The Official Nirvana/Kurt Cobain Thread (lyrics, rock, genre, album)

[Miltamec Soundsquinaez]

yeah, it was definitely the success that did him in......
the only thing I find weird is that I'm pretty sure he dreamed of being the biggest rock star in the world when he was a kid,so you'd think he would be more primed for it.

I think it's interesting what his death has done to the world of rock. You will notice that there were several bands come out of that area, with the same musical style, and make very good music, with great success to go along with it, right about that time.
Now, it seems like everyone wants to not be the next Nirvana. I mean, everyone wants to be a huge success, celebrity not always withstanding.
Soundgarden came out with SuperUnknown in 1994, and they were supposed to become the biggest band in the world, and replace Nirvana. It didn't happen, because I think Chris Cornell and the band, they didn't want to tour much, or promote the album very much. They accepted a role of just kind of fading from the limelight, although they did have a few hit singles on that record.
Since Cobain's death, no band in rock has really been able to catch everyone's attention in a take over the world/genre sense. Radiohead are close, but they're so closed off, and sometimes I think that their attempt to be so un-mainstream/popular, it might hold back their music a little bit. Tool is another close band; again they're just behind close doors, and big expectations kind of killed their last album.
So in summary, I think everyone wants to be Kurt Cobain, but no one wants to be Kurt Cobain at the same time, particularly the latter.