“SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT”
THE EFFECT THAT Nirvana’s sophomore album had upon popular music a few months after its release on September 24, 1991, cannot be overstated. By January 11, 1992, it knocked “the king of pop” Michael Jackson out of the #1 spot album chart while simultaneously hammering a final nail in the coffin for hair metal’s reign as grunge began to dominate hard rock in the early Nineties. However, influence reached well beyond the burgeoning Seattle grunge scene, ushering in mainstream acceptance of alternative rock and punk as well.
