I remember when I first heard about Nirvana. I was downtown with my uncle, and he was talking about the grunge era and the significance it had with Seattle. He was talking about a lot of bands grunge and non grunge, like Rage Against The Machine and Metallica and all those. Then we went into the record store near his neighborhood and he surprised me with a RATM album and the Nevermind album by Nirvana. It was a pretty fun experience.

Where did you sleep last night?

Well I went from the first couple posts to these last few. Heres my 2 cents to the first page. To me Nirvana was kinda the man vs. the music. Obviously Kurt won that one, his legend is 10 times more famous than his music and it really does anger me once and a while. His drug use and his evident suicide(for those of you who believe he is either alive or was murdered) would be what sells Nirvana their records after his death. As for Nirvana as a whole(while Kurt was alive) there fanbase ran with the mainstream fanbase. So someone could be listening to No Doubt then Nirvana would come on and they'd be pleased with both. Then theres those who actually liked Nirvana and other bands such as Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr. etc. happily they would probably listen to all of Nirvana's records. But for those Z100 listeners(NYC's Pop Station(Die)-_-) back then they were probably young as hell and both the records but only liked some songs for a week then they'd go off and listen to the Notorious B.I.G. Whats Funny is that some things never change except music is ****tier now.

As for my views on the band, I love them they're my favorite band and will always be my favorite. The first time I heard Nirvana I was about 4 months and I still remember hearing Milk It at that age like it was yesterday(Yes I'm 16). As for Kurt's legend I could care less, I mean it's a little sad that he passed at such a young age leaving us wondering how his music would've sounded had he stayed but I honestly wouldn't have it any other way. All these guys on youtube would probably disagree, of course but hey they listen for the man not the music. Now for what he's done to his wife and daughter, Courtney was always messed up so who cares and if he were still alive then Francis shouldn't be with either of em so Kurt and Courtney both should've died just like Sid and Nancy(for the sake of the child).

So now I say R.I.P. Nirvana and R.I.P. Kurt Cobain and thank you Nirvana for making such wonderful music.

Hey btown787...I am a huge nirvana fan. There are some songs like "lake of fire" that i can never get over with so cheers...i don't really care if people look down at nirvana fans. I feel great :)

I resisted listening to Nirvana for years. Seemed like one of these bands that everybody hyped up but was probably overrated. Then one day, I listened to my friend's copy of "Nevermind", and it was one of the best albums I'd heard EVER. I would not call them overrated - they were really that good - maybe only overrated in the sense that they weren't around that long and didn't release that many albums compared to other bands of similar legendary status.

Also, if you like Nirvana, there's another similar band from the late 80's called the Pixies that you would probably like. Kurt Cobain said he drew a lot of inspiration from them.

The vast majority of people on this forum are probably aware of that.

http://www.musicbanter.com/punk/4498...s-nirvana.html

Length of time doesn`t really have anything to do with it. Jimi Hendrix only released 3 studio albums and Janis Joplin only 2. Both of these have legendary status.

Nirvana was kind of like....my parents'....beatles, hendrix? Who was the most rebelious back then? Anyway, at an age when I was already super rebelious, it was like gun powder on an open fire.

Nirvana was the face of mainstream rebellious music for thier generation. The fame made them a poster child for grunge, bringing it mainstream. In his effort to counter the music industry that he hated, Cobain had become consumed by it. Then he killed himself. They produced great and influential music. I don't have a bad thing to say about Nirvana.

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I never listened to Nirvana growing up, because my parents hated them. One of my really good friends, who I'm still great friends with today, wouldn't stop talking about them. Eventually I listened to them, and I was blown away. They're on of my favorite bands today!

Loser.

why? that's a pretty cool picture of kurt.

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He looks nothing like him.

they're both white-ish with long blonde hair they're practically twins

You have colored skin. You and dj are practically twins.

lmfao what colour is my skin, ki???

I don't know. Orange?

no. that's the colour of white people when they try to get a 'tan'

Green?

lmfao can't believe you called me 'coloured'

I'm racist.

Mine is like beige

Nirvana are timeless really.

I like Nirvana.

People look down on them because it's easy to look down on them. They were simple, and they were successful.

I like Bleach and Nevermind and a few tracks off of Incesticide. I could take/ leave In Utero however.

I played a few tracks off of Bleach that seemed perfect for college radio, such as Scoff and Swap Meet. About a Girl was the other one. Come As You Are was perhaps the most requested Nirvana song we played.

As for hating Nirvana? I don't and I don't hate the haters either; unless its a Bush Vs. Nirvana argument, which at the radio station was still a sore point.

Kurt Cobain was born 51 years ago today.

Patti Smith - Smells Like Teen Spirit

I just wish I hadn't heard so much Nirvana on the radio as a kid cause it makes it kinda hard to think about them cause they're so overplayed. And I know I've heard other bands far more times but I think there's a difference between choosing to play a song fifty times and having a song chosen to be played on the radio you're listening to fifty times. Something about radio cheapens whatever you're hearing tbh.

You liked Pearl Jam? I liked Limp Bizkit but even I had enough taste not to like Pearl Jam.

I'm not an Alice in Chains fan particularly but even back in the day for you you have to admit this was not without merit.

Seriously though tell me there aren't primo era Smashing Pumpkins songs that are worse than that Alice in Chains song.

That's not a metal AIC song.

AIC is metal?

I mean if Metal Archives admits it then it's probably metal. They'd probably argue against titanium.