'Nevermind' became a hugesuccessfor Seattle-basedgrunge-rockbandNirvana, whose lead singerKurt Cobain committed suicidein 1994. The albumsold over 10 million copies in the USalone.
It is from the album that brought Nirvana huge fame, "Nevermind."
VOA: special.2009.11.06
Nirvana's 1991 album Nevermind was the band's most successful record and spawned some of their biggest hits, such as Smells Like Teen Spirit, Come as You Are and Lithium.
How the success of "Nevermind" ignited a major-label feeding frenzy to find "the next Nirvana, " resulting in the signing of previously way-too-weird-for-a-major-label bands such as underground heroes The Jesus Lizard and Japanese noise-rockers the Boredoms.