Originally Posted by million dollar basher

I guess I'll try to weigh in on this:
I think, for me, it comes down to the fact that the Pixies really set the standard for the following decade. I've said it before, compare "Where is My Mind" to "Say it Ain't So" by Weezer. The influence is clear. The problem with the 90's and 00's when compared to the Pixies' era, is that no one band (and this is topic for a whole other discussion) really set such a clear and dynamic influence. Maybe Nirvana, but Cobain's style was, again, largely a product of what he had picked up from groups like the Pixies, if not the Pixies themselves.