I never meant that in an elitist way, such as the previous poster, but I would argue that seeing as how both of those bands had a strong influence on Nirvana, Kurt in particular, and the fact that grunge in general grew from the indie scene of the 80s, that those bands among others like Sonic Youth and Husker Du would have more to do with appreciating Nirvana than Dream Theater or Satriani, who really fall more into the progressive self-indulgent rock category that punk, and in turn the genres that grew out of it like indie and grunge, was against.
That has got to be the longest and most convoluted sentence I've ever written. It's too late for this ****.
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