Nirvana
Keith Cameron, MOJO, January 2003
Nirvana's metamorphosis from callow punk geeks to the globe-stomping rock phenomenon of Nevermind took little more than a year. In between lay a chaotic tale of unfettered ambition, appalling man-management and the quest for the perfect drummer. Everything was going to be fine, says Keith Cameron.
If only they could remember to...
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