Suck my dick, I'm Kurt Cobain

[Roonie]

Originally Posted by 7960

Cobain was popular, that doesn't mean he was good...that's my opinion.


better?

warmer

[Joe_Cool]

Originally Posted by motivez

How many albums has your band sold again?

Oh, my bad. I didn't realize that ONLY best-selling bands are able to discern good music from shit.

To know that Eddie Van Halen is a better guitarist than you are, I don't have to play guitar better than either of you. I merely have to listen.

[motivez]

Originally Posted by Joe_Cool

Oh, my bad. I didn't realize that ONLY best-selling bands are able to discern good music from shit.

To know that Eddie Van Halen is a better guitarist than you are, I don't have to play guitar better than either of you. I merely have to listen.

Yeah, so long as everyone understands your opinion of the music and his ability is just that, an opinion.. and not some statement based on (lack of) expertise in the area.

[jimeigh]

were his eyes blue? i heard that one eye blue this way, and the other eye blue that way.

[Donkey®]

Cobain was a GREAT artist...

He is designated a top guitar player because there's more to being a guitar player than playing "clean." I PERSONALLY don't think he was a top 20 player if rated just on his finger abilities...but when you add in the other factors, creativity, uniqueness, etc...he's #12.

Of course, this is all opinion...just like the people saying he sucked. I think a majority of critics, artists, fans think otherwise...

[Joe_Cool]

Originally Posted by Donkey®

Cobain was a GREAT artist...

He was a mediocre artist. All he was good at is shooting heroin and sounding angry into the mic. He was only influential because there were a lot of angry kids who wanted to hear people sounding angry.

He is designated a top guitar player because there's more to being a guitar player than playing "clean." I PERSONALLY don't think he was a top 20 player if rated just on his finger abilities...but when you add in the other factors, creativity, uniqueness, etc...he's #12.

Creativity and uniqueness are completely independent of his guitar abilities. Unless you're saying he did something on guitar that nobody had ever done before. Which he didn't. All he did was bang on the strings and turn up the distortion.

If you want to call him the #12 most influential musician, I still won't agree, but it's a lot stronger claim than calling him the #12 greatest guitarist.

Of course, this is all opinion...just like the people saying he sucked. I think a majority of critics, artists, fans think otherwise...

What serious musicians did he influence? Soundgarden and Pearl Jam both formed before Nirvana, Alice in Chains shortly after (long before they were a name), and Stone Temple Pilots before Nirvana ever got airplay. So Nirvana obviously couldn't have influenced them too much, (except maybe STP). More likely, they COPIED the others, or they all developed a similar sound concurrently, being from the same town and in the same scene. The fact that his record hit MTV first doesn't mean he was doing it first.

Who else? I'm sure he wasn't a major influence on Neil Young, Satriani, Van Halen, or BB King. So what important guitarists (NOT the same thing as important artists) legitimately claim Cobain as a major influence?

[Joe_Cool]

For crying out loud, Joe Walsh and Ted Nugent aren't on that list. They're both better than at least half those guys.

[avsp]

all of you are wrong about nearly everything
i'd comment more today but
BBC NEWS | Scotland | KLF frontman marks 'No Music Day'

[jff.law]

Suuurrrrreeee

[A_C_E]

Holy thread bump