During the 1990s, no rock band was more important in America than Nirvana. Led by brilliant but disturbed singer-songwriter-guitarist Kurt Cobain , the trio led the blazing Seattle scene in the early years of the decade. Even after Cobain's tragic death in , Nirvana's raw, raging sound remained profoundly influential—affecting not only countless American groups but bands all over the world, from England's Bush to Australia's Silverchair.
Nirvana's roots lay southwest of Seattle in the...