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History

"Dive" was written by Kurt Cobain in early 1989. The first studio version was recorded in the spring of 1989 by Greg Babior (a founding member of the band Earth) in Olympia, Washington. This version appears on the band's 2004 posthumous box set, With the Lights Out. Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – ca. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dylan Carlson of Earth. ... State Capitol and waterfront, Olympia, Washington. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... With the Lights Out is a box set, containing 3 CDs and 1 DVD, from the American grunge band, Nirvana. ...

The "Sliver" single version was recorded in April 1990 by Butch Vig (who produced the band's breakthrough album, Nevermind, about a year later) in Madison, Wisconsin. It was re-released on the compilation album The Grunge Years in 1991, and again on the band's "odds-and-sods" compilation album Incesticide in 1992. Butch Vig Bryan Butch Vig (born August 2, 1957 in Viroqua, Wisconsin) is both a rock musician and record producer. ... Nevermind is the second studio album from the American grunge band, Nirvana. ... Wisconsin State Capitol Flag Seal Nickname: Mad Town Location Location of Madison in Dane County, Wisconsin Government Municipality City Incorporated 1848 Mayor Dave Cieslewicz Geographical characteristics Area     City km²  (84. ... The Grunge Years was a compilation album released by Sub Pop in 1994. ... Incesticide is a compilation album of rare songs, b-sides and studio outtakes released by Nirvana on December 14, 1992 in Europe, and December 15, 1992 in the U.S. It was released through Geffen Records. ...

A live version of "Dive," recorded on January 23, 1993, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, appears on Nirvana's 1994 home video, Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!. Ipanema beach A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (meaning River of January in Portuguese) is the name of both a state and a city in southeastern Brazil. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ... The home video business rents and sells videocassettes and DVDs to the public. ... front cover Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! is a VHS home video released by the grunge band Nirvana on November 15, 1994. ...

Trivia

• According to the 2001 Cobain biography Heavier than Heaven by Charles R. Cross, "Dive" is the favorite Nirvana song of Cobain's widow, Courtney Love. Cobain himself was less enthusiastic about the song, dismissing it as "yet another re-write of the heavy string-bend grunge formula" in the 1992 Incesticide press kit.

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References

• LiveNirvana