In honor of the anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death, here is why Nirvana was the best grunge band

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  • was best friends with Dylan Carlson of the drone doom band Earth
  • was a good buddy of Calvin Johnson of K Records and Beat Happening
  • was a roadie for The Melvins
  • was a fan of Os Mutantes, and even asked the Brazilian psych band to reunite and tour with Nirvana, 10 years before the internet had ever heard of them
  • influenced by bands like Sonic Youth, Wipers, Pixies, early REM, Killing Joke, Jesus Lizard, etc
  • it was due to Kurt Cobain that Geffen reissued the catalog of The Raincoats

meanwhile Alice in Chains used to be a hair metal band and Pearl Jam is basically dad rock filtered through a 90s aesthetic

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Who did those things? Kurt? Why does that matter?

3

Good point man.