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Originally Posted by kane
I might disagree. Foo Fighters have clearly left their mark and are a great band, but Nirvana was the spearhead that changed the direction the music industry was going. When Nevermind came out radio and MTV were being dominated by hair bands and the glam rock sound. A year later many of those bands were all but dead and radio and MTV were being dominated by alternative rock bands. Some of the big glam rock/metal bands survived, but Nirvana helped usher in a new sound and they gave rock a new identity.
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I thought about that. I know the impact Nirvana had...it was basically the death of hair metal, and I saw it happen with that one album. But just being alive for the last 20 years making music, collaborating and all of the other projects Grohl has his fingers in makes me feel like he's just as -- if not more important -- than Kurt Cobain at this point. Just the breadth of his work is amazing. He's existed as a big force in the rock world for 4 times longer than Nirvana, and showed he's more than that guy behind the drum kit flinging his hair around.
this is coming from someone who practically worshipped Kurt Cobain up until his death.