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Originally Posted by KingofOldSchool
Nirvana's popularity nowadays is based on the media's portrayal of Kurt Cobain as some God. Because we all know that 90% of the people who actively watch MTV or listen to the radio on a regular basis can not think for themselves. Most of these people who idolize Cobain are 15 year old kids who were practically toddlers when he killed himself. The same people who idolize him are the same fags who listen to Panic at the Disco and My Chemcial Romance. And if Kurt was still alive and he knew his fans were listening to the crap, he'd kill himself all over again.
He is no where near a symbol as a God, pussies who kill themselves should be be pissed on, not worshipped...especially when said person's talent is somewhere above Ashlee Simpson and below Creed.
Metallica on the other hand is a collective assembly of crap. They think they are God's gift to music, but in reality they have not done anything remotely good in 15 years or so. They are basically the Hulk Hogan of music, they drew for so many years, but in the last 10+ years their popularity dropped off. So what did they do? They did everything they could draw attention to themselves (ie: Napster, that movie, suing fans, etc) so they could sell more albums, but it didn't work.
So this is a tie due to the vortex of suckitude that is surrounding both bands.
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Ya know, how do you feel when you realize Eddie Vedder was a huge Nirvana fan, that constantly felt down in the dumps whenever Kurt slagged his band off. The band you ride hard all over, was a band that had a frontman who wanted Kurt and Nirvana's support. I find this amusing.
The reason Nirvana is still big to this day is because their music holds up, plain as. It isnt just the media that is up their asses, but it's artists from other great, talented bands, who know good music when they hear it.
You dont have to play your instruments with techical precision to be great, or to write excellent songs. BTW, Grohl is an excellent musician. Kurt a great writer, with the ability to portray emotion through his voice and simple words better than most.
Also, I grew up with the band, and I consider them to be what they are portrayed as. There are many people just like me that Nirvana clicked with, in a big way. You generalize too much on this topic, assuming you know exactly why everyone likes them, blah blah. I dont listen to fucking emo, or My chemical romance.
They had changed music before Kurt died, and they had been a major band before Kurt died. Reason? The music fucking kicked ass, and was something fresh. After he died new fans came along the way, and his legend grew, but it didnt affect whet he did while he was alive.
As for this thread question, Nirvana has the better catalogue, imo. Metallica is good, I like them, but yeah, I may be biased here, but there arent many bands that dethrone Nirvana for me.