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Nirvana: A Test Made for Die-Hard Fans

Batul Nafisa Baxamusa
The ’80s were on fire with the long locks, rugged looks, and the blazing trail of rock music by a grungy band called Nirvana.
Take this quiz and find out how much you know about this trailblazing band.
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Young Kurt Cobain in 1987 convinced his high school friend Krist Novoselic to form a rock band. Soon, they became a hot topic on the local live scene and earned themselves a cult following.
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Nirvana consists of singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain, drummer Dave Grohl, and Bassist Krist Novoselic. Dave Grohl joined the band in 1990 after the band had already recorded their debut album, Beach.
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The song “Lithium” was supposed to have an animated video, but the idea was soon given up by the band when they realized the video creation would take months to complete.
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The Nirvana and Gun N’ Roses camps never saw eye to eye. In 1992, Kurt gave a high-profile interview, against Axl leading to one of their many public fights.
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Kurt Cobain settled for Nirvana as he wanted “wanted a name that was kind of beautiful or nice and pretty instead of a mean, raunchy punk name like the Angry Samoans".
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It is interesting to note that the band was thrown out of their record release party for “Nevermind”. The reason: they started a food fight!
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Nirvana was paid $600 in advance by Sub Pop Records as a signing amount. This money was used to record the album "Beach".
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Nirvana officially only recorded 3 albums as a band namely Bleach (1989), Nevermind (1991), and In Utero (1993).
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Toby Vail did not just play the drums, but she also became the inspiration for some of the songs written by Cobain.
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The album “Dangerous” by Michael Jackson was on the top of the billboards for a really long time. It was “Nevermind” by Nirvana that knocked it off the top position.
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