User blog:DundeeChronicler/First Real Progress Made Following Cobain Idea.

27th January 1995  Cleveland Suscriber.

Today the Grunge band Nirvana announced their breakup. In what was expected following a series of cancelled performances last year,it brings to an end to a band known in particular for their 1991 surprise hit Smells Like Teen Spirit,seen by many within the musical community as the beginning of an Alternative Rock Bubble. Cobain,known for persistent health problems involving drug use as well as a suicide attempt in Rome in 1993 last year according to entertainment sources entered into a rehabilitation programme designed to help weane him off persistent drug use. Two years ago the band had released the albums In Utero and MTV Unplugged In New York both well received by critics.

In a statement released by Novoselic the bassist said "We appreciate the fans enourmous generosity over the past eight years. Perhaps it is this that contributed the most to our bands enourmous success since our humble beginnings.We were a small band to begin with with our sound much closer to hardcore punk than anything else with a multidude of drummers, seedy clubs as well as some extremely basic living conditions travelling the country as well as Europe.From playing in front of crowds of really about only 10 people to crowds of 10 times 10 ten times over,it was an amazing experience which we all are proud to have participated in. From Bleach to MTV Unplugged it has been an absolute honour, to put it perhaps pretentiously as a circle is some 360 degrees the albums we have produced is indeed a 360 exploration of adulthood. We are still good friends and we wish to remain that way until the very end. We hope we have entered into your hearts just as much as you have ours. Thank You very much.

Novoselic refused to elaborate on much details only aknowledging the fact that the band had entered upon a hiatus following last April and the decision had been made in November following a serious discussion.

As expected teenagers were openly shocked especially with the announcement on MTV news with Kurt Loder breaking the usual schedule. Teenagers as far south as Texas and as far north as New York laid a vigil for the band with these words printed upon many an emblem of the band "Nirvana RIP 1987-1995"

It is so far still in the embryonic stage.