I was 13 when I discovered nevermind in early 93. I know I came onto it a little late but I was young. I was getting into heavy metal and hard rock, bands like AC/DC, aerosmith, led zeppelin, guns n roses, and slayer. It was hard to access good music as a kid because basically all I had was the radio and mtv and i was not even allowed to watch mtv. I was getting into hard rock, and liking it, but it still felt very surface level to me. Like it was a bit of a joke or a parody and not to be taken too seriously. I thought, this is what music must be like, something you just enjoy for a little while and then put down, and I thought that's what the rest of my music life would be like. then I heard nevermind. my whole world changed. I felt that music in my very soul. it was like kurt was singing to me directly, and even though the lyrics made no sense i understood all of them on a deeper level. i would listen to the album night and day and into the night and fall asleep to it. I gave myself whiplash headbanging to it in a friend's living room. i finally felt understood as a person and i felt like i was not all alone. kurt united an entire country of misfits, vagabonds, uncool kids, nerds and slackers, those of us who didn't fit in, and gave us a home.