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Originally Posted by Jack Pat
It's funny because you think that by covering one of V.U.'s, Nirvana gave them more popularity and attention. We're talking about the band who created so many genres and has had influence over so many others. A band that is FAR more important than Nirvana. What gave V.U. more attention was the popularity of Lou Reed's solo work and other bands' constant citations as them being a musical influence (Sonic Youth, Pavement, and many others).
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The only reason VU are far more influential than Nirvana, is because they were around some 20 years before Nirvana were ever thought of. To make a fair comparison, you need to take a band from around the same era as Nirvana.
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Originally Posted by BastardofYoung
But it was Nirvana's cover of VU that I personally knew them from.
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Diamond Head one of the best bands to have ever come out of the UK, finally got some of the recognition that they deserved due to Metallica covering their songs and the amount of bands that have covered VU material is endless.