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Nirvana wasn't the most overrated band ever, not to a bunch of kids my age who were growing up listening to a bunch of soul-less leftover new-wave garbage from the 80's (don't get me wrong, I LOVE 80's music). Nirvana came along at a pivotal time in this generation's life, when we had first entered that akward phase of adolescence and we were searching for something that amplified and expressed what we felt. There may have been a grip of other bands that served this purpose for our generation, but "Nevermind" came at the perfect time and reinvented rock. You can say that Nirvana wasn't a great band, that Kurt Cobain wasn't talented, and shit, you might even be right. But that wasn't the point. The point was that Nirvana and the rest of grunge deliverd a 10,000 volt kickstart to a music scene that was stagnant, boring, and had no substance whatsoever. And yes, to all of you guys a couple of years older than me, I know that alternative and grunge were around a few years before Nirvana, being played on college radio and struggling to break through to the mainstream, but Nirvana was that band that finally tore through. Bands like Tad, Mudhoney, Girls Against Boys and countless others laid the foundation, and Nirvana merely built upon it. "Smells like teen spirit" hit at exactly the right time, and just happened to be the song that did it. So you can say that they are the most overrated band ever, and in your opinion, which you're more than entitled to, you may be right. There may not have been anything extraordinary about them, nothing terribly special about them, nothing that set them apart from all the other alternative and grunge bands falling like Seattle rain out of the Pacific Northwest. But you CAN NOT deny that they were one of the most IMPORTANT bands ever, if for no other reason than for what they were, and what they did.Leave a comment:
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:up: AIC.... THose guys still rock to this day. I have two of there albums and they get played every week of the year... Lane was a MAJOR loss in music.... Nirvana, also a great band, perhaps getting a little too much credit from time to time, but put out great music none the less, I listen to those guys quite frequently too..Leave a comment:
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2 of 3 I agree. Temple wasn't my fav. Lane was a far bigger loss than Kurt. I was with some buddies at Western ('92?) for a Mudhoney/ Screaming Trees/ Nirvana show - Nirvana was the big act, but we, like a lot of others, were there for Mud, stayed for the Trees since they were our hometown band, and left 2-3 songs into Nirvana.
Sorry Kurt, but Bleach was your best showing, and if Courtney didn't stick a shotgun in your mouth and stage your suicide you would be a small note in grunge history, instead of the icon that CFOX makes you out to be. I lived in Forks in '91 and I heard from a lot of locals you had your drugged out ass living under bridges in Aberdeen because you were a dick to everyone. You are as cool as Lars Ulrich.Leave a comment:
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Fuckin a right. He died right about the same time as Alliyah, and there were all these specials and shit all over MTV about how missed she was and what an important artist she was, and no one said a fucking WORD about Lane Staley. Alice in Chains and Soundgarden were the 2 greatest bands to come out of the grunge years.
Besides Nirvana. :DLeave a comment:
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Guest repliedYup, Seattle is pretty much the best city in the world.Leave a comment:
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Yep, they are good. They have great harmonies, such that it's hard to cover them as a band, I know we did some AIC covers. The harmonies are very intricate so that it's hard to separate them, but they're there. Great music.
That whole genre of music still resonates with me. Love it.Leave a comment:
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wasn't there a rumor flying around about AIC getting back together with a new frontman?Leave a comment:
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I haven't listened to them in a LONG fucking time, I'm oretty sure I still have a couple of there cd's though, I'll check when I take a drive at lunch.Leave a comment:
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