When I posted that I thought this was a "Best guitarist" (incorrectly assuming that people would list who they thought were the best guitarists as their favorites. Sorry.
Cobain wasn't the innovator you're claiming him to be other "Seattle bands" came out of the cracks before Nirvana (Soundgarden and AIC come to mind) with the same (general) attitude towards hair metal.
Also, I don't hear any soul in his playing. His "language" in which he "spoke" to the masses of teens who followed MTV was mostly mumbling (honestly, how many words in Smells Like Teen Spirit can you uderstand without a lyric sheet, and if you have one, how much sense does it make?).

[This message has been edited by loner92 (edited 07-18-2000).]