Nirvana nominated for HoF

#79
#79
SWIL said:
So you are bias toward classic rock; your opinion (as well as the others here) is starting to make more sense to me.


claiming that Cobain's suicide is the only reason Nirvana got as big as they did is what's hilarious.
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Not at all.

I greatly enjoy Hair metal and other 80's bands/musicians. 38 special, Foreigner, Boston, Rush, Def Leopard, RUN DMC, Guns N Roses, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Prince, etc.

I just know that outside those last 3 individuals, very little 80's music influenced that greatly
 
#80
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Scotty said:
This is the 14th year of eligibility for KISS. The fourteenth. Van Halen, a band that's several times more influential than Nirvana by any objective measure, was inducted several years after their initial eligibility, and probably only then in spite of Jann Wenner's protests.

The rock hall is a cesspool of politics. No one should be that invested in who's in or out. The hall has felt it necessary to induct groups like ABBA while true rock gems such as Cheap Trick, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Def Leppard and Joan Jett are snubbed year after year.

It has no more credibility than the WWE Hall of Fame.
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I agree with everything you said with the exception of the connotation of ABBA being undeserving. You can hear their influence in tons of music even to this day.
 
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burntorangeVOLffle said:
I agree with everything you said with the exception of the connotation of ABBA being undeserving. You can hear their influence in tons of music even to this day.
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Didn't say they were undeserving. But a ton of other acts that remain on the outside looking in are more deserving. Anyway, the main point was to illustrate the selection process is very arbitrary, with no apparent actual criteria outside of being a Rolling Stone Magazine darling (with some exceptions).
 
#82
#82
Soundgarden
Pearl Jam
Mother Love Bone
Mudhoney

All of these bands were around before Nirvana, had better musicians, and played Grunge.

Now, with that outta the way, they didn't "create" anything anymore than the bands I just listed. I enjoy Nirvana's music. Kurt's writing made no sense, his guitar playing was about as good as Sid Vicious' bass playing.

The "Layne Staley isn't as well-known as Kurt argument" is invalid because Cobain offed himself (in immediate fashion) at the very peak of his career. Staley, however, died over the course of years (as smack addicts tend to do) after he was burned out and nobody knew who he was.

Kurt wasn't as much an innovator as advertised, Courtney had nothing to do with his death, and almost every grunge band from the 90's deserves the HoF nomination more than his band.
 
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DinkinFlicka said:
You and I have debated this before, but I agree with you here... but only because BB, Jimi, Buddy, Robert, John Lee, and Muddy Waters already have :)
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I don't see Santana or Clapton mentioned on this list. Please tell me they are in.
 
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#87
Nirvana was a success because of Kurt. Not because of his death, but because he was the face needed for the grunge movement. You may or may not think they had the best grunge music, but they had the most interesting and polarizing frontman.
 
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Kingston Vol said:
Nirvana was a success because of Kurt. Not because of his death, but because he was the face needed for the grunge movement. You may or may not think they had the best grunge music, but they had the most interesting and polarizing frontman.
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His death was interesting and polarizing, other than that he and the other frontmen from that era were basically all cast from a similar mold.

"The face that grunge needed". What a load of crap, that whole scene was going to happen regardless of him.
 
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GahLee said:
His death was interesting and polarizing, other than that he and the other frontmen from that era were basically all cast from a similar mold.

"The face that grunge needed". What a load of crap, that whole scene was going to happen regardless of him.
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It wasn't a "grunge" thing. It was a "Generation X" thing. He was their face. Whether he was deserving is a different, useless argument.
 
#93
#93
SWIL said:
They should automatically be added. No nomination, no voting.

Nirvana is second only to the Beetles, IMO, as far as the amount of influence and impact they had on changing the face of rock n roll.
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ahBIrjQ0oE[/youtube]
 
#95
#95
For you Nirvana fans, this is what the politics of an intelligent and informed rock star should look like. Awesome interview.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4TPRH2uK9w[/youtube]
 
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#96
Weezer said:
I'm curious, which current bands do you hear a Nirvana influence in? Other than anything Dave Grohl is involved in.

Also, who do you think influenced Nirvana?
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Nirvana was heavily influenced by the Vaselines, the Meat Puppets, and several other local grunge bands from the Puget Sound area. They covered and recorded several songs that were originally from these bands.
 
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SWIL said:
They should automatically be added. No nomination, no voting.

Nirvana is second only to the Beetles, IMO, as far as the amount of influence and impact they had on changing the face of rock n roll.
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I like Nirvana. But that's a pretty blod statement.
 
#98
#98
Nirvana was my favorite band growing up and "Smells like teen spirit" was and still is my favorite song. My son has it as his walk up song when he goes up to bat. That intro still pumps me up.
 
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