Finally Experiencing Nirvana

As a child of the 90s, I am somewhat asahamed to say that I am pretty much a Nirvana virgin. Apart from 'Heart Shaped Box' being included on a mix CD made for me, and hearing Lithium on Marley and Me (yes, that is completely shameful I know...) I had been pretty much unaware of the band for most of my life. Of course I had heard Lithium, Come As You Are and Smells Like Teen Spirit amongst others, but I never attributed them to anyone, or knew anything about them at all. The odd story about Kurt Cobain cropping up in the newspapers was probably the most in depth I had ever gotten.

On April 7th I saw the Foo Fighters film though (which is amazing for any fans out there!), and through Dave Grohl learned a little more. I still had little interest in the band though,or should I say, no real motivation to look up more. When I watched Pearl Jam Twenty they cropped up yet again though, plus it is the anniversary of Nevermind this week, so maybe it is time to delve further into them? I am starting with Kerrang's free CD this week. 'Nirvana Nevermind Forever' features covers of all of the original Nevermind tracks. I am listening to it right now and am enjoying it quite a lot actually.

I am not sure why I have never really pursued an interest in Nirvana before- I guess nothing ever really spurred me on to and they weren't anything current that I could read stories about as they happened (if that makes sense?). I am interested though, not so much in the full story even, but just in listening to their music and hearing more about the development of that new music scene from Nirvana and Pearl Jam, to name a couple I know about, emerging from Seattle in those couple of seemingly influencial years. They say Nirvana are an influence on, and somewhat paved the way, for some modern artists, and the floods of messages and comments in the Nevemind anniversary articles seem to back this, so it is worth hearing where it can be traced back to if nothing more. Hopefully I will remember to actually pursue this. The album is just coming to an end and I loved a couple of (new to me) tracks especially, so that is a good start :) I am going to do the same with Pearl Jam too, as I know too few of their songs, and loved a couple that featured in the film. I may update this at some point in the future to share my possible new love of their music.