asdf wrote:I hate everything Kurt Cobain ever stood for, did, and everyone who likes him.
That's pretty fucked up I thought we were friends!Though I can explain why people liked Nirvana so much or at least try to.
After about 10 years or so of Hair Metal dominating the mainstream people wanted something new.Grunge, started in Seattle by bands like The Melvins,Soundgarden,Mudhoney,and Mother Love Bone.The reason it got so popular was mainly because all of the sudden listening to depressing music for teens was cool instead of Motley Crue there was Mudhoney.Basically Grunge was a lot more "Real" there wasn't any make up or extravagant clothing,no slutty girls following you,no motorcycles.The people playing were usually sub par musicians wearing whatever they had, in Seattle the infamous flannel shirt was famous not because of fashion but because the lumber industry is HUGE in Washington.The older Grunge bands were a lot heavier, more influenced by hardcore punk and harder to listen to for hair metal fans.Nirvana's Bleach was a lot less heavy and very poppy, easier to sing along to or listen to.Eventually when Nevermind came out everyone liked the catchiness along with the angst bringing in the rest of the "Big Four" of Grunge. Nirvana,Pearl Jam,Soundgarden,and Alice in Chains.The more real and listenable music known as grunge rocked the mainstream world.
Also anyone notice there's always a big four?
Punk-The Sex Pistols,The Ramones,The Clash, The Buzzcocks
Thrash-Metallica,Megadeth,Slayer,Anthrax
Hair Metal-Motley Crue,Poison,Ratt,Guns n Roses (they're hair metal, just more punk)
"pop-punk"-Green Day,Blink182,Sum41,The Offspring