re: Cobain vs Grohl

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I don't dismiss their music and I do enjoy many of the tracks they recorded. I would totally agree with you that Cobain had much more in common with the Beatles than many realize when it came to songwriting formula. You are also correct that many folks (like myself) have probably placed far too much blame on Nirvana for the death of the guitar ride. Not since the punks of the 70's had a band used so little musicianship to become so popular. I know I'll get hammered for that statement, but it is what it is.......for the most part, 4 chord rock n roll.......which is alright by me.

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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.