Yet even with all that support, it’s hard to describe how everywhere “Nevermind” was at the time - you’d hear people playing it at work, then go to a concert and hear it playing over the P.A.

But Geffen in 1991 was hardly known for breaking underground rock acts, so the support and precedent of Sonic Youth, the New York band who dominated the underground scene that spawned Nirvana and brought the group to both Gold Mountain and the label, was crucial.

Man Photographed as Baby on 'Nevermind' Cover Sues Nirvana, Alleging Child Pornographyīut the multi-platinum, global success of “Nevermind” did come out of nowhere - and caught absolutely everyone by surprise, not least the band, their management (Gold Mountain) and their label, DGC, a subsidiary of Geffen Records, which at the time was arguably the dominant major label in the business, with powerhouse acts like Guns N’ Roses, Aerosmith, Cher and upstart multi-platinum hair merchants Nelson. Nirvana 'Nevermind' 30th Anniversary Editions - with 70 Unreleased Tracks - Due in NovemberĪttorney for 'Nirvana Baby' Explains Why They Believe the 'Nevermind' Cover Is Child Porn Even outside of their Northwest base and their original label, Sub Pop, the American indie-alternative “underground” of the era - an ecosystem comprised of college radio, independent record stores, fanzines and local clubs - and the influential British music press had been championing Nirvana loudly from the release of their debut single, “Love Buzz,” in the spring of 1988. Nirvana - Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl - did not come out of nowhere, as many seemed to think at the time. But dozens of people were working at the top of their respective games to make sure that the band was heard and seen. Every person who worked on Nirvana’s “Nevermind,” released 30 years ago today, says that the album basically broke itself, almost immediately taking on a life of its own in a way that could never have been planned - “Get out of the way and duck” was a phrase that record company executives said often at the time.

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