Nirvana

[Gary Wells]

For those of you that follow music, Curt Cobain joined the "27 club" 20 years ago day after tomorrow (05 April, 1994).
I enjoy their beat & lyrics more today than I did back in the day.
God Bless & God Speed.
It is unfortunate that you could not escape the demons that troubled you.

 

[GBGN1]

Can't believe it's been 20 years. Remember the broadcast on MTV . I was in high school then.... Where does the time go..

 

[BigReade]

Can't believe it's been 20 years. Remember the broadcast on MTV . I was in high school then.... Where does the time go..

Me too, freshman year!

 

[Mackinblack007]

I was in 7th grade.

 

[KevinB]

Curt and Layne Staley were both big losses.

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[BEATAV8]

I remember the first time I heard Nirvana on the radio when I was in high school. (Kenwood deck in my 78 Z28)

Also remember when I heard the suicide announcement come across the radio when I was in college.... (Same old Kenwood deck but in a 77 Grand Prix instead)

 

[novaderrik]

Nirvana was a good band, but i never did get why everyone thought that they were so revolutionary or how Kurt was such a genius. they were just another noisy punk/rock band that came from the right place at the right time.. Nirvana became big because MTV was looking for the next "new thing" to fill up airtime since all the so-called "hair bands" that they filled the airwaves with were getting old, and Soundgarden apparently wasn't "it". Kurt was just another poetic junkie that got a few good breaks and couldn't handle the pressure of becoming too famous too fast- and he married a woman that is about as batshit crazy and paranoid as anyone on the planet.
i'm never glad when someone kills himself- especially when they are idolized by millions and have a kid that needs a father- but the bright side to it was that Dave Grohl was able to do his own thing and keep rock n roll alive via the Foo Fighters and all of his other projects.

 

[SCOOBY DOO]

Nirvana was a good band, but i never did get why everyone thought that they were so revolutionary or how Kurt was such a genius. they were just another noisy punk/rock band that came from the right place at the right time.. Nirvana became big because MTV was looking for the next "new thing" to fill up airtime since all the so-called "hair bands" that they filled the airwaves with were getting old, and Soundgarden apparently wasn't "it". Kurt was just another poetic junkie that got a few good breaks and couldn't handle the pressure of becoming too famous too fast- and he married a woman that is about as batshit crazy and paranoid as anyone on the planet.
i'm never glad when someone kills himself- especially when they are idolized by millions and have a kid that needs a father- but the bright side to it was that Dave Grohl was able to do his own thing and keep rock n roll alive via the Foo Fighters and all of his other projects.

x2

 

[turbobitt]

I have to wonder what would have become of Dave Grohl if Kurt Cobain never killed himself. I almost think Nirvana would have held him back.
AG

 

[GBGN1]

I dont think nirvana would have held Dave grohl back. It's like saying the Beatles held John Lennon back. There best music was in there band. Challenging other talented in the band and feeding off them.

 

[GBGN1]

I think Kurt was a special. He could turn a cooking recipe ( lyrics wise into a great song). Didn't matter. I think he was very talented. When they were at there hight I was still into gnr and Mötley Crüe but still like the music but couldn't relate right away with the " alternative" fans. The 90's had some fantastic rock. Can't say the same these days. Unfortunately ....

 

[GBGN1]

Nirvana was a good band, but i never did get why everyone thought that they were so revolutionary or how Kurt was such a genius. they were just another noisy punk/rock band that came from the right place at the right time.. Nirvana became big because MTV was looking for the next "new thing" to fill up airtime since all the so-called "hair bands" that they filled the airwaves with were getting old, and Soundgarden apparently wasn't "it". Kurt was just another poetic junkie that got a few good breaks and couldn't handle the pressure of becoming too famous too fast- and he married a woman that is about as batshit crazy and paranoid as anyone on the planet.
i'm never glad when someone kills himself- especially when they are idolized by millions and have a kid that needs a father- but the bright side to it was that Dave Grohl was able to do his own thing and keep rock n roll alive via the Foo Fighters and all of his other projects.

If Kurt was nothing special we wouldn't be talking about him 20 years later.... Props to him

 

[novaderrik]

If Kurt was nothing special we wouldn't be talking about him 20 years later.... Props to him

the legend of Kurt Cobain was built by MTV and the radio networks- i was in 10th grade when they started getting heavy MTV and radio rotation so i got to see it unfold in real time. i remember seeing a couple of their videos on Headbanger's Ball and then not seeing or hearing them for months, then suddenly they were on all the time. they were a good band with a lot of good songs and a lot of potential, but most of the legend of Kurt Cobain was a PR department fabrication that a large part of my generation bought into. Soundgarden and Pearl Jam were a part of the same so-called "Seattle grunge" scene that Nirvana was a part of, but no one in those bands had a public marriage to a crazy gold digging woman and wound up killing themselves.
i'm not saying that Kurt wasn't creative or anything like that, but i just can't see how anything they did was revolutionary in any way other than being the fashion of the day for the big money people to push onto the masses.

 

[GBGN1]

I agree with most of what you are saying. When nevermind came out I was 17 so a huge fan of the 90's thing . Stp was my favorite then. They were pushed by the industry I agree. But they had raw talent . I think Kurt was great. Tell me one new band that is pop that isn't helped by the label? - side note--
Minneapolis has a great indie rock culture all to its own. I've lived up by you( brother is starting a brewery there) down here in Houston there is nothing like that. So enjoy that.

 

[Bruce Urie]

Such a shame still.....very, very talented musician. Really could sing so well.....great songs....great group! I remember when I first saw their picture on an album cover....JEEZ! Scraggly looking bums!!! What the hell? As back in the day, my band always dressed like the Beatles....you know, tie, nice jacket with velvet collar, Beatle boots, hair longer, etc.......then I truly learned never to judge a book by it's cover.....as those guys were great....really loved their music and still do now.....Cobain, man, when heroin gets hold of him, he lost the game big time.....should be a valuable lesson for all of you.......Grohl's parents, last time I knew, lives in Burke, Virginia....little ways from my parent's house......As for Dave, well, he's got one hot, rocking Foo Fighter band now, so different from Nirvana, but the only way to go in music is improving sound, writing, beat.

I've got a real nice autographed picture of the whole Nirvana group on my music wall....still kind of sad to look at it. It's really a shame heroin got hold of such a talented man.

Bruce '87 Grand National

 

[deezdad]

Strange to think that Courtney Love was lead singer for faith no more, luckily Mike Patton came along and saved that band, they put out Angel dust and King for a day Fool for a Lifetime in the grunge era of early to mid nineties and in my opinion were superior to any of the above mentioned bands but never caught on like the grunge bands did, why I dont know but try giving those albums a spin very underrated & some of the tunes will flat rip your head off ie cuckoo for caca

 

[notacarlo]

Strange to think that Courtney Love was lead singer for faith no more, luckily Mike Patton came along and saved that band, they put out Angel dust and King for a day Fool for a Lifetime in the grunge era of early to mid nineties and in my opinion were superior to any of the above mentioned bands but never caught on like the grunge bands did, why I dont know but try giving those albums a spin very underrated & some of the tunes will flat rip your head off ie cuckoo for caca

Remember Mr. Bungle?

currently cutting it the F loose

 

[RUDE DOG]

They were a good band, I still blast them in the garage when working on the buick.

 

[deezdad]

Remember Mr. Bungle?

currently cutting it the F loose

Lol great band! Saw them live in 2000 ..

 

[tb3]

losing jeff buckley in the wolf river was a far greater 90's music loss, imho

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