J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Nirvana’s album Nevermind isn’t just a commercial success; it’s ...

The baby chasing that dollar in the swimming pool. The punk rock cheerleaders hyping up a crowd of head-banging, thrashing teens. That angelic head of blonde hair and those piercing blue eyes matched ...

“Smells Like Teen Spirit” is a shoo-in on this list of Nirvana songs that will always be popular, even though Kurt Cobain hated it. It was the band’s biggest hit to date. The song peaked on the ...

Part of the allure of Nirvana was their ability to juxtapose incredibly dark, somber lyricism with powerful, driving rock arrangements that almost made it easy to forget just how bleak the songs ...

Nirvana’s iconic music video for “Smells Like Teen Spirit” has officially surpassed two billion views on YouTube—a first for grunge-rock, proving its enduring power more than 30 years after its ...