Anxiety listed "Nevermind" and "In Utero" as two of his examples in the "Best Pop Albums of the '90s" thread, which had me wondering...

How many Nirvana fans are there on the Org?

I've heard Kurt spoken of highly a handful of times on the boards, but I'm not sure if it's just because some value him as a lyricist ONLY, or what? Stupid question, I know...

I didn't become a fan 'til the year AFTER "Nevermind" came out. I'd casually listened to that album in '91 at a friend's place, but for whatever reason it didn't click AT ALL for me. The next year, though, my brother was home on leave from the Navy and I was in the mood to listen to one of his CDs that I wouldn't normally go for. I told him this, and he got his Discman (with "Nevermind" loaded in it) and headphones out and said "Check this out." I did and it was like an epiphany...just mind-blowing! I probably played it 3 times in a row after that.

By the time "In Utero" came out, I was a die-hard fan (though not to the point of seeking bootlegs or anything like that; I just wore out the official CDs!) and when Kurt died I cried nonstop for 48 hours (in between sleeping, which was sporadic at best). The band provided the soundtrack of my life from age 12-14, which were very turbulent years for me, so the music spoke to me almost on a primal level while I rode the hormonal rollercoaster of puberty.

So, fellow Nirvana fans, please share your thoughts on/memories of the band's music on this thread!

I love Nirvana. I only got to see them once on New Years Eve '91. They were incredible and Kurt's voice was so powerful. I was about half way back on the floor and I will never forget how crazy it got when Kurt went into the opening chords of "Smells Like Teen Spirit." The song had only been out a few months and the crowd just went nuts. I remember my buddy losing a shoe. They even smashed their instruments at the end of their set. Oh yeah, and the opener that night was a band I had never heard of called Pearl Jam. The headliner was The Red Hot Chile Peppers. What a show!

They were an awesome band. Nothing has really swept through music with the same impact since...they were like a tidal wave that took everything in it's wake. A few on the org won't appreciate this thread but them!

when 'smells like teen spirit' came out it was like a harpoon slamming into the soft underbelly of the hair metal whale

well, it was. Everyone I knew was really happy about that.

bluefish said:

oh god the band that ruined rock n roll forever by taking the fun out of it and let Hip Hop in the door to take over....no effin thanks

abigail05 said:

not anymore the Hair Metal bands are making a lot of money touring these days "Def Leppard,Poison,Motley Crue" etc..and grunge is over

SteelPanther said:

I was a fan of the music back in the day, to a point.

but it was a relief to see Nirvana gut out the bloated pig of the genre that became such a cliche of itself - the million note solos, the trite ballads, the insane aquanet hair.

but I will agree, bands like Nirvana - and virtually every rock band in the 90's - really killed the fun with all their depressing bullshit. I think it needed to rest a while.

I was a real latecomer to Nirvana. I think I bought my first album in 2000/2001. In the early nineties I hated them but now I can appreciate their music. I think it's a little sad that they so successfully killed "hair metal." Don't get me wrong, most of those bands were pretty crappy, but after Nirvana we got a million crappy Nirvana clones which wasn't what I wanted to hear. I also appreciate Nirvana and the other grunge bands for inspiring a lot of British bands to make music that was the opposite of Nirvana. I loved the Brit-Pop movement and a lot of those bands claimed to have been inspired to make "happy" music in response to the doom and gloom that was coming out of the U.S. at the time.

Their MTV Video Music Awards performance (and subsequent landing of Novaselic's bass on his head ) is one of my favorite things.

SteelPanther said:

If grunge is over, someone should tell Soundgarden and Stone Temple Pilots that their upcoming reunion tours are a bad idea.

I dig some Nirvana songs, but I'm not a huge fan. I'll take STP over Nirvana any day of the week.

bluefish said:

Yah Nirvana were amazing and I purely appreciate the legacy Kurt left behind.

I absolutely love Nevermind and In Utero! Classics of the 90's in my opinion

I love Nirvana. Still listen to Bleach, Nevermind and In Utero all the time.

Such a tragedy that Kurt died so young.

a few of my faves are...


Blew
Dive
Sliver
Teen Spirit
In Bloom
Aneurysm
Heart-Shaped Box
Rape Me
Serve the Servants

Their Unplugged performance is incredible.
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