re: Will there ever be another ‘Smells like teen spirit’ again?

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MTV and a shotgun in the mouth made Nirvana. Just another depressed rockstar junkie whose legacy benefited from an early death.

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That's another issue. Has nothing to do with this topic.

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adio payola and huge record companies were still capable of creating hits. Music today isn't driven by a monopolistic industry that can make or break artists and trends. Digital killed all that.

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False. Terrestrial radio, record labels, tv stations, movie studios, promoters, distributors, etc are more consolidated than ever. While streaming allows bands to “do it themselves” more than in the past to achieve up to ancertain level of success, becoming a part of the pop culture landscape is actually much MUCH harder without big boy backing than ever before. Chance the Rapper is the exception, not the rule. Now that the big boys have started taking over streaming playlisting, it’s getting harder and harder, not easier.

If sony wants a hit, it’s a hit tomorrow.

RHCP new album will revitalize rock.

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Apparently a dude that sounds exactly like cobain could pop up an people would go apeshit for it


Especially if the band played real instruments


Unlike most of the



bullshite out there



today.

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YES

Teen Spirit was terrible but I get what you mean. Yes I think it’s possible but I’m not sure if it’ll be quite like grunge. Most music on the radio is highly focus group tested and manufactured but the occasional oddity gains enough traction to surface. The underground scene is vibrant and creates all sorts of sounds that have the potential to take hold. So yes, I think it’s possible, likely even. But it won’t be like the 90s though.

Hard to imagine, honestly.

The fact that people no longer congregate in "one place" to consume music is a major factor in a discussion such as this. For example, in 1991, everyone in the world had either their local radio station or MTV to consume new music. When something hit on both of those avenues, it was "easy" for a song or an act to really become a worldwide thing sort of overnight.

Now, everyone consumes music so differently, and it's difficult to imagine pop culture shifting back to where rock music, instead of hip-hop/pop, is king. Furthermore, it's also difficult to see one song initiating any sort of movement or shift in the music landscape like SLTS did. Again, I think that's because everyone's listening habits are so all over the map these days, it's difficult to see one song getting that much traction, and that's sort of regardless of genre.

The future of rock music in general being this big again? That's a whole different conversation.

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Teen Spirit was terrible

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If Greta Van Fleet can't do it, we are doomed .
They are awesome but I just heard about them on SiriusXM they are awesome. , there's no central point for curating music anymore, it's too fractured to be like the MTV days, no more gatekeepers

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Apparently a dude that sounds exactly like cobain could pop up an people would go apeshit for it

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Bush was already a thing.

at all of the miserable fricks in this thread who are compelled to shout into the void about how overrated Nirvana is.