There are some bands that become legendary simply by being in the right place at the right time. Nirvana is one of them. They were a good band but they have also become incredibly overrated over the years. Groups that preceded them, like Pixies or Husker Du or The Melvins, are easily their equals, if not their superiors, but Nirvana makes the "best of" lists largely by virtue of releasing the right album at the perfect moment when everything aligned for their music to click with massive numbers of people. It could just have easily been some other band in their place.
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