Kurt Cobain would have been 45 years old this week. A look back at Nirvana on the cusp of stardom.
Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ No Longer A Teenager
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On Sept. 10, 1991, Nirvana released the first single from Nevermind, "Smells Like Teen Spirit." Representing Nirvana’s new sound, MTV played the music video daily and the album sold 400,000 copies per week in the U.S. Here, the band relaxes before a Nov. 1991 gig in Frankfurt, Germany.
