AUGUST 29TH 1991 WAS A BIG DAY FOR AN ALBUM THAT WASN’T EVEN OFFICIALLY RELEASED TIL NEARLY A MONTH LATER…THE ALBUM IN QUESTION HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A ‘SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM’ …IT WAS THE UNOFFICIAL RADIO PREMIERE OF A SEATTLE BAND’S SOPHOMORE ALBUM IN IT’S ENTIRETY…ON THIS DATE A BOSTON ROCK RADIO STATION PLAYED NIRVANA’S SOON TO BE CLASSIC ‘NEVERMIND’ FROM START TO FINISH, AND THE SOUND FUSION OF PUNK AND METAL SOLIDIFIED THE GRUNGE ERA IN THE MAINSTREAM AND WENT ON TO TAKE DOWN THE KING OF POP MICHAEL JACKSON’S REIGN AT THE TOP OF THE CHARTS AND CHANGED ROCK MUSIC FOREVER…I WAS HOOKED FROM THE START WITH THE LEAD SINGLE “SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT”…THAT’S TODAY’S ROCK REWIND ON 105.7 THE X
