Charlie Fish
History: Kirk Weddle on Nirvana
Resource, July 1st, 2008
If Kurt Cobain where alive today, no doubt he'd profess he could care less about the 26 million copies the 1991 Nevermind album has sold worldwide. Or he'd mutter indifference about Time naming the album one of the finest of the 90s. Or even laugh at Rolling Stone naming it one of the greatest albums of all time. It's not an unfounded "what-if", given Cobain struggled throughout his short-lived career with his increasing fame and omnipresence on the airwaves. "Selling out" and seeking the limelight was not a code by which the flannel-shirted rocker abided by. His goal was not to become an A-lister, but to--as indicated by the progression from record to record--give a nod to his punk and grunge predecessors while simultaneously propelling the Seattle sound into sonically discordant, transcendent harmony. Er...guitar nirvana, if you will.
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