{"id":1099,"count":1,"description":"Rock\/grunge band from Aberdeen, Washington, USA, formed in 1987. Emerging from the Seattle grunge scene of the late 1980s\/early 1990s, Nirvana was a power trio of musicians who brought a new aesthetic to the rock scene of the time. They had already released their debut LP \"[m=13773]\" with Sub Pop, but their 1991 major-label debut for [l=DGC]\/[l=Geffen Records], \"[m=13814]\" broke the band and grunge into the mainstream of America. Singer\/guitarist Kurt Cobain's death by suicide in April 1994 brought the band to an end.\r\n\r\nThe band's names in a chronological order:\r\n<strong>Skid Row (6)<\/strong> (start (March 1987) - June 26, 1987)\r\n<strong>Pen Cap Chew (2)<\/strong> (June 27, 1987 - August 8, 1987)\r\n<strong>Bliss (108)<\/strong> (August 9, 1987 - January 1988)\r\n<strong>Ted Ed Fred<\/strong> (January 1988 - March 18, 1988)\r\n<strong>Nirvana<\/strong> (March 19, 1988 - end (April 5, 1994))\r\n\r\nIt was rumoured that there were two other short-used band names before Nirvana: <strong>Throat Oyster<\/strong> and <strong>Windowpane<\/strong> ([i]no official proofs for it though[\/i])\r\n\r\nFinal line-up:\r\nKurt Cobain \u2013 lead guitar, lead vocals (March 1987 (start)\u2013April 5, 1994 (end); died April 5, 1994)\r\nKrist Novoselic \u2013 bass (March 1987 (start)\u2013April 5, 1994 (end)), accordion (1993\u20131994)\r\nDave Grohl \u2013 drums, backing vocals (September 25, 1990\u2013April 5, 1994 (end))\r\nPat Smear \u2013 rhythm guitar, backing vocals (September 23, 1993\u2013April 5, 1994 (end))\r\n\r\nFormer members:\r\nAaron Burckhard \u2013 drums (March 1987 (start)\u2013October 1987)\r\nDale Crover \u2013 drums (December 1987\u2013February 15, 1988, August 10, 1990\u2013August 25, 1990), backing vocals (1988)\r\nDave Foster (14) \u2013 drums (February 16, 1988\u2013May 24, 1988)\r\nChad Channing \u2013 drums (May 25, 1988\u2013June 1990)\r\nJason Everman \u2013 rhythm guitar, backing vocals (February 5, 1989\u2013July 19, 1989)\r\nDan Peters \u2013 drums (June 1990\u2013August 1990, September 1990\u2013September 24, 1990)\r\n\r\nTouring musicians:\r\nRobert Roth \u2013 guitar (August 1989) (*rehearsals only)\r\nBen Shepherd \u2013 guitar (September 26, 1989-September 28, 1989) (*soundcheck only)\r\n[url=https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/artist\/517885-Big-John-Duncan]John Duncan[\/url] \u2013 guitar (July 15, 1993\u2013July 31, 1993)\r\nLori Goldston \u2013 cello (July 15, 1993\u2013January 8, 1994)\r\nMelora Creager \u2013 cello (February 5, 1994\u2013April 5, 1994 (end))\r\n\r\nSession musicians:\r\nMark Pickerel \u2013 drums (1989)\r\nKirk Canning \u2013 cello (1991)\r\nKera Schaley \u2013 cello (1993)\r\n\r\nLive guest musicians:\r\nTony Poukkula \u2013 guitar (1987)\r\nRyan Aigner \u2013 guitar (1987) (also was the band's first manager)\r\nAntony Hodgkinson (aka Dancing Tony) \u2013 dancing (1990, 1991, 1992)","link":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/artista\/nirvana\/","name":"Nirvana","slug":"nirvana","taxonomy":"artista","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artista\/1099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artista"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/artista"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?artista=1099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}