Nirvana may have the grunge moniker to their name, but do they deserve the title of being one of the biggest names in punk?

As grunge set the sonic and cultural tone for popular music in the '90s, no band was more immediately impactful or iconic ...

Dave Grohl, Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic of Nirvana at 1992 MTV Video Music Awards. (via Getty) Formed by Krist Novoselic, and Kurt Cobain, Nirvana was a renowned American Rock and Roll band ...

But just a few days later, Kurt Cobain took his own life, prompting an immediate recall of the CD. Kurt Cobain performing at the MTV Awards (Frank Micelotta/Getty Images) A few copies managed to get ...

It's a song that pretty much everyone on the planet adores, but Kurt Cobain - the man ... as it continued to pick up awards and titles. And back in 1994, Cobain explained to Rolling Stone's ...

At the 67th annual Grammy Awards in February ... In fact, Nirvana only received five Grammy nominations during Kurt Cobain's lifetime, and none were in the "Big Four" categories.

The 60s saw the birth of the music video, while MTV took it to a new level in the ... with anarchist cheerleaders and Kurt Cobain’s raw performance inciting a riot. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen ...

Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love and baby Frances Bean attending the 1993 MTV Music Video Awards. Picture: Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images In 1966 Mick Jagger and singer-songwriter Marianne Faithfull began ...

Explore Kurt Cobain's life, Nirvana's iconic history, and the auction of his smashed guitar.

UPDATE: A guitar destroyed by a then-relatively unknown Kurt Cobain during a 1991 concert sold ... touring arenas and stadiums or featured on MTV. “At the beginning of 1991, they weren ...