Happy 52nd Birthday to Kurt Cobain

[Hey Yo]

I remember exactly where I was when I heard 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' for the first time and when I heard it announced that he had committed suicide.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xCgwXWEQ10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvwqSMRtoSI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6XBlkvTmv8

[Akrazotile]

I know Nirvana gets credit for popularizing the alternative/grunge era, was never too big on them personally. Prefer Soundgarden, PJ, Foo Fighters, Pumpkins, RATM.

Thats just me tho.

[Patrick Chewing]

I know Nirvana gets credit for popularizing the alternative/grunge era, was never too big on them personally. Prefer Soundgarden, PJ, Foo Fighters, Pumpkins, RATM.

Thats just me tho.

Yeah they are vastly overrated. Soundgarden and AIC were much better.



Crazy how from the Big 4, Eddie Vedder is still alive and kicking while everyone else is dead by suicide.

[TheMan]

Cobain's bitch was annoying af, she talked mad shit about metal and how it needed to go away. Yeah I realize a lot of shitty bands by the late 80s were making all metal music seem vapid and MTV dropped metal music like a hot potato and tried to pretend they never were into it but a lot of those bands were inspired by metal music to begin with, even Kurt before he got into punk. You can hear the Sabbath influence on Kim Thayil and Tom Morello's riffs. Most of these dudes grew up on metal.

I also wasn't ever too much into Nirvana, Soundgarden were my faves along with AIC and RATM.

RIP

[HylianNightmare]

Rip

But his music was garbage

[egokiller]

I know Nirvana gets credit for popularizing the alternative/grunge era, was never too big on them personally. Prefer Soundgarden, PJ, Foo Fighters, Pumpkins, RATM.

Thats just me tho.

Dave Grohl from Nirvana is the front man for Foo Fighters. How can you be big on Foo Fighters but not on Nirvana?

[Akrazotile]

Dave Grohl from Nirvana is the front man for Foo Fighters. How can you be big on Foo Fighters but not on Nirvana?

Gee, really!?? What a revelation


Nirvana was Kurt's writing and sound. Foo Fighters were Grohl's.

Grohl's was better.

Thanks for the breaking news tho.

[egokiller]

Gee, really!?? What a revelation


Nirvana was Kurt's writing and sound. Foo Fighters were Grohl's.

Grohl's was better.

Thanks for the breaking news tho.

Where do you think Grohl got it from?

[stalkerforlife]

He was murdered.

[Patrick Chewing]

One of the greatest and heaviest albums ever made.

[Edgar Friendly]

Dave Grohl from Nirvana is the front man for Foo Fighters. How can you be big on Foo Fighters but not on Nirvana?

Everyone is different. I love Nirvana but hate Foo Fighters. In fact I think all the "grunge" bands of the early 90s, and their off shoots, suck balls except for Nirvana.

My ranking:

1. Nirvana
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2. Temple of the Dog(3 songs)
3. Alice in Chains
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4. Audioslave
5. Soundgarden
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6. Pearl Jam
7. Foo Fighters
8. Stone Temple Pilots


You can't really compare Smashing Pumpkins or RATM to any of these grunge bands. They are on a whole other level better. If you consider Sponge grunge, they are better than all these guys as well. I've seen Pearl Jam and Soundgarden in concert, they both were horrible.

[red1]

nah he killed himself so he was a p[COLOR="Black"]u[/COLOR]ssy. we don't give any of these dudes shoutouts.


kurt cobain
chris cornell
chester bennington



all fakkits

[Hey Yo]

Gee, really!?? What a revelation


Nirvana was Kurt's writing and sound. Foo Fighters were Grohl's.

Grohl's was better.

Thanks for the breaking news tho.

Grohl's an attention whore. Never met a camera he didn't jump in front of.

[Patrick Chewing]

Everyone is different. I love Nirvana but hate Foo Fighters. In fact I think all the "grunge" bands of the early 90s, and their off shoots, suck balls except for Nirvana.

My ranking:

1. Nirvana
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2. Temple of the Dog(3 songs)
3. Alice in Chains
.
.
.
4. Audioslave
5. Soundgarden
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.
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.
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.
.
.
.
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6. Pearl Jam
7. Foo Fighters
8. Stone Temple Pilots


You can't really compare Smashing Pumpkins or RATM to any of these grunge bands. They are on a whole other level better. If you consider Sponge grunge, they are better than all these guys as well. I've seen Pearl Jam and Soundgarden in concert, they both were horrible.

FFS......

[Bimbo Coles]

I do think Cobain is a fascinating figure. He had it all and squandered it. However, I don't feel he had the talent to warrant his standing. He got lucky. If you consider the Van Gogh principle, that the artist can be way ahead of their time, I believe The Gun Club would have substituted well for Nirvana in the early '90s. This could have been the song of a generation...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH2ZWUZ2oP0

and then...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uMiDak76KI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMeMM9J0-oo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfSLey4qzM8

and for a change of pace...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QFiYh3eC2s


Self-loathing, desolation, desperation. Timing is everything, though. More palatable than The Cramps, with Cobain and his contemporaries being greatly indebted to them. Jeffrey Lee Pierce had the goods to carry a indie rock movement on his back (when it was becoming mainstream), but, like Cobain, a fragile mind would have been the great stumbling block.


The best things Corgan and co. did isn't even grunge, nor is it psychedelic grunge (something Corgan is, um, accused of). It's more in keeping with post-punk, with a dash of new wave (rare for the band)...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHucJfosf-s

and this marginally more familiar Pumpkins sound...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atuld5lJV78