Estas son algunas bandas que influenciaron a Nirvana:

• The Beatles, Black Sabbath, Meat Puppets, Pixies, Sonic Youth, Melvins, Vaselines, R.E.M.

Estos son otros grupos de las mismas raices e influencias a Nirvana:

• Alice in Chains, Babes In Toyland, Breeders, Cheap Trick, Dinosaur Jr., Fastbacks, Husker Du, L7, Minutemen, Bob Mould, Mudhoney, My Bloody Valentine, Pearl Jam, Raincoats, Soundgarden, Tad, Teenage Fanclub, Throwing Muses, Fluid, Green River, Half Japanese, Hole, Daniel Johnston, Love Battery, Foo Fighters, Sweet 75, Urge Overkill, P.J. Harvey, Frank Black, The Lemonheads