Nirvana… And I say that as a pretty big fan of them. I have no idea how they became the biggest band in the world. They were really really good, but I’m surprised by how much commercial success they had.
There weren’t a lot of radio friendly songs. Nobody knew what the lyrics were. For all the bands that try so hard to be commercially successful, Nirvana didn’t try much at all and still succeeded.
I dunno, smells like teen spirit hit pretty hard. It was a new sound and many people’s first exposure to grunge. I agree, there are better bands (STP was better than Nirvana and I’m dying on that hill). But they were first, and it explains how they blew up overnight.
Lemmy tell you why you’re wrong. JK you can’t fix stupid! Also jk you’re not stupid for having an opinion. I’m just bored waiting for my 3 year old to finish pooping kids still need help wiping their ass at this age but I do love Nirvana…got me through a lot of tough times. Listen to them live at the reading festival it might change your mind.
I saw them here, before they got famous. They did a big tour in a white van, played a bar here with a crowd of about 30 people! Bought the last shirt from the hands of Kurt, I had absolutely no idea they would get famous, they were so far from anything getting played on the radio. I only knew about them because my brother’s friend gave me a tape with them, Mudhoney, Tad.
Swear to God I cannot predict to save my life but live a few years in the future. You could have knocked me down with a feather when they got famous, and I think they were just as surprised.
Sadly I lost it, could not wear it in public back then, it had the circles of hell on the front and profanity on the back Fudge Packing Crack Smoking Satan Worshipping Mother Fuckers. White with pink print.
And yes if I had ANY idea they would get so big I would have asked them to sign it and kept it, I cut it up a little and wore it to shows and don’t remember what happened to it. Really this was like 35 years ago! Maybe more. The club was the Masquerade in Ybor City in Tampa, back when it wasn’t all bars and was still kinda rough.
I never liked Nirvana other than a song or two. They had Dave Grohl and that explains a lot. Plus Kurt was an icon. Their success didn’t bother me. But I felt others did grunge better.
Nirvana… And I say that as a pretty big fan of them. I have no idea how they became the biggest band in the world. They were really really good, but I’m surprised by how much commercial success they had.
There weren’t a lot of radio friendly songs. Nobody knew what the lyrics were. For all the bands that try so hard to be commercially successful, Nirvana didn’t try much at all and still succeeded.
They didn’t understand why they got big either. Such a tragedy.
I dunno, smells like teen spirit hit pretty hard. It was a new sound and many people’s first exposure to grunge. I agree, there are better bands (STP was better than Nirvana and I’m dying on that hill). But they were first, and it explains how they blew up overnight.
Lemmy tell you why you’re wrong. JK you can’t fix stupid! Also jk you’re not stupid for having an opinion. I’m just bored waiting for my 3 year old to finish pooping kids still need help wiping their ass at this age but I do love Nirvana…got me through a lot of tough times. Listen to them live at the reading festival it might change your mind.
I love Nirvana. I’m a big fan. But in 1991 nobody would predict they’d become such a commercial success.
I saw them here, before they got famous. They did a big tour in a white van, played a bar here with a crowd of about 30 people! Bought the last shirt from the hands of Kurt, I had absolutely no idea they would get famous, they were so far from anything getting played on the radio. I only knew about them because my brother’s friend gave me a tape with them, Mudhoney, Tad.
Swear to God I cannot predict to save my life but live a few years in the future. You could have knocked me down with a feather when they got famous, and I think they were just as surprised.
I agree with you. They were good but not great.
Please tell me you have the shirt and can post a photo
Sadly I lost it, could not wear it in public back then, it had the circles of hell on the front and profanity on the back Fudge Packing Crack Smoking Satan Worshipping Mother Fuckers. White with pink print.
And yes if I had ANY idea they would get so big I would have asked them to sign it and kept it, I cut it up a little and wore it to shows and don’t remember what happened to it. Really this was like 35 years ago! Maybe more. The club was the Masquerade in Ybor City in Tampa, back when it wasn’t all bars and was still kinda rough.
I never liked Nirvana other than a song or two. They had Dave Grohl and that explains a lot. Plus Kurt was an icon. Their success didn’t bother me. But I felt others did grunge better.
And they released three studio albums.
True, but 2 of them (bleach and in utero) are pretty rough and not polished for radio.
But I did and do love them.