That week, Michael Jackson’s “Black Or White” was the number one single. 11, 1992, when “Smells Like Teen Spirit” peaked at number 6 to see that the song stood out like a sore thumb, sandwiched between two Hammer singles in a top 10 that included hits by Mariah Carey, Color Me Badd, CeCe Peniston, Marky Mark and Boyz II Men. Its release was a defining touchstone of the blossoming “alternative” movement.Īll you have to do is look at the Billboard pop chart from Jan. That song also ushered in a vast shift of epic proportions on a wider scale. The second I heard “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” my whole world changed. I was a pop kid, who didn’t realize I had an inner-punk side until I heard “Nevermind.” The machismo-heavy “hard rock” and cheeseball “hair bands” of the 80s left me incorrectly thinking that I didn’t like hard-edged music. Both albums remain important touchstones for my own musical growth, but “Nevermind” holds a very special place in my heart. I was 14 when I bought “Nevermind.” I bought it and U2’s “Achtung Baby!” both on the same day and both on cassette. It’s strange to think that the time since Nirvana released “Nevermind,” is one year longer than the age of Kurt Cobain when the album was released, or that in two years the album will be as old as Cobain’s entire lifetime. 24, 1991, Nirvana released their mind-blowing sophomore album, “Nevermind.” The album was also their major-label debut as the band shifted over to DGC records in part because it was also the home of Sonic Youth.
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