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On This Day in 1988, Nirvana Started Recording the Aptly Named Album Kurt Cobain Paid for by Cleaning Toilets

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It’s been about 36 years since Nirvana released their debut album, Bleach. The band actually began recording it on this day, December 24, in 1988. The record has some bizarre origin elements. The title, for instance, came from a poster about h***** and the AIDS crisis that frontman Kurt Cobain saw in San Francisco. According to grunge legend, the album’s working title was Too Many Humans. While Cobain was driving through the Golden Gate city, ho…

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Vice broke the news in New York, United States on Wednesday, December 24, 2025.
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