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Nirvana: Smells like... Bullshit

Steffan Chirazi, Kerrang!, 8 February 1992

Nevermind has been at Number One on the Kerrang! Album Chart for a month. Stateside it's the same plus Double Platinum, and worldwide the video for 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' is on ultra-heavy rotation. So are NIRVANA, like, the Biggest Rock Band in The World at the moment? Or are they just a bunch of bored 'f**k-the-system guys' confused by their sudden success and by all the music biz bullshit it has brought raining down on them? STEFFAN CHIRAZI scratches the surface and finds a bit of both...

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