Hoo boy. I imagine it's tough to beat the nostalgia filter for the children of the 90's; we grew up on Nirvana, after all. However, I just barely count as a "child" of the 90's, since I wasn't even a teenager until the Noughties. I was still surrounded by Nevermind, thanks largely to my brother, but I didn't become a music lover until long after the grunge phase of American culture had become a distant and usually embarrassing memory.
Still, I do definitely like Nirvana. However, I honestly believe The Pixies beat them in basically every arena. Diversity? Of course. Originality? Hell yes. Songwriting? Ehh...debatable, but I'm still gonna have to give Black Francis the nod over Kurt Cobain. Good ol' Kurt did have a great ear for melody, though. The only arena I'd say Nirvana beat The Pixies in was emotional resonance, but I was never that in love with "the message" of Nirvana, anyways. Still, Kurt Cobain has a way of getting under your skin which Black Francis never did (not that he ever tried, to be fair).
While Nirvana are a very worthy band, I'm definitely going to have to go with The Pixies on this one.
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