Rosetta
Rosetta, in my eyes, are undisputable the best metal band around. They’re what got me into ‘metal’ and harder music as a whole, and continue to blow my mind every time I decide to listen again. Take heed, if you have not heard Rosetta, you really must. Oh, and apparently, if you line up the first and second discs to start playing at the same time, it turns into some sort of new masterpeice – I don’t know why I still haven’t done it. First disc is their typical hard, epic sludge. Second disc is hard, epic drone.
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Nirvana
Nirvana had a giant impact on music in the ninties and beyond, despite only lasting for seven years. They were formed in the grunge hot-bed of Seattle in 1987 by Kurt Cobain (vocals, guitar) and Krist Novoselic (bass). They went through many drummers in their early years, but finally settled on punk percussionist Dave Grohl in 1991. With a permanent drummer in place, Nirvana recorded the classic rock album Nevermind. Nevermind unintentionally brought rock back into the mainstream, selling millions upon millions of copies. Nirvana reached a tragic end in April of 1994 when Cobain died in what is believed to be a suicide, although there was (and still is) some heavy speculation that Cobain was murdered. After Nirvana, Grohl experienced further musical success as frontman of the Foo Fighters.
Throughout Nirvana’s short careers, they ultimately changed the scene of alternative rock and inspired dozens of new bands. Starting with Bleach from 1989, it was released on a mere budget of $600. The band didn’t know what to expect in 1991 when Nevermind was released. It was a single machine at the time and sold millions. The band then released the b-sides collection Incesticide (which to this day is very underrated) in 1992. In Utero was released a year later and was less of a success, but Kurt and the band were satisfied as they could finally have artistic expression and not be held back by a record label. Though after Kurt’s death, the band still are pretty popular with teenagers around the world. The record label released a Greatest Hits record, simply self-titled Nirvana, and Kurt’s widow, Courtney Love, obtained the rights to a lot of Nirvana’s music. This resulted in a box set called With The Lights Out filed with old demos, videos and early recordings, which sold in the hundreds of thousands. There was also a single CD of some of the tracks released called Sliver: Best of The Box
Artist: Nirvana
Album: Discography
Genre: MySpace says, Grunge / Punk / Rock
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/nirvana
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