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Originally Posted by Urban Hat€monger ?
I'll never understand why these 2 bands get compared so often, just because Nirvana sounded a bit like them on one song. I don't ever recall Nirvana writing spanish lyrics or being influenced by surf rock.
It's a bit like saying AC/DC should be compared to Noel Coward because Bon Scott did a posh accent on one song.
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It's mainly because Cobain cited Pixies as a band that he ripped off stylistically. He was, of course, too high to use the Spanish language or play surf rock but he ran with the early-90s loud-quiet-loud thing, courtesy of Pixies. His statements RE this are pretty well documented, I think. And most popular songs by both bands use that device.