It's that time of year again...

[hooplala]

Cobain's suicide sealed the deal; without it they would have been just another 90's alt band, and not THE 90's alt band in so many people's minds.

Bingo. 

[AFK]

Nirvana were huge when Cobain killed himself.  What sealed the deal was the fact that they engaged so many through their music.  One of the things Kurt struggled with was the fact that they were drawing not just the weirdos into left-of-center music.  They were drawing the jocks, the preppies, the rich kids, the middle class kids, the poor kids, boys and girls, the smart kids, everyone.  "Come As You Are".

It wasn't just going to be any band.  Yes, there was a generation of kids waiting for a band or music movement to come along that would speak to them and include them.  Hair metal wasn't doing it, the pop mainstream of the day wasn't doing it.  Nirvana rumbled in with "Teen Spirit" and youth culture responded with a "Fuck Yes". 

Pearl Jam couldn't have done that, Soundgarden couldn't, AIC couldn't. Nirvana was the only band set up to do that.  And there hasn't been a band that has done that since.

Period.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

And this is how fanboys are born.   

[hooplala]

Nirvana were huge when Cobain killed himself.  What sealed the deal was the fact that they engaged so many through their music.  One of the things Kurt struggled with was the fact that they were drawing not just the weirdos into left-of-center music.  They were drawing the jocks, the preppies, the rich kids, the middle class kids, the poor kids, boys and girls, the smart kids, everyone.  "Come As You Are".

It wasn't just going to be any band.  Yes, there was a generation of kids waiting for a band or music movement to come along that would speak to them and include them.  Hair metal wasn't doing it, the pop mainstream of the day wasn't doing it.  Nirvana rumbled in with "Teen Spirit" and youth culture responded with a "Fuck Yes". 

Pearl Jam couldn't have done that, Soundgarden couldn't, AIC couldn't. Nirvana was the only band set up to do that.  And there hasn't been a band that has done that since.

Period.

You and I are close to the same age... what sort of high school did you go to?  At my school Nirvana was certainly very popular (to my dismay) but equally so, at that time, was Pearl Jam and a plethora of other "alternative" bands I loathed.  You know what else was extremely popular with the youth?  Probably more so?  Hip fucking hop.  The 90s were not the niche market you seem to recall.

[AFK]

You think the alternative music scene would have been as big without Nirvana?  If so, who had the capacity to draw in as many different segments of youth culture as Nirvana did?

[Don Coyote]

Were you all in comas during the 90s?

no I was listening to the smashing pumpkins.  I have always disliked nirvana's sound

[hooplala]

You think the alternative music scene would have been as big without Nirvana?  If so, who had the capacity to draw in as many different segments of youth culture as Nirvana did?

Yes.  Hard music had been moving in that direction for years.  Look at Jane's Addiction, they were putting out "alternative" music five years earlier, it was only a matter of time.  You seem to be under the impression that Pearl Jam existed in obscurity.  By my recollection, before Cobain ate both barrels of a shotgun, they were basically even in popularity... then Kurt decided to rip off Neil Young too, and his longevity was sealed.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

This thread has been in a loop since page 2.

Which reminds me of something.  But what?

[hooplala]

This thread has been in a loop since page 2.

Which reminds me of something.  But what?

Good point.  I've stated my five cents.  I'm out.

[trippinprincezz13]

I think Blink 182 should be in the Hall of Fame because they invented GreenDay and then Sum 41. Changed my life forever, man!

Besides, if Nirvana was so popular, that can only mean they were sellouts and thus inauthentic and undeserving of the Hall of Fame.

I nominate the band that smashes away every so often in one of the apartment buildings near me, because no-one has heard of them, so they are the most authentic of all.

[Don Coyote]

I think Blink 182 should be in the Hall of Fame because they invented GreenDay and then Sum 41. Changed my life forever, man!

Besides, if Nirvana was so popular, that can only mean they were sellouts and thus inauthentic and undeserving of the Hall of Fame.

I nominate the band that smashes away every so often in one of the apartment buildings near me, because no-one has heard of them, so they are the most authentic of all.

[hooplala]

I think Blink 182 should be in the Hall of Fame because they invented GreenDay and then Sum 41.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Nirvana were huge when Cobain killed himself.  What sealed the deal was the fact that they engaged so many through their music.  One of the things Kurt struggled with was the fact that they were drawing not just the weirdos into left-of-center music.  They were drawing the jocks, the preppies, the rich kids, the middle class kids, the poor kids, boys and girls, the smart kids, everyone.  "Come As You Are".

It wasn't just going to be any band.  Yes, there was a generation of kids waiting for a band or music movement to come along that would speak to them and include them.  Hair metal wasn't doing it, the pop mainstream of the day wasn't doing it.  Nirvana rumbled in with "Teen Spirit" and youth culture responded with a "Fuck Yes". 

Pearl Jam couldn't have done that, Soundgarden couldn't, AIC couldn't. Nirvana was the only band set up to do that.  And there hasn't been a band that has done that since.

Period.

You and I are close to the same age... what sort of high school did you go to?  At my school Nirvana was certainly very popular (to my dismay) but equally so, at that time, was Pearl Jam and a plethora of other "alternative" bands I loathed.  You know what else was extremely popular with the youth?  Probably more so?  Hip fucking hop.  The 90s were not the niche market you seem to recall.

I think a lot of people forget just how insanely popular Pearl Jam was. By the time Cobain died, Pearl Jam was far more popular than Nirvana. Unfortunately.

You know who was a big fucking deal in the music scene? THE band? You already know this; it was the Pixies.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I think Blink 182 should be in the Hall of Fame because they invented GreenDay and then Sum 41. Changed my life forever, man!

Besides, if Nirvana was so popular, that can only mean they were sellouts and thus inauthentic and undeserving of the Hall of Fame.

I nominate the band that smashes away every so often in one of the apartment buildings near me, because no-one has heard of them, so they are the most authentic of all.

[trippinprincezz13]

I think Blink 182 should be in the Hall of Fame because they invented GreenDay and then Sum 41.

What!? Green Day is on Broadway now, the most authentic of all. And they never would have made it there if not for Blink 182 streaking in a music video singing about how mature they were.