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Originally Posted by mr dave
just how much would you be willing to invest in a band fronted by a junkie who (for all intents and purposes) can't sing? i can't see how anyone with ANY modicum of business acumen could look at nirvana and not think 'RISK!' early in their career. but like any other risk, the payoff can, and in this case - was, huge.
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How many grunge bands have you heard from that time? Not many of them were fronted by Jeff Buckleys or Van Morrisons. Besides I'm sure vocally Kurt was well liked since the people from that scene were big into underground music and he sounds like the dude from the Meat Puppets.
I don't think you really know much about Sub Pop either, they were signing plenty of bands that weren't the smartest business moves.
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don't get me wrong, i think nirvana is great. i just can't see how anyone in business thought they were sitting on something huge until 'smells like teen spirit' hit the air. i figure the people at geffen noticed that seattle was really taking off and fished around for someone who had been flying under the radar and hoped they would get lucky - and they did.
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That explains why grunge bands were being picked up before Nirvana were.