermind → chronologyWithin → Nirvana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nirvana discography
The Stooges → hasInfluenced → Nirvana ⓘ
Pixies → influenced → Nirvana ⓘ
Sonic Youth → influenced → Nirvana ⓘ
Surfer Rosa → influenced → Nirvana ⓘ
The Beatles → influenced → Nirvana ⓘ
Kid Cudi → influencedBy → Nirvana ⓘ
MCA Records → notableArtist → Nirvana ⓘ
MCA → notableArtist → Nirvana ⓘ
subject surface form: MCA Records
Nevermind → notableWorkOf → Nirvana ⓘ
In Utero → performer → Nirvana ⓘ
Nevermind → performer → Nirvana ⓘ
DGC Records → signedArtist → Nirvana ⓘ
Geffen Records → signedArtist → Nirvana ⓘ
The Jesus Lizard → touredWith → Nirvana ⓘ
Steve Albini → workedWith → Nirvana ⓘ