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Has any band killed a genre like Nirvana killed hair band rock?
Posted on 1/18/18 at 9:19 pm
Posted on 1/18/18 at 9:19 pm
Kurt and the boys singlehandedly wiped out an entire type of music when they came on the scene. Maybe Beatles with Sgt Pepper?
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Posted on 1/18/18 at 9:23 pm to weagle99
That was actually already underway with Guns 'N Roses and Metallica's popular period, but grunge didn't help.
In reality, hair metal became a satire of a parody of itself. It was silly to begin with and doomed to fail.
But, man, some of those cats could play.
In reality, hair metal became a satire of a parody of itself. It was silly to begin with and doomed to fail.
But, man, some of those cats could play.
This post was edited on 1/18/18 at 9:24 pm
Posted on 1/18/18 at 10:00 pm to weagle99
Limp Bizkit killed nu metal
Posted on 1/18/18 at 10:19 pm to weagle99
Sex pistols killed disco
Posted on 1/19/18 at 12:13 am to ruzil
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Sex pistols killed disco
thank God for the punk backlash... because the Bee Gees (along with Village People, Donna Summer, etc.)had almost killed guitar based rock bands in the late 70's
Posted on 1/19/18 at 5:24 am to weagle99
Luke bryant killed country
Posted on 1/19/18 at 6:46 am to weagle99
You are giving Nirvana way, way too much credit.
Hair metal was on the way out anyway. And like someone earlier said, GnR and Metallica started the process. The Grunge scene, which included much more than Nirvana helped put the nail in the coffin, but they certainly didn’t do it alone.
Hair metal was on the way out anyway. And like someone earlier said, GnR and Metallica started the process. The Grunge scene, which included much more than Nirvana helped put the nail in the coffin, but they certainly didn’t do it alone.
This post was edited on 1/19/18 at 6:47 am
Posted on 1/19/18 at 7:12 am to weagle99
hair band?
Posted on 1/19/18 at 8:43 am to MorbidTheClown
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hair band?
Bands who have hair.
Posted on 1/19/18 at 8:57 am to weagle99
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singlehandedly
Nahhhhhhh
Posted on 1/19/18 at 9:09 am to lsufan9193969700
i get that. i've just never considered nirvana a hair band.
Posted on 1/19/18 at 9:09 am to Ace Midnight
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man, some of those cats could play
Indeed. George Lynch, Phil Collen, Steve Clark, Jake E. Lee, Zakk Wylde, Reb Beach, C.C. Deville, Vito Bratta, Warren DeMartini, Robin Crosby, Vinnie Vincent, Steve Stevens...so many incredible players...
Posted on 1/19/18 at 9:36 am to Oswald
Cinderella & Great White are at the top of my list
Posted on 1/19/18 at 11:00 am to weagle99
My personal take: Nirvana had a hit single at a time when the entire genre was ready to break out. It was more than a decade in the making and each wave of bands got less artistically coded and incorporated more rock/pop into what they were doing. Nirvana just happened to be the straw that broke the camel's back.
My second assertion is that "hair metal" was actually making better music than ever at the time alt-rock commandeered the market. When Guns n Roses got popular, a lot of the other bands got grittier and bluesier to keep up. I guess it depends on what you valued in that kind of music but trading pageant hair and spandex for biker imagery seemed to be an improvement IMO.
My second assertion is that "hair metal" was actually making better music than ever at the time alt-rock commandeered the market. When Guns n Roses got popular, a lot of the other bands got grittier and bluesier to keep up. I guess it depends on what you valued in that kind of music but trading pageant hair and spandex for biker imagery seemed to be an improvement IMO.
Posted on 1/19/18 at 11:12 am to memphis tiger
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You are giving Nirvana way, way too much credit.
nirvana unseated michael jackson, prince and madonna for the #1 song on the billboard charts when smells like teen spirit broke out.
that is the kind of power they had at the time.
Posted on 1/19/18 at 11:16 am to weagle99
Cobain ripped off the Pixies for SLTS.
Pixies - U mass
eta and seattle grunge scene was alive and well waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay before nirvana.
mudhoney, melvins, L7 etc.
also janes addiction was already at their peak.
Pixies - U mass
eta and seattle grunge scene was alive and well waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay before nirvana.
mudhoney, melvins, L7 etc.
also janes addiction was already at their peak.
This post was edited on 1/19/18 at 11:20 am
Posted on 1/19/18 at 11:27 am to CAD703X
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Pixies - U mass eta and seattle grunge scene was alive and well waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay before nirvana. mudhoney, melvins, etc. also janes addiction was already at their peak
Cobain readily admitted that he ripped off the Pixies. That’s no big secret.
Also, saying Nirvana killed hair metal isn’t to say that they were the best grunge band, or that they were the genesis of the genre. But none of the bands you mentioned had mainstream success on the level Nirvana did, and likely wouldn’t have had as much exposure as they eventually did had Nirvana not blown up.
Posted on 1/19/18 at 11:37 am to logjamming
i would argue jane's addiction was almost as big as nirvana back in the day.
nirvana got that one hit that opened the floodgates for them.
nirvana got that one hit that opened the floodgates for them.
Posted on 1/19/18 at 12:38 pm to RockAndRollDetective
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Nirvana just happened to be the straw that broke the camel's back
Yep. Obliterated the poor camel. We can say what we want about there being better, more talented bands, with better quality songs, but that song is one of the most important singular songs in the history of music.
Posted on 1/19/18 at 12:41 pm to AUjim
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Yep. Obliterated the poor camel. We can say what we want about there being better, more talented bands, with better quality songs, but that song is one of the most important singular songs in the history of music.
i remember the night it aired on 120 minutes..the next morning every store in houston was sold out.
nothing like that would happen these days.
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