re: Cobain vs Grohl

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I agree with this. I like Nirvana, but I like them as a band, not as a genre. I think the fact that they get credit for killing hair metal is what makes people hate them. Nirvana was a breath of fresh air, something new. The problem was, rather than being a unique one-off, they became the model. The grunge movement ended up being too much of a good thing.

Nirvana was great because they were grit in a sea of glitter. The problem was, women didn't like grit. You can't dance to grit. When all rock, succumbed to the grit, the women flocked to the one remaining genre they could dance to, hip hop. Grunge didn't make guys feel like badasses, so guys followed the girls. Hip hop and generic pop slowly replaced rock in the mainstream consciousness.

Nirvana gets blamed for the death of rock n roll itself, which is blatantly unfair and only sorta true. The true blame goes to classic rock radio, which was founded in the 90's, coincidentally, as an affront to grunge.

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Solid analysis. There's an interview with Rick Rubin from when he was producing demo tracks for The Band Perry about 4 years ago in which he talks about the Seattle scene coupled with the emergence of Hip Hop contributing to the rise and subsequent popularity of country music. Really interesting stuff.