Nirvana

Nirvana is the band that brought the kids of their day away from music like Micheal Jackson and Madonna. Their a band out of Washington just in a town outside of seattle and brought about the Grunge revolution. Nirvana started in 1985 with singer Kurt Cobain, bassist Krist Novoselic, and drummer Dave Grohl, they first had their band “The stiff woodies” with Cobain on the drums and Novoselic on the bass but in 1987 they formed Nirvana. In 1989 they had their first debut album “Bleach” recorded for over $600 and in 1991 they had a documentary made about them called “the year punk broke” which started the beginning of their recognition around the world.

1991 marked the birth of Nirvanamania and everyone listened to them eager for more Nirvana material. They soon signed on with Greffen records and recorded their second album “Nevermind”. The album became a triple platinum and had the anthem of grunge “smells like teen spirit”. Nevermind also happens to be the album with the naked baby swimming after a dollar bill on a fishing line, which just recently that baby turned 20 years old.

Cobain started soon slipping away and rumors of his heroine use were heard everywhere and Nirvana kept getting negativity all over. In 1992 Cobain married Courtney Love and that just made things worse for the band. They had to put off their third album recording thanks to Cobain’s health problems and constant stomach pain. They finally released their third album “Instesticide” and in 1993 they were ready to go back into the studio after recruiting Steve Albini to produce “In Utero”. In 1994 Nirvana went on a European tour that was cut short because of a drug overdose Cobain had in Rome. In March he was induced into rehab and April 1 went back to Seattle. On April 8^th Cobain’s body was found dead with a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Its well thought that he was actually murdered by somebody his wife Courtney hired but still others say it was suicide.  Cobain also wrote in a journal and left behind 22 notebooks all from the late 1980’s to 1994 and in 2002 they were made into a 280 page book all in chronological order (sort of because Cobain didn’t date any).  Nirvana was the king of grunge and Cobain was the one who made it all.

Disturbed

Disturbed is a heavy metal band out of Chicago. The original three of the band are Dan Donegan, mike wrengen and Fuzz. In 1997 they hooked up with singer David Draiman who actually grew up in a super religious home and rebelled against his family and was kicked out of five boarding schools. Draimans anger is what gave him the urge to do his music and great heavy, crazy, head thrashing voice which gives joy to all those who love this band. They signed onto Giant records and released their first album “The Sickness” which includes a lot of their greatest songs like “Down with the Sickness” and “Stupify”. In a lot of their songs singer Draiman really seems to enjoy making a lot of funny noises because their full of them. He says a lot of times of how the fans just love the noises. Many people look past the music and only listen for the noises or just some random word or phrase to come up that blows your mind.

In 2002 the band made a documentary called M.O.L that showed the most personal moments in the studio and on tour and in 2002 they came out with their second album “Believe” which was not as heavy as their last but just as good. Believe include hits like “Liberate” and “Prayer” which was actually pulled from a lot of music networks because the video resembled a lot to the September 11 attacks. In 2003 got a new bass player after Fuzz was fired for personal differences and was replaced by current bassist John Moyer.

In 2005 Disturbed came out with their third album “Ten Thousand Fists” and was just like the last was debuted #1 in North America. In 2006 David Draiman started having trouble with his voice and had surgery for a deviated septum and was successful but now limits his drinking on the road. They released the album “Indestructible” was released in June 2008 and was their third consecutive #1 in North America. Disturbeds music has often been compared to AC/DC, Metallica, Slipknot, Pantera and Godsmack but I think they just sound like Disturbed and that’s all to it. Their music can really get you pumped up and brings out the darkness and the world like no other and really brings it out in a semi good kind of way and hopefully lives on in the music world and keeps on for generations to come.