Nirvana Timeline

1987 Nirvana is Founded
Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987. Nirvana went through a succession of drummer...
1989 Jun 15 Nirvana Releases "Bleach"
Bleach is the debut album by the American grunge band Nirvana. It was released on June 15, 1989 through the independent record label Sub Pop. Bleach originally sold a mere 30,000 copies, ...
1990 Jan 12 Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love Meet
Love met Kurt Cobain on January 12, 1990, in Portland's Satyricon nightclub before fame hit, when the two led underground rock bands. Love made advances but Cobain was evasive. Early in t...
1991 Sep 24 Nirvana Releases "Nevermind"
Nevermind is the second studio album by the American rock band Nirvana, released on September 24, 1991. Produced by Butch Vig, Nevermind was the group's first release on DGC Records. Fron...
1992 Feb 24 Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love get Married
Love and Cobain married on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii, on February 24, 1992. Love wore a satin and lace dress once owned by the actress Frances Farmer, and Cobain wore green pajama...
1992 Dec 12 Nirvana Releases "Incesticide"
Incesticide is a compilation album by the American grunge band Nirvana. Incesticide consists of demos, outtakes, and radio broadcast recordings. At the time, all of the material on Incest...
1993 Sep 21 Nirvana Releases "In Utero"
In Utero is the third and final studio album by the American grunge band Nirvana, released on September 13, 1993, on DGC Records. Nirvana intended the record to diverge significantly from...
1994 Apr 8 Kurt Cobain Found Dead After Committing Suicide Three Days Earlier
During the last years of his life, Cobain struggled with drug addiction and depression, as well as the professional and lifelong personal pressures surrounding himself and his wife, music...
1994 Nov 1 Nirvana Releases "MTV Unplugged in New York"
MTV Unplugged in New York is a live album by the American grunge band Nirvana. It features an acoustic performance taped at Sony Music Studios in New York City on November 18, 1993 for th...
1995 Mar Kurt Cobain appears on the cover of Guitar World
The late Kurt Cobain's triumphant appearance with Nirvana on MTV's unplugged is celebrated on this month's cover. Also inside, the results of this year's Readers Poll.
1996 Mar 1 Nirvana Releases "Singles"
Singles is a box set released in Europe featuring singles from the grunge band Nirvana's two biggest studio albums. Released in 1995, a year after frontman Kurt Cobain's death, it feature...
1996 Oct 1 Nirvana Releases "From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah"
From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah is a live album by the American grunge band Nirvana. It was released on October 1, 1996 and features live performances recorded from 1989 to 1994. As o...
2002 Oct 29 Nirvana Releases "Nirvana"
Nirvana was the third Nirvana album to be released following the death of singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain in April 1994, and the first to feature studio material. It contains the previously ...
2004 Nov 23 Nirvana Releases "With the Lights Out"
With the Lights Out is a box set, containing 3 CDs and 1 DVD, from the American grunge band Nirvana. It was released in November 2004. The title refers to the line "with the lights out, i...
2005 Nov 1 Nirvana Releases "Sliver: The Best of the Box"
Sliver: The Best of the Box was the fourth Nirvana album to be released following the death of lead singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain in April 1994. It contains 19 tracks pulled from the b...
2009 Nov 3 Nirvana Releases "Live at Reading"
Live at Reading is the live/video album released by the American grunge band Nirvana on November 2, 2009, chronicling its 1992 performance at the Reading Festival. Bootlegged for years fo...