Kashmir (band) Kashmir (band) Kashmir, formerly known as Nirvana, is a Danish alternative rock band consisting of Kasper Eistrup (vocals and lead guitar); Mads Tunebjerg (bass); Asger Techau (drums) and Henrik Lindstrand (keyboards and guitar). In the spring of 1991, Eistrup, Tunebjerg and Techau formed a heavy blues band under the name "Nirvana" at "Kastanievej Efterskole" (a continuation school) in Frederiksberg, Denmark. Shortly after they started performing Thursday nights at Ordrup Gymnasium (a local high school). When the American band Nirvana started to gain success, they changed their name to "Kashmir", after the Led Zeppelin song. In 1993, they finished second in
Streets: A Rock Opera by O'Neill, but the inclusion of the song on their previous record made it impossible. In retrospect, the band wanted to have called the album "Ghost in the Ruins". O'Neill said that "Streets was OK too", but Jon Oliva disliked the fact that "A Rock Opera" was tagged onto the title. Oliva has said he has only introduced any performance of the album simply as "Streets". Eventually, an album entitled "Ghost in the Ruins" was released in 1995 as a tribute to Criss Oliva. On September 27, 2013 EarMusic Records released a 31-track narrated version of the album, which also