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fool on the hill · 12-01-2007, 07:50 AM

Nirvana is a decent enough band, but nothing remarkable, speaking strictly from a musical perspective. Way overrated.

I used to own In Utero & Nevermind ages ago and listened to them extensively back in the early/mid-nineties, but I eventually got tired of them, not to mention every other band that came out sounding the same.

True, they broke up the vacuity of the mid- and late-80s music, but in exchange for what? A different set of lemmings?

And ever since then, what was previously known in the States as "alternative" has baffled me-- whereas "alternative" music in the 80s had a great amount of diversity, now it was all the same sounding crap, the same bloody formula.

While it is true that Nirvana was big back in the day, Nirvana would have probably been more seen as a passing fad today if Cobain had not killed himself. His suicide sealed the deal, making him a rock demi-god when there really wasn't much to show for it except hype.

All the testosterone driven bands of the 90s made me eventually switch off from the radio entirely. It astounds me though that bands like Nickleback can exist-- in the year 2007. Let's move on folks. There's more to music than more testosterone driven drivel-- a little variety would be nice, you know.

~ josh

12-01-2007, 07:50 AM	#1826 (permalink)
fool on the hill Groupie Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Memphis, Tenn and occasionally Christchurch, New Zealand Posts: 44	Nirvana is a decent enough band, but nothing remarkable, speaking strictly from a musical perspective. Way overrated. I used to own In Utero & Nevermind ages ago and listened to them extensively back in the early/mid-nineties, but I eventually got tired of them, not to mention every other band that came out sounding the same. True, they broke up the vacuity of the mid- and late-80s music, but in exchange for what? A different set of lemmings? And ever since then, what was previously known in the States as "alternative" has baffled me-- whereas "alternative" music in the 80s had a great amount of diversity, now it was all the same sounding crap, the same bloody formula. While it is true that Nirvana was big back in the day, Nirvana would have probably been more seen as a passing fad today if Cobain had not killed himself. His suicide sealed the deal, making him a rock demi-god when there really wasn't much to show for it except hype. All the testosterone driven bands of the 90s made me eventually switch off from the radio entirely. It astounds me though that bands like Nickleback can exist-- in the year 2007. Let's move on folks. There's more to music than more testosterone driven drivel-- a little variety would be nice, you know. ~ josh __________________ Grabbed my suitcase that said to me, "Dreams are free and so are we." [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]