This Day In Music History: September 24th, 1991 – Nirvana brings grunge to the mainstream with ‘Nevermind’
Released the same day as seminal albums from Red Hot Chili Peppers, A Tribe Called Quest, Prong, and more, Nirvana’s Nevermind became the anthem for Generation Xers everywhere. To many, the album’s release signaled the death of hair metal’s excess (though in reality, alternative rock bands like Jane’s Addiction and even Nine Inch Nails had…