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Originally Posted by Conan
I agree he was a good drummer. And don't get me wrong I love that album - it's just for me it seems likes it's the darker, less focussed side of Kurt Cobain's mind. Like it's got a powerful message but has trouble finding the words. To me Nirvana were truly that, Nirvana, when they recorded In Utero. Sure everybody says it's their favorite but it's the most concentrated, focessed and haunting album of the catelog.
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I agree with all of that. For me, I first heard Nirvana shortly after Bleach came out. Managed to see em' live once as a four piece w/ Jason Everman still with them. When Nevermind came out, and on Geffen no less, the general reaction was "What the f
uck is this bullllllllls
hit?" Nevermind, in a way really symbolized the final nail in the coffin that mass media had built for "independent" music. Nothing was sacred anymore. Nirvana was being sold as if they were a panacea elixir. It was Blatant and disturbing. That's probably why I have such a high esteem of Bleach as an album, because it preceded what I saw as , and many others did as well, a very marked line of demarcation in the history of modern music.