Soon that emblem would be on t-shirts, stickers, buttons, and other merchandise that would earn the band many bucks. It took some time before the latter blew up and turned Nirvana into the world’s biggest band.īut when they launched Nevermind with a record release show in Seattle on September 13, 1991, their poster advertising the event boasted a now-familiar face: the yellow Nirvana squiggly-faced logo on a black background with Xs for eyes and a happy tongue sticking out. The group released their debut LP, Bleach, in 1989, on the Seattle label Sub Pop and just two years later shook the world with the release of their iconic album, Nevermind, in 1991. For many years, even after Cobain’s death in 1994, they were the biggest band in the world.
While some bands and companies boast an elaborate logo and flashy advertising, for the ’90s grunge band out of Seattle-Nirvana-it was a modest squiggly-mouthed smiley face with Xs for eyes that has lasted over the decades.īut where did the design come from? What was its meaning, its impact? And what’s with all the legal controversy surrounding it? That’s exactly what we’ll dive into here today.Ĭomprised of frontman Kurt Cobain, bassist Krist Novoselic, and drummer Dave Grohl, Nirvana was and remains an iconic rock band.
Sometimes it’s the simplest designs that have the biggest impact.
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