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Anton Johannes Gerrit Corbijn van Willenswaard is born in Strijen, Netherlands, Europe. He will find massive international acclaim as Anton Corbijn, the long-term creative director behind the visual output of Depeche Mode and U2. Corbijn's unique style has also graced works by Coldplay, Nirvana, Bryan Adams and others.Courtney Michelle Menely is born in San Francisco, California, USA. She will court international notoriety as Courtney Love, wife of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, and as the singer in her own band, Hole.
People for Ethical Treatment of Animals [PETA] is incorporated. PETA's work in alerting the world to the suffering of animals, usually as part of our food chain, has influenced and/or inspired many artists to compose songs on the same theme, notably The Smiths' Meat is Murder [1985], Nirvana's Something In The Way [1991] and NOFX's Clams Have Feelings Too [2000].
Kurt Cobain (later to form Nirvana) moves with his school friend, Jesse Reed, to a house at 404 North Michigan Street, Aberdeen, Washington, USA, where he will compose Spam and Class Of 85.Nirvana are working on the tracks Love Buzz, Big Cheese and Spank Thru at Reciprocal Recording Studios, Seattle, Washington.
Nirvana are recording their debut album, Bleach, at Reciprocal Recording Studios, Seattle, Washington.
Nirvana's tour in support of their debut album, Bleach, begins at The Covered Wagon in San Francisco, California, USA.
Haircut One Hundred release their debut album, Pelican West, on Arista Records in the UK.
Nirvana release their debut album, Nirvana play at Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, Washington, USA.
Nirvana play at Negativ, Frankfurt, Germany, Europe.
Nirvana play at The Circus, Gammelsdorf, Germany, Europe.Austin, Texas-based indie rocker Daniel Johnson releases a new album, 1990, in the USA. Johnson counts Kurt Cobain of Nirvana among his fans.
Dinosaur Jr, supported by Nirvana, play at the Kennel Club, San Francisco, California, USA.
Dinosaur Jr., supported by Nirvana, play at Raji’s, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Nirvana spend the second of five days recording at Smart Studios, owned by producer Butch Vig, in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Nirvana play their much-bootlegged Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, concert. Support bands on this show are Tad and Victim's Family.
Nirvana play in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. During the day, Kurt Cobain rings his girlfriend, Tracy, and tells her that he does not want to live with her, but he would like them to continue as girlfriend and boyfriend.
On his Manic Nirvana tour, Robert Plant plays at Northlands Coliseum, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, supported by Chris Robinson's Flying Circus.Dinosaur Jr play at the Pompadour Rock'n'Roll Club, Salt Lake City, Utah, supported by Nirvana.
Nirvana arrive in Australia, Oceania, for live dates as part of their Nevermind world tour. 
Mia Zapata, lead singer for Seattle-based punk band The Gits is beaten, strangled and possibly raped, in the Central District of Seattle, Washington, USA. The Seattle music community, including its most famous bands - Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden - will help raise $70,000 to hire a private investigator for three years, but no killer is ever identified. Kurt Cobain of Nirvana, hospitalised in Rome, Italy, Europe, in a coma after an overdose of alcohol and prescription drugs, wakes up and asks for a milkshake.
Courtney Love hires private detective Tom Grant to locate her 'missing' husband Kurt Cobain of Nirvana. 
The death certificate for Kurt Cobain of Nirvana states the cause of his death to have been "Contact perforating shotgun wound to head (mouth)".Former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl is recording demos in Bob Lang Studios, Seattle, Washington. The recordings will become the basis for his new band, the Foo Fighters.
Queens Of The Stone Age play at The Troubadour, Los Angeles, California, USA, with Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters on drums.
Judge Robert Alsdorf turns down a request from former Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic to have Kurt Cobain's widow, Courtney Love tested by a psychiatrist. Grohl and Novoselic had claimed that Love, their partner in the Nirvana-related company LLC, had been behaving so irrationally that she should be tested.Following objections from citizens of Aberdeen, Washington, USA, the last three letters of the word 'fuck' are removed from a granite plaque in memory of Kurt Cobain of Nirvana in the town's Kurt Cobain Riverfront Park. The edited plaque is then returned to the park. The full quote which had incensed the citizens was, "Drugs are bad for you. They will fuck you up."
Dave Grohl of The Foo Fighters and Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead join Slash to perform songs from his new album at the Golden God Awards in Los Angeles, California, USA.Attorneys tell a judge in Los Angeles, California, USA, that $1m lawsuit between Courtney Love and management firm London And Co over rights to Nirvana songs, has been settled out of court. The case is dismissed.Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters and Joan Jett are among the celebrities attending the premiere of "Sound City" at ArcLight Cinemas' Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Chasing Pavements by Adele, Love Story by Taylor Swift and Come as You Are by Nirvana are added to the catalogue of songs available as sheet music and audio download bundles for Rock And Pop exams from exam board Trinity College London, England, UK, Europe.
A BBCtv-funded all-star rendition of The Beach Boys classic God Only Knows is aired for the first time at 8.00pm in the UK. This new performance features Brian Wilson (the song’s writer) Sir Elton John, One Direction, Stevie Wonder, Pharrell Williams, Jake Bugg, Lorde, Emeli Sandé, Chris Martin, Kylie Minogue, Paloma Faith, Sam Smith, Florence Welch, Chrissie Hynde, Brian May, Dave Grohl, Alison Balsom, Martin James Bartlett, Danielle de Niese, Nicola Benedetti, Eliza Carthy, Baaba Maal, Jamie Cullum, Jaz Dhami, the BBC’s Zane Lowe, Lauren Laverne, Katie Derham, Gareth Malone and Jools Holland. They are joined by the Tees Valley Youth Choir and the BBC Concert Orchestra.
During the 3rd North American leg of their Not In This Lieftime tour, Guns N'Roses play at The BOK Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. This tour features classic Guns N'Roses line-up members Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan, playing together for the first time since 1993. At this show, Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters joins them during their performance of Paradise City.
When Foo Fighters play at Vital, Boucher Playing Fields, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, Europe, five-year-old fan Taylor Hooper (attending his first-ever gig) is invited onstage by Dave Grohl, and dances along with the band.
Rupert Neve, sometimes called the Father Of Modern Studio Recording, dies aged 92, of pneumonia and heart failure in a hospice facility in San Marcos, Texas, USA. He was a pioneering designer of professional audio recording equipment, most notably Neve mixing desks, which were used by The Beatles, Aerosmith, Nirvana, and countless others. 1955 |
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