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- beasty_dave_Mk2, on 04/09/2009, -3/+14no. that was his ***** of a wife.
- ashkan101, on 04/09/2009, -4/+15Suicide, right.
- Deeh, on 04/09/2009, -4/+11That guys sang like his throat was full of rusty razors and broken glass and somehow his voice was still just awesome to listen to!
- ashkan101, on 04/09/2009, -1/+7Talented? In what sense?
From a technical standpoint sure, maybe their songs weren't as complex as the bands you've mentioned, but they made music that created a shift in the industry. In that respect they were much more talented than those other bands. And it takes more than "right place, right time" to do what they did. - theduffster89, on 04/09/2009, -2/+8just imagine how music would be if kurt was still around...i mean nirvana only had 2 major released albums and look at the influence they had on music...music would be so different today if he didnt kill himself
- slyzxx, on 04/09/2009, -0/+5Wow that`s bad.
- brownsound00, on 04/09/2009, -1/+6Nirvana was awesome. I love all those bands, but Nirvana opened the door for them. If you look at their chords and music... yes it is easy to play. But the way it was done was just... ***** awesome. I don't think Nirvana being one of the bands of a generation was lucky.
And putting pop and grunge in the same sentence is just *****. - IMHydrogen, on 04/09/2009, -2/+6quantity does not mean quality
- brownsound00, on 04/09/2009, -2/+6lemme guess, you think tool sucks, and creed and nickelback kick ass.
- lazyslacker, on 04/09/2009, -0/+3buried/blocked/reported
- ZephyrNinety, on 04/09/2009, -0/+2That's dumb gay
- mferrari3, on 04/09/2009, -1/+3Everyone thinks that is ***** conspiracy, but when you look at the facts, it's so obvious that he was killed and that his "attempt" in Rome also may have been Courtney trying to kill him.
He had 3x the lethal dose of heroin in him when found, meaning he would have died within seconds of taking it, not being able to shoot himself.
The shotgun was too long to have the trigger pulled with his finger, so his toe would have had to be used. He was found with shoes on.
Courtney's ex-Boyfriend (and the couple's babysitter) bought the shotgun that killed Kurt.
The door to the room he was found was not barricaded, the barricade was to a balcony to the outside.
He had plans to quit the music business and leave Courtney, so he had a future planned out, not his death.
A man said soon after Kurt's death that Courtney asked him to kill Kurt and he refused. He mysteriously died soon after going public with his claims.
The "suicide note" was a letter to fans about quitting the business, and only the last few lines hinted at suicide, and they were shown to most likely be in different handwriting. Courtney had a notebook that was found filled with pages of attempts at Kurt's handwriting as well.
Kurt Cobain being murdered is more than just a wacky theory. - lifeandtimes, on 04/09/2009, -0/+2Not saying that wouldn't have happened, but they in know way would have affected music very much. Look at Green Day, they're immensely popular and have been around for freaking years. Have they changed music? Nope.
- ZombieSociety, on 04/09/2009, -0/+2An Guitar Hero.
- Kaegro, on 04/09/2009, -2/+3??? how did Kurt kill rock?
I agree with brownsound00. Creed, Nickleback, good Charlotte, even Blink182 can be blamed for the death of real rock. Nirvana was one of the last great bands, like Sublime and Metalica before they got all gay. - LanEvo, on 04/09/2009, -0/+1some talentless crack addict
- Kaegro, on 04/09/2009, -0/+1...Nirvana haters or what.
I remember being 11 and just starting to see the world and then I get introduced to the AWESOMENESS that was Nirvana...then he died like a week later. I listen to Nirvana once and a while. I didnt do drugs when I was 11, but theres nothing like rolling a dewb and listening to Sliver! Man, what pisses me off is that I'll never see them preform live. Oh, and its because of Kurt and Brad Nowell that I wont do hard drugs. Not because they overdosed and died, but because they wrote about it in their music and it was always depicted as bad. I could understand the pain of the drugs thrue their music. Kurt will always be missed by those his music have touched, for the rest of you Nickleback fans, pfffft. - inactive, on 04/09/2009, -2/+3I agree.
- slyzxx, on 04/09/2009, -4/+5Q101 in Chicago plays his songs like 20 times a day still.
- Teloe, on 04/09/2009, -10/+11Kurt Cobain's Legacy Still Evolving 15 Years After Murder
- whiteguysamurai, on 04/09/2009, -0/+1NIN?
Maybe you might have looked up the wrong guy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Smith - cochonnerie, on 04/09/2009, -0/+1Kurt's death was a turning point in music history for me; it marks the eventual re-emergence of pop music (Backstreet Boys, Spice Girls) and the advent of downloaded music. In a way, Nirvana was the last great garage-rock band that was both "real" and commercially successful at the same time. I'm not saying Kurt's death made all of this happened... but it certainly represented the times. There was a kind of schism that happened between 1994-96 where everything seemed to change.
BTW. I'm not saying there haven't been any great garage-rock bands since... but the nature of it all changed... and they haven't had the same kind of success or affect on the world. - brownsound00, on 04/09/2009, -4/+5the way i see it... nirvana would have made one or 2 more CDs and broke up. I don't think kurt was the kind of guy that would want to ride out his fame or anything. I think he would have went on to have a freakin awesome career on his own, and then pop up to make some pearl jam/alice in chains cameos here and there.
- stuma9000, on 04/09/2009, -0/+1When you written some great music you can talk. Until then STFU.
- stuma9000, on 04/09/2009, -0/+1Yeah I've been saying this for years but no-one listens.
- ashkan101, on 04/09/2009, -0/+1Of course. Some even say the same thing about Newton and Einstein. People were just sick of the same old theories and postulates so they just happened to be in the right place, right time.
- stuma9000, on 04/09/2009, -0/+1Hey i looked up Shawn Smith. Not bad. Bit too NIN'sih for my liking.
- regression, on 04/09/2009, -0/+1I don't see nirvana , or kurt, as staying "grunge". They would have evolved. Kurt's guilt ridden love for pop music would have drastically changed the sound.
- lifeandtimes, on 04/09/2009, -2/+3You honestly think a grunge rock band would have such a resounding impact on music? C'mon, I really like Nirvana, but that is a quite the exaggeration.
@brownsound00
Completely agree. - IMHydrogen, on 04/09/2009, -0/+1yea I'm sure Kurt is looking down on you and saying, " I hope people imitate me instead of inspire people to do new things, like i supposedly did."
- byronne, on 04/09/2009, -1/+1Nirvana was never a Grunge band. Not even close, they were the next evolution of punk rock (and in my opinion, the last one). Mudhoney, who were mighty in their prime, was a Grunge band. The others you mention were just crappy metal bands with an overwhelming sense of purpose towards 'making it' as a rock band and all that that entailed. Lumping them in with Nirvana demonstrates a massive amount of ignorance and a lack of taste in music.
- NiftyG, on 04/09/2009, -4/+4Nirvana was always just one of many good punk bands to me. Punk existed 15-20 years before Nirvana got popular.
When Nirvana got popular, it was at a point when there were coincidentally a bunch 15-20 year olds who had literally grown up with punk as a genre. When these kids finally had disposable income, guess what happened - Nirvana and a bunch of other bands got really lucky and cashed in.
So, Kurt Cobain has a "legacy" because he was playing the right music in the right place at the right time and killed himself before he released a bad album. Timing is everything. - inactive, on 04/09/2009, -2/+2I sold a piece of chewing gum on ebay for $1100 in 2003, saying it was his from 1993 when I saw him at a concert spit it into the crowd, and I caught it. Actually, I left a piece of gum in my ashtray for a couple weeks and thought I would put it on ebay for $0.99 and see what happened. Can't believe someone bought it. Thanks again Kurt!
- Verugan, on 04/09/2009, -0/+0"Grunge" was a label applied to their musical style, among others, to market the genre to the masses. It was not a self-proclaimed style that Nirvana invented.
- Kaegro, on 04/09/2009, -0/+0so, are you related to Love?
- inactive, on 04/09/2009, -1/+1I like the bit where his wife got away with murder. and went on to have a really good career for someone with only vindictive bitches as fans.
- inactive, on 04/09/2009, -1/+1I love the Foo Fighters, but Nirvana to me has always been Kurt slurring "nah naah naah i contagious, here we are now entertanerzzz, yaaaa"
- ZephyrNinety, on 04/09/2009, -10/+10Everything you hear in their songs, all the songs you THINK are about Kurt Cobain, all the rumors, all that crap is *****. Stop obsessing. They were good, not great.
- lonelymiddle1, on 04/09/2009, -2/+2Kurt cobain is only as relevant as the rigid definition of grunge allows it to be. If "grunge" is a separate, distinct, and meaningful, actual event, then Nirvana is certainly pioneer, but to me, grunge was never really a meaningful word. Viewed in that light, Nirvana is just a good band whose legend has been extremely over exaggerated simpy because old boy was a douche and killed himsel. pussy
- Kaegro, on 04/09/2009, -1/+0so...which rock did you crawl out of?
- whiteguysamurai, on 04/09/2009, -3/+2The music, obviously.
Just because the world isn't ape ***** about seattle anymore, doesn't mean we didn't have great music. And we still have killer music.
Look up Shawn Smith. - dhughes, on 04/09/2009, -2/+1 I remember the day well because on that very day I sliced the tip of my finger as I was making a ham sandwich, I even had to get stitches and the doctor asked me if I was depressed I guess people must commit suicide by slicing one fingertip.
Earlier when I was in the waiting room the guy next to me started to chat, he showed me his arms covered in scars from cutting himself, I think the doctor must have confused us, I wonder if the doctor asked the other guy about a ham sandwich?
http://bayimg.com/PAoNDaABn - ZombieSociety, on 04/09/2009, -3/+2So Nirvana is still the most overrated thing in music ever, huh?
- lifeandtimes, on 04/09/2009, -8/+7Might be overstating his importance to the music industry by just a wee bit. This sounds more like fanaticism to me. Good music, but not terribly important.
- evergrim, on 04/09/2009, -4/+2I heard some rumour that Courtney Love killed him.
- sekseebeast, on 04/09/2009, -2/+0creative.
i applaud you - inactive, on 04/09/2009, -4/+1Yawn.......
- shadowofdeath15, on 04/09/2009, -8/+5http://i43.tinypic.com/j9y9hk.jpg
- IMHydrogen, on 04/09/2009, -5/+1no it really doesn't take much more than, right place right time. If you can tell me how I would be thrilled. That's how most bands get made. People are sick of what they are hearing and a band with a different sound, regardless of how good the music is, can make that band popular.
- yerdaddy, on 04/09/2009, -6/+2False.
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