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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Label Occurrences
Nirvana canonical 151
Nirvana discography 8
Nirvana (indirectly via grunge scene) 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 ⓘ
Chad Channing ⓘ
Dale Crover ⓘ
Dan Peters ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Aberdeen, Washington ⓘ
Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ
surface form: Seattle, Washington
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (165)

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Steve Albini → workedWith → Nirvana ⓘ
Geffen Records → signedArtist → Nirvana ⓘ
The Beatles → influenced → Nirvana ⓘ
Kid Cudi → influencedBy → Nirvana ⓘ
Alice in Chains → associatedWith → Nirvana ⓘ
MCA Records → notableArtist → Nirvana ⓘ
DGC Records → signedArtist → Nirvana ⓘ
MCA → notableArtist → Nirvana ⓘ
subject surface form: MCA Records
Surfer Rosa → influenced → Nirvana ⓘ
Nevermind → artist → Nirvana ⓘ
Nevermind → performer → Nirvana ⓘ
Nevermind → notableWorkOf → Nirvana ⓘ
Nevermind → chronologyWithin → Nirvana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nirvana discography
Pixies → influenced → Nirvana ⓘ
The Stooges → hasInfluenced → Nirvana ⓘ
In Utero → artist → Nirvana ⓘ
In Utero → performer → Nirvana ⓘ
The Breeders → associatedBand → Nirvana ⓘ
The Jesus Lizard → associatedAct → Nirvana ⓘ
The Jesus Lizard → touredWith → Nirvana ⓘ
Sonic Youth → influenced → Nirvana ⓘ
Hole → associatedAct → Nirvana ⓘ
Lead Belly → influenced → Nirvana ⓘ
Foo Fighters → associatedAct → Nirvana ⓘ
Godfather of Grunge → notableInfluenceOn → Nirvana ⓘ
Sex Pistols → influenced → Nirvana ⓘ
Lana Del Rey → influencedBy → Nirvana ⓘ
Iggy Pop → influenced → Nirvana ⓘ
Butch Vig → associatedAct → Nirvana ⓘ
EMP Museum → focusesOn → Nirvana ⓘ
Anton Corbijn → directedMusicVideoFor → Nirvana ⓘ
Anton Corbijn → collaboratedWith → Nirvana ⓘ
Sub Pop → signed → Nirvana ⓘ
Seattle grunge movement → associatedWith → Nirvana ⓘ
Rykodisc → releasedMusicOf → Nirvana ⓘ
Cheap Trick → influenced → Nirvana ⓘ
Jason Everman → memberOf → Nirvana ⓘ
Hüsker Dü → influenced → Nirvana ⓘ
Aberdeen, Washington → associatedBand → Nirvana ⓘ
Rolling Stone 100 Greatest Artists of All Time → includesArtist → Nirvana ⓘ
Green River → influenced → Nirvana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nirvana (indirectly via grunge scene)
In the Pines → hasNotablePerformer → Nirvana ⓘ
In the Pines → notableRecordingBy → Nirvana ⓘ
R.E.M. → influenced → Nirvana ⓘ
Dinosaur Jr. → hasInfluenced → Nirvana ⓘ
Scars on Broadway → associatedAct → Nirvana ⓘ
Kurt Cobain → memberOf → Nirvana ⓘ
Kurt Cobain → associatedAct → Nirvana ⓘ
DGC → signedArtist → Nirvana ⓘ
Heart-Shaped Box (Westworld cover) → originalArtistOfSourceSong → Nirvana ⓘ