Nirvana is the most overrated band in the history of music.

You are being shown up here, OP. Talking about Soundgarden, RATM, Tool, Alice in Chains etc like they never gained fame, influence or recognition. That Nirvana stole their thunder?? It's a bit of a stretch.

Lots of people, including myself, loved Nirvana. And they are supremely important for their time and place in rock history. Objectively, they may have worked on a smaller canvas than these other monsters of modern rock, but damn, they got a lot of people to pick up instruments for the first time and give it a go - and that is true influence.

Slamming Nirvana is like poo-hooing the Hola hoop for being a lame piece of plastic.

on the other hand, Nirvana did a good job of killing off the hair bands

and for that I am forever grateful

I know meth heads and smack junkies that feel the angst in Nirvan's music. They lived the dream- though Kurt Cobains dream ended up a fucking nightmare shooting heroin.

I am saying in the real world people need their real music, and Nirvana gave it to a segment in the culture, it cant be denied.

Music is more than just talent. The guy or gal that captures the angst of life in rock music will be treasured. Nirvana captured it, and they will be remembered by many of us for it. Like all great artists, they moved on to other things.


I'm sorry... I just hate their music. It's the most depressing horse shit I've ever been unfortunate enough to hear. You'll find more cheer in a fucking graveyard than in Nirvana's music.

I mean, damn... it's no wonder the man killed himself, writing music like that.

You don't sound very open minded or full of cheer yourself. You're a psychic vampire full of negative energy. Nirvana are the second-greatest band ever next to The Beatles. That's my opinion.

That's because the hoola-hoop is a stupid piece of plastic.

That's because the hoola-hoop is a stupid piece of plastic.




After the hoop was released in 1958,Wham-O sold 25 million in the first four months and over 100 million in its first year. As the fad ran its course, Wham-O again struck lucky with the release of their Frisbee.

To relaunch the Hula Hoop in the late 1960s, Wham-O staged a national competition in the US in conjunction with the National Parks & Recreation Network. The National Hula Hoop Contest (subsequently re-named the World Hula Hoop Championships) grew in scope from 500 U. S. cities in 1968 to over 2,000 cities in 1980, with two million participants.

Baby Boomer cohort #1 (born from circa 1946 to 1955), the young cohort who epitomized the cultural change of the sixties
Memorable events: assassinations of JFK, Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr., political unrest, walk on the moon, risk of the draft into the Vietnam War, anti-war protests, social experimentation, sexual freedom, drug experimentation, civil rights movement, environmental movement, women's movement, protests and riots, mainstream rock from the Beatles to Jimi Hendrix experimentation with various intoxicating recreational substances
Key characteristics: experimental, individualism, free spirited, social cause oriented
Key members: Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush
Baby Boomer cohort #2 or Generation Jones (born from circa 1956 to 1964)
Memorable events: Watergate, Nixon resigns, the Cold War, lowered drinking age in many states 1970-1976 (followed by raising), the oil embargo, raging inflation, gasoline shortages, Jimmy Carter's imposition of registration for the draft, punk or new wave from Deborah Harry and techno pop to Annie Lennox and MTV
Key characteristics: less optimistic, distrust of government, general cynicism.

A different generation finding liberation and joy from disposible culture. It's not the material, its how it makes you move.

Cynical Mind you are the guy who cried and stamped his feet when punk rock and new wave took the attention away from his stadium playing concept rock bloated cocaine silk scarf ego penis supergroups in 1976, it's been 33 years... NOW GET OVER IT!

you should really understand WHY a band like Nirvana who were more accessible than AIC, Soundgarden, Mudhoney to middle America became so popular. the top selling music at the time was Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Michael Bolton etc. a generation of nihilists sick of the politics of Bush senior, Gulf War, wackjobs blowing up abortion clinics needed something primal and loud to listen to while bumping into each other in a dark concert hall.

on a musical note, that's your call but I would add that a lesser and more undeserving rock band would have followed up an unexpected 5 million seller record like Nevermind with a safe and easy next record. In Utero is the best 'fuck you' to America and western civilization i've ever heard.

on the other hand, Nirvana did a good job of killing off the hair bands

and for that I am forever grateful


I don't know... it's gotten to a point now where I'd gladly take Faster Pussycat over Nirvana and the slew of garbage bands that Kurt spawned before, and after his demise.

Rat ??? Poison ??? Great White ???

hah, rolling stones is still selling out massive concerts.

LOL cobain was death with his own gun dumbass :p

I'm a pretty hateful guy, as if you can't tell.

But here are some of the bands that I love:


Old-School:

Pink Floyd
AC/DC
Metallica
Deep Purple
Dire Straits
The Who
Queen
Black Sabbath
Steppenwolf
etc.

Soon-to-be Legends:

Tool
Rage Against The Machine
Pearl Jam
Pantera
Dream Theater
Soundgarden
etc.

He was trying to end Nirvana and go in a completely different direction, which is part of the reason why he was removed in order to keep the money pumping into the brand.

Yes, I said it.

I've never, ever seen a band as insanely overrated as Nirvana. I know a lot of people say bands like The Beatles are overrated... but at least The Beatles could actually play music worth a shit.

For fuck's sake, man... all Nirvana was, was just a bunch of angst-ridden junkie teenagers. They didn't do anything great. There were tons of other bands out during the "grunge" era that mopped the floor with Nirvana... such as TOOL, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, and PEARL JAM.

Seriously... fuck Nirvana.