Nevermind

Nirvana is a band that is looked on as a grungy typical late 80's early 90's band. Well they are in fact, just that, well except for the word typical. Nirvana released 3 albums that changed music forever. The album that I will be talking about goes by the name of "Nevermind." ( The album cover below ordinarily does not have a rhinoceros saying the word censored but I try to find a clean album cover for the sake of my grade.)

The first track on the album can be considered the most mainstreamed track, it became an anthem among rock listeners. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" could be considered the epidemic for grunge. It starts off with a crunch guitar channel chugging out chords until a heavy drum kick comes in and brings in a very distorted rhythm guitar. When you analyze the lyrics to this song you realize there is absolutely no point other than to be melodic with the rhythm of the song. A lot of people hear this song and just hearing inane garbage when it reality it was a pioneering of a genre. Nirvana was a first of its kind and there for spawned the more accepted genre, Alternative Rock.

"In Bloom," yet another trailblazing song. The rhythm is all set by the drums, and the guitars just help bring the drums out. The lyrics again are just there to help you hum the song.  I think a big defining song for Nirvana is "Come as you are." Kurt Cobain had many brilliant quotes such as "I'd rather have people hate me for who I am then love me for who I'm not" and I think this song really exemplifies his beliefs and views. The song, as stated in the title, is a song of acceptance. Musically it is a great song, there is some synth in the background combined with a great melodic guitar rhythm.

The next song takes this album for a spin. Most of the songs on this album start soft, increase in action, decrease, have some singing, then increase again. The song "Breed" starts off and bites you in the face. It keeps up a heavy metal rhythm that you hear today and just makes you realize how ahead of their time Nirvana was.  "Lithium" could very well be described as the ramblings of an alcoholic in musical form. It still offers musical aspects that were not around at the time of its writing.

The innovation Behind Nirvana is what gives them a good name in my book, also if singing is not your strong suit, this is the band for you too sing too.

This album holds a solid 3 1/2 Stars.