if Kurt Cobain wouldn't have suicided?

he was killed.

More like Pearl Jam.

That was no normal overdose, Yoko laced his pot with something to break up the band.

1. Courtney had him killed
B. Puddle of fricking Mud? Seriously? They were waaaay bigger and were way more influential than that fricking band.

Would not end up with the cult following. Let the downvotes proceed, but they peaked. It was all downhill from there. As far as LEGACY goes, being killed/suicide helped tremendously.

They would have been outed as nothing more than simpletons who appeal to teenagers with daddy issues.

Actually I think they already are.

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More like Pearl Jam.

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Pretty much this. Same quality as Pearl Jam to me. Maybe a little nod to them for being "innovative" with the grunge scene, but it's not like they invented it, just became the poster boys for it.

I think a better question is what if Andrew Wood of Mafunktion and Mother Love Bone hadn't OD'd? His death is what caused Temple of the Dog to form, which launched Eddie Vetter and Chris Cornell to prominance and spawned Pearl Jam and later Soundgarden. Without these 3 bands, the grunge movement that Nirvana became the standard barer for doesn't materialize, and Metal continues to dominate rock. Nirvana becomes a niche Seattle band with STP. Without fame, Kobain never kills himself. Foo Fighters never forms. The entire course of music is irreperably altered.

Nah, they would have been remembered for popularizing their style of music. Cobain was a mess anyway.

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His death is what caused Temple of the Dog to form, which launched Eddie Vetter and Chris Cornell to prominance and spawned Pearl Jam and later Soundgarden. Without these 3 bands, the grunge movement that Nirvana became the standard barer for doesn't materialize, and Metal continues to dominate rock. Nirvana becomes a niche Seattle band with STP.

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This timeline is all wrong. Soundgarden started in the mid 80s. Nirvana came before Pearl Jam too. Eddie Vedder and Chris Cornell were both well established stars by the time the Temple of the Dog album came out.