I consider Nirvana to be classic rock, am I alone?

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Permalink Reply by dazed-n-confused87 on January 12, 2009 at 7:49pm

now dont hate me for saying this, but isnt cobain a little over rated just a tad?? i mean would everyone love him so much if he were alive... probably not... just like most people didnt like elvis untill he died...

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Expert RockerPermalink Reply by Zeppy on January 14, 2009 at 11:11am

Well don't hate me for saying this, but you're way off on this. Nirvana were hugely popular when they were still around, and Elvis was one of the most popular artists in the world when he was alive, and while we have a tendency to legendize (it's a word!) artists once they die, on this you're way wrong. People would still love both Elvis and Kurt if they were still alive. Nirvana changed music! But thanks for playin :)

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Permalink Reply by Mike on January 14, 2009 at 9:40am

Nirvana was a great band, and I agree that glam rock hurt music, but I don't consider them classic, their Seattle wave. Man some really good sounds came out of Seattle in the early 90s. When someone dies at the top it adds to their legend. Can't help but wonder what could have been.

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Permalink Reply by glen pfab on March 15, 2009 at 7:05pm

No I think that anyone that made such a lasting impact and permanent imprint on music belongs and Kurt Cobain sure had so much to do with the grunge movement just like Jimi and the psych he sure inspired and anyone that could inspire and have followers this long sure belongs and to Paul the Ramones sure did alot as well as I stated classic rock is always growing and morphing like rock and roll itself thats why it will never die this current rap thing will eventually lose ground and rock will be back music goes through stages who would have known in the mid 70s that jazz would make such a strong comeback with the fusion as well as the blues that were considered dead and rock is what breathed life into them

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Permalink Reply by drofmusic on August 8, 2009 at 8:09pm

Kurt may not be "Classic" but he IS a "Legend"!!! And his music will be listened to for decades to come.....

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Expert RockerPermalink Reply by Zeppy on July 3, 2011 at 12:29pm

Made more legendary by his death, as per usual

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Permalink Reply by Orodreth Elendil on August 15, 2009 at 8:10pm

NO you not... NIRVANA was my first connection with rock and roll music. i think they deserved it.

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Expert RockerPermalink Reply by Zeppy on September 18, 2009 at 11:09am

At the time Cobain seemed like the savior of music, but as we all know, hindsight is 20/20, Nirvana was apart of the Seattle wave which was what I think we needed at the time, with bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden etc...and the music industry has sucked for a long time now, so I tend to agree with you here Phantasm777

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Permalink Reply by Tangerine71 on July 2, 2011 at 5:17pm

Nope, they're not

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Permalink Reply by Tangerine71 on July 3, 2011 at 12:27pm

I mean, how can anyone compare  Kurt Cobain with Jim Morrison? You're going to compare Smells Like Teen Spirit with Riders on the Storm? Or Lithium with The End? Or Heart Shaped Box with Crystal Ship? Really, are you serious???

 

And as for comparisons to John Lennon....John left his family, and that sucks. But he wasn't so selfish as to kill himself and leave a tiny baby behind.

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Permalink Reply by ohpinkoh on July 19, 2011 at 7:08pm

No way! 

Perhaps nirvana is 'rock' music that has indeed become 'classic,' but i dont think people mean just that when they say classic rock--so no way is nirvana classic rock! To me it's definitely a sound. Nirvana is too far away from blues to me, i think, to be classic rock, and its not the right era to be grandfathered in. 

What about 'real' rock n roll, in your(anybody's) opinion, did they bring 'back'? Its not a rhetorical question. They put out some good stuff, but i dont think they brought anything 'back.' What was it that reminded people of 'the good old days' or what have you?

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Expert RockerPermalink Reply by David P. on August 17, 2011 at 4:31pm

I agree with Rich's comment from July 9 2008. I was a teenager when Grunge became popular, Nirvana were one of my favorite bands and I still remember perfectly all the buzz about them during the Nevermind era, they were very good and Cobain got back the classic rock star image/charisma that, in my opinion, had been lost during the 80's, I would wait another 8 or 10 years to put them under the Classic Rock definition, and I really am not quite sure if Nirvana would fit into the genre, if there is such thing, I would today, categorize them as "Classic Alternative Rock" I think would fit better.

If anyone's interested here's the link to a site I made some years ago with scans of Nirvana stuff I collected mainly from my teenage years (1991-1995) has a lot of stuff from the Nevermind era.

www.nirvana.pt.vu

Cheers,

David

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