The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honors artists who have made a difference in the music industry. These bands include Nirvana, who are part of grunge. Grunge is all about electric guitars, contrasting song dynamics and agony-filled lyrics. Nirvana is an important band that will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame because they started a new era of grunge. Nirvana includes Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl. Kurt Donald Cobain was born on February 20, 1967. Kurt's family started in a rented house in nearby Hoquiam, Washington, then moved to Aberdeen when Kurt was 6 (Azerrad 13). After his parents divorced when he was 9, Kurt retreated into himself. She went to live with her father after the divorce (biography.com). David Eric Grohl was born on January 14, 1969 in Warren, Ohio. Dave moved from Warren to Springfield, Virginia, when he was 3 years old (imdb.com). Krist Anthony Novoselic was born on May 16, 1965 in Compton, California. Novoselic's family moved to Aberdeen in 1979 (Azerrad 49). Nirvana formed when Kurt and Krist met in high school. In the summer of 1993 Dave became Nirvana's third and final drummer. As a child Kurt loved the Beatles, but at age 9 he discovered the heavier music of Led Zepplin, Black Sabbath and KISS (rollingstone.com). Krist hung out with bands similar to Kurt at a young age, Led Zepplin, Devo, Black Sabbath and Aerosmith (Azerrad 15). Like Krist and Kurt, Dave was into punk at a young age. His first concert was with Naked Raygun when he was thirteen (Azerrad 136). Over the course of Nirvana's musical career they have achieved many things. On January 11, 1992, their album, Nevermind, reached No. 1 on the Billboard album charts and stayed at No. 1 for two weeks (nirvana... middle of paper... and, he was shocked and suddenly he managed to He doesn't have to deal with the press and publicity (imdb.com). He immediately doubted his celebrity (biography.com). Although Kurt was extremely stressed and depressed, he still continued to write his personal and focused lyrics to Hawaii to get married to longtime girlfriend, Courtney Love (Azzerad 161) On March 4, 1994 Kurt was rushed to the hospital in a coma after a failed suicide attempt (imdb.com will be listed in Rock and Roll). Hall of Fame on April 10, 2014. Kurt Cobain died on April 5, 1994, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head found by electrician Gary Smith who had come to install a security system in his guest house (biography. com Even after Kurt's suicide, Nirvana inspired many bands including Green Day, Pearl Jam and Smashing Pumpkins (rockhall.com).).).