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

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
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**Created:** [April 5, 2012, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-honor-of-the-anniversary-of-kurt-cobains-death-here-is-why-nirvana-was-the-best-grunge-band/617902 "2012-04-05T11:38:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![GovernmentMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9c0ed/32.png) [@GovernmentMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GovernmentMan)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-honor-of-the-anniversary-of-kurt-cobains-death-here-is-why-nirvana-was-the-best-grunge-band/617902/1 "2012-04-05T11:38:02Z")

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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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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-honor-of-the-anniversary-of-kurt-cobains-death-here-is-why-nirvana-was-the-best-grunge-band/617902/2 "2012-04-05T12:37:14Z")

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

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**Author:** ![Manwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Manwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manwich)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-honor-of-the-anniversary-of-kurt-cobains-death-here-is-why-nirvana-was-the-best-grunge-band/617902/3 "2021-01-21T10:44:13Z")

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> [@GovernmentMan](#):
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> Os Mutantes

Good point man.