nirvana.
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I was definitely behind the curve with these guys. I din't find them until a few years after Kurt's suicide. By that time it was no longer cool to be into the band. Though the music was an enormous catalyst for me. It was loud, powerful and the melodies lodged them selves into my brain. I pulled out the acoustic guitar that sat in my closet unused since I was 8 and got a friend to show me how to play the songs in drop-d tuning. It was the foundation for more learning, and that discovery led to so many other great things.
I always laugh when I see the comments about how over-rated the band was, or how simple their music was. People want to negate their success in someway.
You either like the music or you don't. The rest is bullshit.
My own bullshit take: I'm a lover of both minimalism and expressive avant-garde art. I feel like Nirvana blended the two things perfectly. The instrumentals are rudimentary, and no-frills. Krist and Dave played simple but insanely tight rhythm parts which allowed Kurt to be as out of control and sloppy, or reserved and personal as he wanted to be. Minimalist and expressive. For me it works.
Aside from that the guys voice was incredible.