Nirvana's In Utero [Paperback]

Though Nevermindwas Nirvana's most commercially successful album, and the record that broke them - and the grunge phenomenon - internationally, In Uterohas increasingly become regarded as the band's best album, both by the critics and the band members themselves. Instead of sticking to the grunge pop formula that made Nevermindso palatable to the mainstream, Nirvana chose instead to challenge their audience, producing an album that the band's creative force, Kurt Cobain, said truly matched his vision of what he had always wanted his band to sound like. Here, the full story behind the creation of In Uterois told for the first time.

Gillian G. Gaar is the author ofShe's a Rebel: The History of Women in Rock'n'RollandGreen Day: Rebels With a Cause. She served as project consultant on the Nirvana box setWith the Lights Out. She lives in Seattle.