Looking back on Nirvana's seminal album 'Nevermind' on its 25th anniversary

It’s a quarter century since Nirvana released their seminal album. Jonathan deBurca Butler looks back on a game-changer that’s still well worth a listen

A FEW years before he formed the band Nirvana, Kurt Cobain was drinking with a friend in his parent’s house. At one point, his friend picked up a can of paint and sprayed the words ‘Kurt smells like teen spirit’ on a nearby wall.

It was years before Cobain discovered that she was in fact referring to a deodorant and by then the opening track from the band’s seminal album had become an anthem.