Name: From the Muddy Banks of the Wi
Brand: Nirvana

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

DGC225105

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

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Extended format

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Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2016-01-01

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Unive­rsal

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

720642510513

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2 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Nirvana

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Geffen

Nirvana is a rock band from Aberdeen, Washington, USA. Formed in 1987, they emerged from the Seattle grunge scene of the late 1980s/early 1990s. The power trio brought a new aesthetic to the rock scene at that time. Their major-label debut album, "Nevermind," released in 1991 by DGC/Geffen Records, broke both the band and grunge into mainstream America. Sadly, lead guitarist and vocalist Kurt Cobain's death by suicide in April 1994 marked the end of Nirvana.

The band went through several name changes before settling on Nirvana in March 1988. Prior to that, they were known as Skid Row (6), Pen Cap Chew (2), Bliss (108), Ted Ed Fred, Throat Oyster, and Windowpane.

The final lineup consisted of Kurt Cobain on lead guitar and vocals until his untimely death in April 1994; Krist Novoselic on bass and accordion from March 1987 to April 1994; and Dave Grohl on drums and backing vocals from September 25, 1990 to April 5, 1994.

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Double 180 Gram Vinyl with Download. The electric smashes and thrashes compiled on 'From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah' were originally intended as half of a double album; the other half would have been the acoustic show released as 'MTV Unplugged in New York'. But after Kurt Cobain's death, 'Unplugged' was released on its own, and the task of putting together a live electric disc was put aside for a couple years. Completed, 'From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah' (named for a river that cuts through Nirvana's hometown, Aberdeen, Washington) serves as a perfect mirror to 'Unplugged'. Where that one offered a recontextualisation of Nirvana's oeuvre, this one offers a reaffirmation of the band's raw power. All the elements that made the band a legend are present here: piledriver rhythm section, scabrous guitar work that combines a Neil Young-ish tone with a punk sensibility, and Cobain's anguished, sandpaper vocal delivery. Many of Nirvana's best-known songs are included in versions that double the intensity and aggression (and sometimes the speed) of the original recordings. 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' finds the band charging at a pace that suggests its life depends on reaching the end of the song. 'Scentless Apprentice' is a raging howl that makes the original version sound like a beer commercial.

From the Muddy Banks of the Wi

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