Metalmilitia2000
UM's Resident Asshole
For once, we completely agree. One of my favorite albums, have it on white vinyl.
Nah. I still hate 'em.It still amazes me how passionate some metal-heads are about hating grunge -- particularly Nirvana and Kurt Cobain -- even after all these years. I've always said, metal never died, you just had to look for it. Like some people here have, major labels gave up on metal, and in fact, by 1991, the most popular and best-selling metal albums were hair-metal bands. Now while I will always have a huge soft-spot in my heart for hair-metal, I don't think that Kurt Cobain single-handedly killed them off. Labels have always -- and will always -- gravitate towards what sells. Otherwise, nobody in the world would know who the hell Fred Durst is. 1991 brought Metallica's black album, which I know that so many of you purists will call "sell-out" there, but it remains one of the best-selling records EVER. And let's not forget DT's breakthrough came during the so-called "grunge years." So metal didn't die because of Nirvana -- or because of any grunge band. Grunge was just another way for musicians to express themselves. Kurt Cobain was a great songwriter and took so much different music, a lot that wasn't even heard of before he covered it (i.e. the Vaselines), and made it accessible to the masses. Ask any musician here, and I'll call BS if they say they wouldn't kill to have their music heard and revered by the millions.
As it maybe obvious, I did love Nirvana and still listen to them frequently. But I also pull out my Tyketto and Danger Danger CD's all the time as well. Nevermind was a great album, as were all of their albums. I particularly love Incesticide, a great collection of raw, metal-tinged punk that rarely gets talked about in the Nirvana conversation. I also loved grunge as a whole (Pearl Jam was a big obsession for me in high school). All throughout this time though, I was still rocking out to my metal, mainly because I knew where to look.
Everybody has their opinion though. But you know what they say about opinions...
it is funny, most of the people who are posting that it wasnt dead or posting album covers were probably not there at the time. For those who were can back me up.....majority of the metal bands at the time were putting out commercial aimed material, rehashing, and not putting much creativity into the music. Plus you had two of the bigger metal acts getting new singers, Maiden and Preist. For those who were there know that "grunge" and even the hardcore music scene at that time were fresh and even considered "underground" at the time. Sure there were some good disc still coming out but most of these were not available at the time....dont forget it was pre-internet so you just couldnt order it online. I knew lots of people who changed over from listening to metal and got into punk / hardcore because it still had the rage and excitement that metal once had. Music goes in cycles and this happened to be one of those cycles. No one forced it to happen....it was the bands itself that made it happen. No one was forcing people to change what they were listening to. It basically is when something isnt good anymore you look for something else. At the time...metal wasnt that good anymore. It needed time to sleep to come back. Sure there were lots of good bands around who were putting out good stuff...at the time in the states you could not get it easily. I think most forget what it was like before the internet and online ordering was like.
I can honestly say I hated Nirvana immediately. It was the first time I truly realized I had nothing in common with the mainstream.