Strummer521

There are some people who will never be able to apreciate those bands. Some will listen for a couple seconds and then tune-out, turned off by the "experimentalism" and the stigma that goes with it. Others will listen carefully and simply not like what they hear. A lot of people's ears are tuned to and conditioned for pop and other mainstream sounds, and anything else sounds too off-kilter. This is not an insult to those people, simply what seems to be a fact. Being a Nirvana fan and not liking Pixies doesn't compute though. They are one the biggest influences on Cobain and the guys and you can really hear it in the way they blend pop-structure and tunefullness with the abrasive agression of thrash and punk. Listen to "Debaser" and tell me you can't hear nirvana in there. Feel free to dislike them, but keep in mind they have greatly affected you never the less.