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Originally Posted by Nick1976
That 1992-1996 period is just such an aberration, it's as if the whole music industry and quite a few fans went insane for no particular reason, rejecting everything that had come before and becoming totally devoted to what became a pretty short fad. Grunge didn't just lead to the death of hair metal. It led to the death of melodic hard rock and heavy metal in general, at least for a decade, and took hard rock from a widely popular and diverse fanbase to a niche market.
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I think it all depends on where you wer at the time..melodic hard rock/heavy metall was still going strong here in Sweden. In the US, I can't think of any bands that topped the popular charts at the time but I don't think that anyone really cared at the time. And I don't think that anyone who really listened to bands like Jane's Addiction really cared if their music was placing higher than "Heart Shaped Box".
You are right that Cobain was no music genius..but he wasn't bad. I think it is a shame he died so young and that did effect his fame. But that always happens and he did have a different sound at the time. I don't care if little kids are walking around with Nirvana shirts.
The whole grunge scene to me just seemed like a bit of a phase. Just people who wanted to listen to something they deemed "alternative" from the mainstream. These bands that were declared "alternative" from the mainstream were opening up for mainstream bands (Such as Pearl Jam opening for U2 on their Zooropa tour) .And then it got big and all of a sudden, it wasn't as cool to listen to as before. But alot of good bands came out of it such as Bush and Live. And their music led to other such music.
The whole Britney, Backstreet Boys boyband phase was just an evolution of NKOTB and Tiffany. That kind of crap had been going on for a looong time and was / is always popular.
I wish the swing band fad of the 90s hadn't peetered out personally..that was a really fun thing. But then it always did continue, just not as mainstream. Who really cares right?