quote:Grunge, schmunge. It's the same genre. Cobain just took what indie bands of the 80s were already doing and made it mainstream. Nothing revolutionary about that. And Nirvana's music was very much punk. What's the difference between punk and grunge anyway? Grunge rockers have long hair and punk rockers have mohawks? It's all semantics.
but his genre of music was definitely grunge, not punk or pop.
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If cobain or nirvana was not as talented as everyone says they are, how could a three-piece band cause such an effect on modern music that they influence music to this day? no "untalented" bands that i can think of can make this claim.
What about Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, etc? Maybe not the same genre of music, but still the same situation. When something is monstrously successful, there are going to be tons of imitators trying to cash in on the success of it. It has little to do with talent, and more to do with marketability. Nirvana was a huge success in the early 90s, so naturally along came tons of imitators mimicking their style and attitude. Is that what you call being influential?
