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Guitar World
Guitar World
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Alan di Perna

“Kurt launched into that track and totally went off. In the middle of the song, he smashed his guitar to bits”: The making of the album that virtually invented a new genre, sold 30 million copies, and changed rock forever

Krist Novoselic (left) and Kurt Cobain, pictured onstage at Paradiso in Amsterdam, Netherlands on November 25, 1991.

Nearly 15 years have passed since the release of Nirvana’s Nevermind on September 24, 1991. As of this writing, the record has sold tens of millions of copies, and continues to sell some 2,500 copies per week – proof that Kurt Cobain’s music and his world-weary lyrics still resonate deeply.

But consider this: those teens whose lives were changed by Nevermind are now parents themselves. 10-year-olds who bought the album when it first came out are now deep in the throes of adulthood. And twenty-somethings who picked up on Nevermind have either just passed the Big Four-O or are rapidly approaching it.

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