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Kurt Cobain
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alexpnz
Lord Dipstick
Brilliant songwriter.
At that time, not too many were mixing sing along choruses and hooks a la The Beatles with the riffs and song strutcures of Black Sabbath.
Historically important for singlehandidly killing L.A. Metal and Michael Jackson's hold on the charts, with one album.
My :2 cents:
At that time, not too many were mixing sing along choruses and hooks a la The Beatles with the riffs and song strutcures of Black Sabbath.
Historically important for singlehandidly killing L.A. Metal and Michael Jackson's hold on the charts, with one album.
My :2 cents:
Ace Boobtoucher
Founder and Captain of the Douchepatrol
When I first moved to Vegas back in the 90's I visited the Hard Rock Hotel and was looking around at all the memorabilia. There was a whole wall with shitty fan mail poems dedicated to Cobain and I was intent on reading it when I was approached by a casino hostess who was dumb enough to ask if I had any questions. I asked why wasn't his shotgun in the collection?
ApolloBalboa
Was King of the Board for a Day
One of the big factors in grunge spilling into the mainstream (despite his best efforts), but an average musician at best and overrated figurehead to thousands of Generation Y teenagers.
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Poor guy was a tortured soul = Brilliant songwriter && music < tortured soul += historically changed music during his short time here
I think nostalgia and his premature death puts him on a far greater pedestal than his actual musical ability. However he was a good song writer, and like someone earlier said, was the figurehead for a generational shift in musical tastes, bringing people back into guitar music again and paving the way for bands like Pearly Jam and Pavement.
In terms of musical significance I think he is an important chapter in the evolution of music and should never be forgotten. But to simply dismiss him on pure musical talent is to miss the point entirely. After all the Sex Pistols were not great musicians either.
In terms of musical significance I think he is an important chapter in the evolution of music and should never be forgotten. But to simply dismiss him on pure musical talent is to miss the point entirely. After all the Sex Pistols were not great musicians either.
Yeah, if he was still alive, he'd be irrelevant now. He was great at what he did - writing for that very narrow genre - but not a superstar in any other way. He was moderately influential, but again, I don't think people would be talking about him much if he were still alive. He died at his peak, so it's easy to postulate that his career would have continued like that, but, let's face it, that's incredibly unlikely.
He wrote pretty good songs. He was decently talented. He died young, and riding the wave of success. I think it's time to move on.
But, that's just my opinion.
He wrote pretty good songs. He was decently talented. He died young, and riding the wave of success. I think it's time to move on.
But, that's just my opinion.
Overrated trash
Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam is a better songwriter and singer (In my opinion).
Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam is a better songwriter and singer (In my opinion).
Pearl Jam's Ten predates Nevermind. Nirvana's Bleach album in 89 wasn't that popular until Nevermind came out.
Vanilla Bear
Bears For Life
Overrated trash.
I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.
Sure it does. Look at the Beatles. Mediocre, but cultural icons. Not unlike Cobain. Meh musician, but leading the counter-cultural revolution. puts them in a different class of "influential."
Come on, The Beatles were much more than mediocre. They completely revolutionized music.
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