# Am I the only one who doesn't like Kurt Cobain?

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**Created:** [November 10, 2005, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-like-kurt-cobain/330311 "2005-11-10T00:05:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-like-kurt-cobain/330311/101 "2005-11-21T21:17:01Z")

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Nirvana was a teriffic band. Noisy guitars, screaming, angst, incomprehensible lyrics, tearing up the stage. They were my generation’s The Who (get it?)

I can always play Nevermind all the way through, but all their other albums rock too. Unplugged in New York gives me chills every time I hear it. These guys were MUSICIANS. They played their own music and sounded great.

Recently the With the Lights Out box set has introduced me to a bunch of new Kurt/Nirvana gems like “Mrs. Butterworth”, and their covers of “They Hung Him on a Cross”, and “Ain’t it a Shame.”

Kurt always seemed like somebody I would have hung out with in high school. Different crowds, different music I guess.

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