Never Mind Nirvana?

posted Nov 6, 2004 at 1:39 PM by deathbringer. (52 Comments)

Sure, Nirvana is not exactly metal or grunge or punk. I ran across this article on Nirvana's legacy and found it well wrtten and an interesting read. Here's an excerpt:

You remember Nirvana don't you, small little band out of Seattle, was really big in the early 1990's? They had a lead singer named Kurt Cobain who combined unbelievable song writing talent with unadulterated rage and rancor at the world. They helped kick start the grunge movement, a movement they would never embrace but can?t help but be linked to. They took a shotgun to the remains of hair metal that had dominated the past years of the music scene. Then in 1994, Cobain took a shotgun and blew his brains out. At the time, as is the case whenever a huge musical force passes away at such an early age, people said Nirvana would never be forgotten. Sadly, they have.

Read the full article at Elites TV.

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52 Comments on "Never Mind Nirvana?"

1. Melissa writes:

f*** You!!! Nirvana and Kurt Cobain have not been forgotten. I think I speak for a lot of people whwn I say this.

# Nov 6, 2004 @ 4:38 PM ET | IP Logged

2. chrisvasquez writes:

Hell Yeah!!! NIRVANA and KURT COBAIN will never ever be fogotten.

# Nov 6, 2004 @ 9:54 PM ET | IP Logged

3. brad writes:

HELL YEAH!!!

the least talented piece of sh** easily forgotten band of all time!

# Nov 6, 2004 @ 10:46 PM ET | IP Logged

4. brokenwings13 writes:

jeez, they need to remind of Nirvana AGAIN?? I'm so sick of this band, and have always been sick of them. I can't see how this untalented band got so big. oh, wait, that's right, there was MTV. Nirvana sucks. There is no "legacy" of Kurt CObain, all he was was a whiny little s**t who wrote his complaints down and turned them into crappy songs.

Alice In Chains is WAY better.

# Nov 6, 2004 @ 11:10 PM ET | IP Logged

5. Devildrivor writes:

*kisses brokens feat* Alice in Chains and Nirvana are like comparing Holy Water to sh**.

Nirvana sucked.

# Nov 6, 2004 @ 11:41 PM ET | IP Logged

6. relliK writes:

Nirvana is anything but forgotten.They are THE REASON that mainstream success requires no musicianship whatsoever.

# Nov 7, 2004 @ 12:03 AM ET | IP Logged

7. MarineChick007 writes:

yeah AIC is WAY better. you can actually somewhat understand what they are saying.

# Nov 7, 2004 @ 12:07 AM ET | IP Logged

8. brokenwings13 writes:

somewhat is the keyword there. but, yeah, they were way better. i loved the harmony between layne and jerry, it's like they had the amps connected in their heads and knew what was going to happen next with a song. it's a shame they didn't keep it going.

# Nov 7, 2004 @ 12:39 AM ET | IP Logged

9. Andy Christ writes:

'They are THE REASON that mainstream success requires no musicianship whatsoever.'

That's a bit far isn't it? Awful bands have been turning out simplistic sh**e since the dawn of popular music.

# Nov 7, 2004 @ 1:29 AM ET | IP Logged

10. MadK writes:

I loved a lot of that seattle stuff. I used to listen to old Screaming Trees and Dinosaur Jr.
all the time back in the day. I know Yo!!!

# Nov 7, 2004 @ 1:24 PM ET | IP Logged

11. brokenwings13 writes:

I liked Mudhoney.

# Nov 7, 2004 @ 3:07 PM ET | IP Logged

12. Andy Christ writes:

Soundgarden were the best thing to come out of the Seattle miasma. I quite like AIC and, hell, I even enjoyed Nirvana back in the day, but the fact is that I haven't actually listened to any of my Nirvana sh** in ohh.... 7 years or so...

Why the hell Pearl Jam sold more records than everyone else is completely beyond me. I f***ing loathe that band.

# Nov 7, 2004 @ 4:07 PM ET | IP Logged

13. brad writes:

not all mainstream sucks

tool kicks a considerable amount of ass

# Nov 7, 2004 @ 4:08 PM ET | IP Logged

14. Sean writes:

yeah i hoped nirvana gets forgotten theres not much reason to remember them . . . Alice in cahins kicks some serious ass

# Nov 7, 2004 @ 4:20 PM ET | IP Logged

15. Andy Christ writes:

In Nirvana's defense, Kurt started messing around with some fairly avant garde guitar-playing on In Utero. If he'd lived and gotten off the mainstream d***, they may have turned out some really interesting music.

# Nov 7, 2004 @ 4:38 PM ET | IP Logged

16. MarineChick007 writes:

man MadK, you must be old, you keep talking about "back in the day".

# Nov 7, 2004 @ 4:49 PM ET | IP Logged

17. brokenwings13 writes:

i hate pearl jam. they're the worst band and they've stayed around the longest!

that just goes to show you that good things leave as quickley as they came.

# Nov 7, 2004 @ 8:04 PM ET | IP Logged

18. ZerO writes:

Say what you want, but Nirvana was a f***ing great band. And they will be remembered...

# Nov 7, 2004 @ 8:51 PM ET | IP Logged

19. Dark-Calibur writes:

They are a good band, and alot of great bands that came out of seattle are great, but the best was jimi hendrix.

# Nov 7, 2004 @ 8:58 PM ET | IP Logged

20. writes:

nirvana is one of the most influencial bands of all time

R.I.P. kurt cobain

# Nov 7, 2004 @ 9:11 PM ET | IP Logged

21. MarineChick007 writes:

hey you know if seattle grunge was that important, how come they didn't make that big of a deal when Layne Staley (God rest his soul) died?

# Nov 7, 2004 @ 9:14 PM ET | IP Logged

22. Muffy writes:

If it wasn't 4 nirvana the whole seattle scene would have never made it . hey marinewhore, the more you speak the more you reveal how ignorant you truly r. Stick with the donnas and shut the f*** up!

# Nov 8, 2004 @ 12:53 AM ET | IP Logged

23. Andy Christ writes:

There wasn't much of a fuss comparatively when Staley died because most people figured his days were limited anyway. Unfortunate to say that, but it's true when you're discussing a junkie. Besides the hype had passed and the mainstream media had effectively forgotten about AIC (they love Godsmack, though, go figure...).

# Nov 8, 2004 @ 1:04 AM ET | IP Logged

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24. tattoocreator writes:

I was like 11 when Nevermind came out and I thought they were the greatest band in the f***ing world. Then a mate lent me Slayer CD and it was like I had seen the light and it was see yah later Nirvana! MTV and the mainstream blew their importance way out of preportion. To all the Pearl Jam haters out there a hell yeah, never could stand the mumbled vocals and crapy music. Muffy should pull the d*** out of her mouth, come up for some air and stop spouting nonsensical bullsh**.

# Nov 8, 2004 @ 1:15 AM ET | IP Logged

25. Andy Christ writes:

Sorry, tattoocreator, but that's kind of what Muffy does...

# Nov 8, 2004 @ 1:18 AM ET | IP Logged

26. Muffy writes:

truth hurts, huh b****?

# Nov 8, 2004 @ 11:21 AM ET | IP Logged

27. ..... writes:

I wouldnt call Tool mainstream, i have never in my life heard them on the radio and they barely get air play

# Nov 8, 2004 @ 2:59 PM ET | IP Logged

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28. Big_Dan writes:

f*** Nirvana! They are one of the all time worst bands ever! Nobody liked them until that fa**ot Kurt Blowbrain killed himself. Everyone hoped on the band wagon in 1994. Meanwhile Pantera, Slayer, and Deicide dominated my Tape collection. (Yeah remember Tapes that's what REAL metal came out on)
Look the guy was a junkie, f***'IM. Their riffs were simple and simply boreing. their solos were just the melody two octives higher, and the vocals sounded like a pre-pubecent boy getting the SHlT beat out of him. If you like nirvana and were born after 1985, you jumped on the nirvana band-wagon, and are a poser. if you were born before 1980 and like nirvana you just have no taste in music, and if you were born in between 1980 and 1985 and like nirvan you need the SHlT kicked out of you!

# Nov 8, 2004 @ 4:44 PM ET | IP Logged

29. Andy Christ writes:

Come on Dan, bring it. I was born in 1980. I liked Nirvana, but that was as a kid (1992) who'd never even heard of Pantera, Slayer or Deicide, or indeed metal at large. As far as I knew (ie, what the mainstream media would say) bands like Poison and Warrant were 'metal', and I f***ing hate those bands.

# Nov 8, 2004 @ 5:10 PM ET | IP Logged

30. brokenwings13 writes:

HA! I hear Tool ALL THE F***ING TIME OUT HERE!! it's most of what they play.

yeah, no one bothered to care when Layne died, but it was expected that he'd die,
he was a junkie. but the spiral of events before that made it worse.

# Nov 8, 2004 @ 5:51 PM ET | IP Logged

31. Muffy writes:

Andy, being that you r from australia i think you should stick with crocidiles and shut the f*** up!

# Nov 8, 2004 @ 6:31 PM ET | IP Logged

32. brokenwings13 writes:

muffy, being that you are from the planet Sh*tbrain,
don't you think you should go and die?

# Nov 8, 2004 @ 6:41 PM ET | IP Logged

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33. ac666 writes:

Hey fa**ot, shows what you know. There are no f***ing crocodiles anywhere around here. They're only found in a very small area of the country where no-one actually lives.

# Nov 8, 2004 @ 6:45 PM ET | IP Logged

34. MarineChick007 writes:

i hate the donnas.
there are no crocs in Aussieland, just a lot of dingoes, right?
nobody knew Staley was dead because he died one of those rare but there New York deaths where nobody notices untill two weeks later when the smell creeps into the hallway.

# Nov 8, 2004 @ 7:17 PM ET | IP Logged

35. MadK writes:

Im as ancient as Cthluhu. And muffy needs to die in its trailer.

# Nov 8, 2004 @ 8:13 PM ET | IP Logged

36. brokenwings13 writes:

why are we quoting from "When Harry Met Sally"??

# Nov 8, 2004 @ 9:38 PM ET | IP Logged

37. brad writes:

my head in on the keyboard so lets see if i f*** up any wordssssssss

# Nov 8, 2004 @ 9:41 PM ET | IP Logged

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38. ac666 writes:

No, there aren't actually that many dingoes around civilised areas either. Most of them are out in the desert. The only native wildlife you really see around town much of is tons of birds, and the rare (at night only) possum or bat.

# Nov 8, 2004 @ 11:11 PM ET | IP Logged

39. Sean writes:

lol wtf where did the donna's come from . . . however i share your hatred of them

# Nov 9, 2004 @ 12:34 AM ET | IP Logged

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40. tattoocreator writes:

what the f*** you on about Andy? Muffy should just do a Kurt Cobain and leave the rest of us in peace.

# Nov 9, 2004 @ 1:55 AM ET | IP Logged

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41. ac666 writes:

Basically, just stating that Muffy does nothing but spout nonsensical bullsh**. We're in complete agreement.

# Nov 9, 2004 @ 2:24 AM ET | IP Logged

42. metalthekid writes:

All the people out there that say that Nirvana sucked should pull their heads out of their asses and stick a f***ing watermelon up there cause you are all idiots. Just because you love metal does not mean that you cannot like something else. And so waht if Nirvana was mainstream, Kurt was not too happy about that and blew himself away because of it. So shut the hell up you whiney ignorant bastards and praise the glory that is Kurt Cobain and NIRVANA!

# Nov 9, 2004 @ 2:17 PM ET | IP Logged

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43. ac666 writes:

Why praise something if you do not feel it is worthy? f*** off you little sh**.

# Nov 9, 2004 @ 4:36 PM ET | IP Logged

44. MarineChick007 writes:

oh ok, thanks, we don't have dingoes in America, we have coyotes.
ac666, are you on the mainland of Austraila or are you in somewhere like New Zealand?

# Nov 9, 2004 @ 4:57 PM ET | IP Logged

45. brokenwings13 writes:

i listen to other things than metal, and besides, my hatred for nirvana doesn't come from the fact that i like metal, it comes from the fact that nirvana is a bad band. They SUCK! it's my opinion. not yours.

# Nov 9, 2004 @ 7:05 PM ET | IP Logged

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46. ac666 writes:

Mainland Australia, near Sydney. Oh, and just so you know, other than being fairly close to use, New Zealand has nothing to do with us. They're kind of like our version of Canada.

# Nov 9, 2004 @ 8:36 PM ET | IP Logged

47. brokenwings13 writes:

well put. i never considered NZ a part of Austrailia.

# Nov 9, 2004 @ 9:07 PM ET | IP Logged

48. MarineChick007 writes:

not as a country but as a continent, 13. it count's if you're in geography class.
i have few friends that live in Auckland New Zealand that's whay i asked.

# Nov 9, 2004 @ 9:50 PM ET | IP Logged

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49. ac666 writes:

Actually, New Zealand isn't regarded as part of the Australian continent. Technically, we are the only country in the world that is also a continent.

# Nov 9, 2004 @ 9:54 PM ET | IP Logged

50. Matt writes:

Nirvana does suck. Kurt Cobain couldn't play guitar for sh**. Besides, there were much better grunge bands of the time besides them(Soundgarden, Hum, Sonic Youth, The Smashing Pumpkins just to name a few). I honestly don't see why people are gung ho about Nirvana. The only thing Kurt did was write the occasional catchy song and write stupid lyrics. Oh wait, I know. It's because he killed himself. I think I'll do that if I ever become a musician so I can infect the minds of young impressionable teens and cause them to think of me as something great.

# Nov 19, 2004 @ 12:43 AM ET | IP Logged

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51. fallend783 writes:

f*** that sh**...the band that has been forgotten and should be a legacy is...i agree AIC...but also SOUNDGARDEN...i mean there early stuff like "jesus christ pose" and "outshine" was some good sh**.. then they come with "black-hole sun", "spoonman". "Ty Cobb" etc..and in the grunge age...no one could touch the singing skills of chris cornell...they were the sh** and would smoke any band during the grunge age....

# Nov 19, 2004 @ 3:28 AM ET | IP Logged

52. PorcupineOpeth99 writes:

Wow...sensitive subject here....Yes opinions abound "Nirvana were great" "Nirvana were terrible". Lets confine all this nonsense to time tested facts. Nirvana, with the help of Alice In Chains, Soundgarden Mudhoney, the Melvins, PearlJam etc. ushered in something infinetely more profound than Damn Yankees, Nelson Nelson, Poison, and heh...Winger. So what if the band lacked in muscianship, the band broadened the rock music vocabulary of the world, and Cobain could write circles around Simpleplan or POD or whatever passes for popular rock today.

# Nov 19, 2004 @ 5:41 AM ET | IP Logged

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