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NIRVANA ON TRACK

EVERY ALBUM, EVERY SONG

William E. Spevack

ISBN 978-1-78952-318-8

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Publication: 26 APRIL 2024
th
ISBN: 9781789523188
Price: £16.99
Binding: Paperback

Format: 210 x 148 mm
Extent: 176 pp
Illustrated: 16 colour pages
Thema: AVLP Popular Music

Comparative title: 9781789522914 Smashing Pumpkins
1991 to 2000 On Track

• Massive sales – Nevermind alone has sold 10
million copies worldwide, and their MTV
Unplugged album has sold 5 million
• The band remain hugely influential on new
bands 30 years later
• 'Smells Like Teen Spirit’ is held up as one of
the greatest singles of all time

Despite only being active for less than a decade and
Sonic Bond podcast at http://www.sonicbondbookcast.co.uk/ releasing just three studio albums during their short tenure,
Nirvana’s overwhelming musical and cultural impact on the
William E. Spevack has been published in the magazines Laptop, world cannot be understated. Within such a narrow
CPU, and PC Upgrade as well as the music website timespan, the famous trio made themselves synonymous
AlternativeNation.net. His first book, Keep On Shining: A Guide with what came to be known as grunge; a potent mix of
Through the Music of Love & Arthur Lee, was published in December melodic punk and heavy metal that evolved in America in
2021. He is a Bard graduate and a passionate music fan, who enjoys the mid-1980s. Combined with the band’s anti-glam,
writing about music, playing sports, playing keyboards and reading battered image and Kurt Cobain’s lyrical themes of social
music history books that focus on the music specifically. He lives in alienation and world apathy, Nirvana rallied the youth to
New York City. their beck and call with anthemic, head-banging singalongs
and introspective dirges, providing a haven for those feeling
lost and abject. Thirty years after the shocking death of Kurt
Cobain, Nirvana still dominate the musical conversation
Sales: Star Book Sales LLP and their influence continues to be far-reaching.
T: 01404 515050
E: enquiries@starbooksales.com This book aims to justify such a strong legacy with a
detailed analysis of every song from Nirvana’s three studio
Orders: Combined Book Services Ltd.
Email: orders@combook.co.uk albums, as well as non-album singles, B-sides and any
Phone: 01892 837171 other outliers. In addition, tracks from live and compilation
albums will be considered in this appraisal of a band that
Prices and specifications are provisional and are subject to change managed to showcase so much in such little time. They only
without notice. 09/11/2023
reveal more as the years go by – as this assessment will
prove.