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Nirvana's influence doesn't have to come from "brilliance and originality." You don't have to be brilliant or original to have an impact on the music world. There are plenty of bands today that have been influenced by Nirvana, you are all just looking at it in a closed box.
The fact is that Nivana lead the way in a major transition. The big bands in the 1980s were the likes of Poison, White Snake, Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe, Van Halen etc. The grunge movement changed the style of music people listened to and thus changed the type of music people start playing in their garage.
Of course there were other grunge bands, notably Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, but they were never as popular. Regardless if they borrowed from other bands, Nirvana was the leader in a musical revolution.
Of course Kurt Cobain gained popularity after he died. Fuck, people even started listening to Aaliyah after she died. That isn't even relevant though. The fact that people in 1991 started buying Nevermind instead of Dr. Feelgood changed how music has evolved. Whether or not Kane Knight deems it "quality" is completely objective. A band doesn't have to sound exactly like Nirvana to be impacted by them.
Nirvana's influence occurred with the release of Nevermind, not Cobain's death.
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