Like most people I didn't discover Nirvana until after the Teen Spirit video went on heavy rotation at MTV...when MTV actually played videos, but that's a broken record. Anyway after playing Nevermind to death I was happy to find a used copy of Nirvana's first album, Bleach, at Sounds on St. Marks for only five bucks and trudged home to blast it as loud as I could in my apartment. What I liked about it was that it was raw and harder than Nevermind but still had that distinct sound I was looking for. This of course was before Dave Grohl had joined the band and before the term grunge had been thrown around. This album includes the massively likable tune About A Girl which came to fame in their Unplugged visit to MTV, again back when MTV was cool. I just can't believe it's been 20 years. Thankfully this record still sounds as fresh as it did when I was a starving art student sitting in my apartment all those years ago. In case you were wondering essential means you must own it, so go get it!
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