It was down to the fact that Cobain loved not just underground hardcore bands but also The Beatles, Abba and Queen. Cobain's suicide note was a long screed about the torment of "selling out".īut it was Cobain's monomaniacal dedication to the punk cause that gave Nevermind such a ring of authenticity.įrom the immediately catchy riffs of "Come As You Are" and "Lithium" to the quieter anthems of "Polly" and "Something in the Way", the sound was often furious, but the melodies simple - "like nursery rhymes", Cobain said. Producer Butch Vig pointed out that Cobain had no problems with it in the studio: "If it had only sold 50,000 copies, he probably wouldn't have had any comments on whether it was too slick." I can't stand that kind of production," he told biographer Michael Azerrad. "I haven't listened to it since we put it out. He was traumatised at the idea that "yuppie scum in BMWs" were listening to Nevermind, and disowned its glossy production. "It was the album that made hard rock obsolete - the rock that was popular at the time: superficial, misogynistic, less intense," Charlotte Blum, author of a recent book about the grunge movement, told AFP.Ĭobain was ambitious, his diaries filled with intricate plans, ruthlessly firing drummers until they found the perfect fit in Dave Grohl (now of the Foo Fighters).īut the quadruple-platinum success of "Nevermind" was a nightmare for his punk-rock ethics.
In doing so, Nirvana made all the permed-hair, spandex-wearing posturing of 1980s rock look ridiculous. "It was very pop but very honest and very authentic of the whole American punk rock ethic." Nirvana came along and delivered the goods," said Thurston Moore, of fellow grunge outfit Sonic Youth, at the time. "It's been building up through the years. Nevermind united musical tribes that had been largely separate - punk, indie, metal - and added a pop element that made them accessible to everyone else. He was pictured naked, swimming after a dollar bill on a fish hook, in an image that became another iconic aspect of an album whose lead track "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was ubiquitous across MTV and radio stations around the world.Īt the heart of the album's success were the strange contradictions of Cobain, who was torn between apathy and rebellion, sweetness and rage. This was for allegedly "unacceptable methods" used in researching a follow up article to the Blue Whale piece."Nevermind" was back in the news last month when the man who was photographed when he was a baby for the cover sued the band for sexual exploitation. Days later, deputy editor of Novaya Gazeta, Sergei Sokolov was suspended from Novaya Gazeta along with a colleague. It has also said that its attempts to contact the people behind these Blue Whale communities were unsuccessful before publication.
The publisher has explained that the figure of 130 deaths came from the evidence of networks of parents. Novaya Gazeta responded to the criticism. They say that the psychologist cited in the study was the son of the author. Meduza said the story "appeals to their (the writer's) own opinions" and criticized the article's failure to reach out to administrators of "Blue Whale" groups. The article was criticized by other publications. "Almost all of them were members of the same group on the internet." "We counted 130 suicides of children that occurred in Russia from November 2015 to April 2016," the article reads. The Novaya Gazeta article suggested that Blue Whale challenges may have been connected with up to 130 children killing themselves over a period of six months.
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