In June 1989, Nirvana released their first ever album 'Bleach', under the supervision of Sub-Pop records - their first and only record label. The band as it then stood consisted of Kurt Cobain on guitar and vocals, Chris Novoselic on bass, Chad Channing on drums and a forth member Jason Everman, who joined the band during the recording but never actually played on the album. Dave Grohl was to come much later. Bleach, although not the most polished of the Nirvana albums, has a raw quality that is lacking in the Nevermind & In Utero. Through compromise rather then choice, the majority of tracks are pure Seattle grunge with metal influences, as ...  Read the complete review

In 1985 Kurt Cobain met fellow Melvins fan Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington and formed a band. After a series of name changes they finally settled on Nirvana and released their debut album, 'Bleach' (working title; 'Too many Humans') with Sub Pop in 1989 with Chad Channing as drummer (he would later be replaced by Dave Grohl). Listing their influences from a diverse range of musicians including Mudhoney, the Pixies, Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin, Kurt Cobain sought to create a mixture of punk and pop music. After sudden success with their second album ;Nevermind' Cobain's emotional stte became increasingly more erratic until his suicide in 1994 ...  Read the complete review

yes this was actually Nirvana's debut album NOT nevermind as many people believe. Every nirvana album has different qualitys and in my opinion bleach has the best - forget the over played teen spirit - this album is a classic and is underated by everyone even the die hard nirvana fans. If it wasn't for bleach I would never have discovered Nirvana as teen spirit didn't impress me as much as everyone else - I still cling to songs such as love buzz and paper cuts being Nirvana's finest hour This album created a firm transaction from the gun's and roses type bands around at the time and established that you don't have to have a squeaky clean ...  Read the complete review

Bleach is the debut album from the band nirvana, and was released in 1989. At the time of release the album wasn't that popular and didn't sell very many copies however when nirvana started to become a more famous band and gain fans with their other albums people went back to buy their first album as well and so since has sold many ore copies worldwide. The first song off the album is blew, it's a very low sounding song and even sounds kind of sad and depressing because of the unusual guitar tuning and the low bass throughout. The guitar rhythm does sound good however it does get a bit competitive after a while and its nice to hear the guitar solo come in to ...  Read the complete review

Bleach has a 3-piece rock band sound - Jason Everman, whom is credited on guitars, does not play a note on the album (but pays the 600 notes to cover the cost of the recording), so when it's guitar solo time for Kurt Cobain (front man), Chris Novoselic (bass) and Chad Channing (drums) carry the rhythm for the majority of the tracks, with Dale Crover as drummer for the remainder. The album goes down under the genre of grunge, and despite on initial listenings finding some of the songs sounding (perhaps too) similar, I guess my tastes in metal is why I prefer this to their successful Nevermind. Bleach does have a fair share of catchy riffs and beats in amongst the thirteen  Read the complete review