Nirvana Informative Speech

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Nirvana. Now I know that some of you know who and what Nirvana is,but if you don’t keep reading. Nirvana is an alternative rock band who sold over 75 million albums in the US. They didn’t have a lot of music, but the music that they played was amazing. Kurt Cobain was the lead singer and lead guitar. Kurt Cobain was a very interesting person,but with all the stress of the band he started taking drugs and later on he commited suicide. Dave Grohl was the drummer of the band. Dave Grohl is also known for starting the Foo Fighters. Dave Grohl is still alive today and has played in many bands before. Krist Novoselic played bass for Nirvana. Kurt and Krist met in High School. Kurt asked Krist if he wanted to be in a band but Krist wanted to listen

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