Originally Posted by: megatronCobain was a great song writer but his genra, punk, (grunge is a marketing term invented to sell fashion) had been well established in the seventies. his music in particular was not that diferant from the pixies or even the sex pistols what made cobain and nirvana rise above the other great punk bands of his day was the passion and emotion of his performance. This is why when you hear a nirvana cover it never quite sounds right. becauce cobain and his music are one and the same however hendrix music can be performed by other musicans and still sound good. His music stands on its own

I don't know, I can hear a HUGE difference between grunge rock and punk rock...and comparing Nirvana/Pearl Jam/Alice in Chains/ any grunge band to the Sex Pistols is laughable. I guess they're similar in that they use instruments? And maybe distortion?