Nirvana: The Chosen Rejects

Basically this is the real thing. No rock star contrivance no intellectual perspective no master plan for world domination. Youre talking about four guys from rural Washington who wanna rock...--Everett True Melody Maker March 18th 1989. In 1992 Nirvanas breakthrough anthem Smells Like Teen Spirit introduced a new underground sound to the mainstream music world. The record-breaking sales and global recognition that followed should have been a welcomed payoff for the hard-working punk band. Instead that bright optimism quickly faded into bitter dissatisfaction as the trio became conflicted about their unexpected success and about having an audience that was the epitome of everything they had attempted to rebel against.. Nirvanas sonic catapult from obscurity to international stardom and their chart-topping success changed the face of rock music world-wide. In Nirvana: The Chosen Rejects the authors have used a wealth of sources including personal interviews with Kurt Cobain Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl in order to reconstruct Nirvanas meteoric rise and the subsequent fall of their troubled lead singer. The result is a front row perspective of the musical influences that helped nurture Nirvanas seminal sound the stories about the creation of their albums and the ideas that shaped their songs. Nirvana: The Chosen Rejects also contains a comprehensive discography and an A-Z listing of every Nirvana song officially released. . Kurt St. Thomas and Troy Smith were an award-winning programming team at WFNX-FM Boston (MA) one of the nations top alternative radio stations in the early 1990s. The pair wrote and produced the definitive Nirvana interview compact disc Nevermind Its an Interview as well as interview CDs for Paul Weller The Breeders and Frank Black. St. Thomas lives in New York City and Smith resides on Cape Cod MA.