[MitchellC]

Nirvana was one of several bands, the others being Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Alice in Chains, that forced a change for the better on the pop music industry, away from the over-produced trash of the late 70s thru early 90s.

It's no coincidence that all four of those bands were great live acts - love or hate them and their style, they weren't frauds, at least not in the sense of most of the popular acts before them and after them. There hasn't been a single group since that heyday that's half as good as any of those four bands, and there probably won't be for a long time, just as there hadn't been for almost decades before them.

[dfwgator]

Soundgarden and AIC were 10 times better than Nirvana ever was.

Heck, even the Foo Fighters are better than Nirvana.

[streetpreacher]

Those were my four favorite bands back in the day... after Metallica of course.

[colinhester]

Well said. Thank you.

[ConservativeStatement]

AIC is one my favorite bands and Layne's emotions oozed through their music. I was never an Eddie Vedder fan, even prior to his political rants, though I liked a handful of Pearl Jam songs (rendition of "Last Kiss" is solid). Nirvana I liked in the early stages but it became overexposed after a while. Overall, I think they have some good tunes. Soundgarden I could take or leave. I saw them open for GnR.

[LexBaird]

Nirvana was one of several bands, the others being Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Alice in Chains, that forced a change for the better on the pop music industry, away from the over-produced trash of the late 70s thru early 90s.

And substituted underproduced trash. It didn't stop the overproduced crap either, as can be seen by listening to anything by any random pop diva or boi band since.

[elmer fudd]

You forgot Mudhoney.

[MAD-AS-HELL]

ACtually, the real Nirvana..the grunge..never made it to the recording studio when they signed with Geffen. Bleach was a great album....them and Mudhoney were defining Northwest Grunge. I have played songs from Bleach to so called Nirvana fans and they had no idea it was Nirvana. RAdio killed the music star.

[ryan71]

I find all their music dark and depressing.

Cobain is successful because the media thinks it's glamorous to kill yourself.