13 Highlights From Nirvana's Life

On the eve it became known about the plans of Universal Music to publish in September previously unknown demo-recordings of Nirvana. We decided to recall the moments of the short but extremely bright existence of the band and its leader Kurt Cobain.

(Total 13 photos)

1. Members of Nirvana, from left to right: singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain, bassist Krist Novoselic and drummer Dave Grohl, are photographed backstage at the England's Reading Festival. The band's hometown is Aberdeen, Washington. For all the time of its existence, the group was at the peak of world popularity.

2. Nirvana released Nevermind in September 1991. It was the band's second studio album. It has sold over 30 million copies worldwide, thanks in large part to the super-popular song "Smells Like Teen Spirit". Spencer Alden, the kid on the cover of this album, told MTV as a 17-year-old that he was very moved by the fact that so many people saw him naked.

3. Grohl, Novoselic and Cobain pose for an underwater portrait during a shoot at the North Hollywood pool.

4. Cobain in the hands of the crowd during a concert in Frankfurt, Germany. The album "Nevermind" entered the Billboard Top 40, and the song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" became a real hit.

5. In April 1992, Nirvana appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. Cobain specifically chose a T-shirt for photography with the significant inscription "Corporate magazines still suck".

6. Cobain performs with Nirvana at the MTV Video Music Awards. MTV representatives offered the band to play "Smells Like Teen Spirit", but Nirvana insisted on their new song "Rape Me". As a result, both parties agreed that the group would perform the song "Lithium". However, at the beginning of the performance, Cobain still played a couple of lines from the song "Rape me". In addition, a fight almost broke out at the concert between Cobain and Guns N' Roses frontman Axel Rose. It all happened after Cobain's wife had a fight with Axl Rose.

7. Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, along with their daughter Frances Bean Cobain, attend the MTV Video Music Awards at the Universal Amphitheater in Universal City, California.

8. Nirvana was featured on an episode of MTV's Unplugged in New York. The band performed six cover songs, including David Bowie's "The Man Who Sold the World". The Meat Puppets also participated in the recording. Cobain died on April 5, 1994 after shooting himself with a hunting rifle. He was 27 years old. The session album was released after Cobain's death and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.

9. Cobain and Nirvana during the recording of the concert "Live and Loud" on MTV in Seattle. The band had by then released their third album, In Utero, and embarked on their first American tour in two years. Rolling Stone reviewer David Fricke praised the album very highly, saying it was a mix of brilliance, aggressiveness, fury and wistfulness.

10. Former drummer Dave Grohl performs at the MTV Movie Awards on June 5, 2011 as the frontman of his own band Foo Fighters. The band was formed in 1994 and has released seven studio albums to date.

11. Novoselic (left) and Grohl (center) pose with Butch Vig, producer of the Nevermind album. For the past 20 years, the album has been at the peak of popularity. This is due to the fact that the album includes really good songs. When writing them, only basses, drums and guitar were used, and nothing else.

12. Artifacts of Nirvana at the exhibition "In Bloom: The Nirvana Exibition" in honor of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the release of the album "Nevermind". The exhibition was held at the Loading Bay Gallery in London.

13. Portrait of Cobain at the exhibition "In Bloom: The Nirvana Exibition", held at the Loading Bay Gallery in London on September 13, 2011.