The Moment We Found Nirvana - An Oral History

Before they even set foot in the dilapidated L.A. studio where they would record ‘Nevermind,’ Nirvana had already had a tumultuous year. they’d ditched their fifth drummer, broken a contract with indie label sub pop, and signed a new deal with corporate behemoth Geffen. Many compromises...no wonder the album’s now iconic artwork depicts a waterborne baby stretching its arms toward a dollar-bill-baited fishhook. Everybody knows what happened after the album came out—that Kurt Cobain rejected his celebrity, became addicted to heroin, and married Courtney Love. That he found no freedom in his immense stardom and that three...

Read the entire article in GQ Magazine: http://gqm.ag/1dbBl5C

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