No one who lived through the '90s can forget Nirvana, the group that reinvigorated mainstream rock and roll by storming its gates from the outside. To demonstrate how Nirvana heralded the rebirth and then the death of punk, this collection surveys the band from the first article ever written on them to appraisals of the impact of Kurt Cobain's death. This is the first collection of writing on Nirvana derived from a variety of concert reviews, and critical assessments of the music.