Nirvana “Bleach” released on this date, June 15th, 1989. SubPop/Waterfront Records. Red vinyl, debut studio release. Bleach failed to chart upon its initial release but after Nirvana’s massive success with Nevermind, Geffen Records re-released Bleach in ‘92 and it went to #89 in the US and #33 in the UK.

Bleach has become a grunge/hard rock classic, with songs like “About a Girl” and “Negative Creep” now part of the pop culture lexicon. My favorite song on the album is one not written by Kurt Cobain, but rather is a cover of Robbie Van Leeuwen’s “Love Buzz” (originally released in 1969 by Shocking Blue). Nirvana injects “Love Buzz” with a dirty needle of grinding, menacing speed.