How Nirvana's Bleach brightened up grunge

The band's first album combined the epic rock of Aerosmith with the gentle melodies of the Beatles to create a slow, stoned groove absent in later recordsI found the recent controversy over Kurt Cobain's avatar in Guitar Hero 5 incredibly uncanny. Why? For the past week, I had been listening to Bleach, Nirvana's debut album, in preparation for the forthcoming legacy reissue on Sub Pop. The sudden appearance of a pixelated Cobain singing Bon Jovi or Public Enemy tracks is certainly an unreal and ...

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