Rarely does a single album make a massive impact on music and popular culture, but Nirvana's Nevermind —released in the fall of 1991—did just that. Nirvana essentially brought the sound and fury of Punk Rock to the mainstream of America about 15 years after it initially broke, and temporarily changed the course of American popular music in the process. Fusing Punk's speed and energy with 1970s Metal heaviness, Nirvana popularized what would later be labeled "Grunge," making loud and abrasive guitar rock one of the biggest money making genres of the 1990s. Within one year of Nevermind's success, MTV (Music Television) went from being dominated by lightweight dance-pop and "hair" metal acts to being monopolized by guitar-wielding, long-haired quasi-punk rockers. Furthermore, in the early 1990s "Grunge" fashion became the next big thing, with the flannel thrift-store shirts and ripped jeans worn by Nirvana being imitated by upscale Madison...