11 bands and artists who wouldn’t be here without Nirvana

Nirvana always wore their influences on their sleeves. Speaking about Nevermind, frontman Kurt Cobain famously told Rolling Stone, ​“I was basically trying to rip off the Pixies… We used their sense of dynamics, being soft and quiet and then loud and hard.” Every band takes cues from others who came before them, but there’s no denying that the grunge icons became hugely influential in their own right.  As the biggest and arguably most important rock band of the ​’90s, they had an impact that went beyond the mere musical, spearheading the scene that would come to be known as grunge and becoming a genuine cultural phenomenon in the process. They’ve inspired multiple generations to start kicking up a racket, and continue to exert a huge influence nearly three decades ...

Foo Fighters

1.This Is a Call 2.I'll Stick Around 3.Big Me 4.Alone + Easy Target 5.Good Grief 6.Floaty 7.Weenie Beenie 8.Oh, George 9.For All the Cows 10.X-Static 11.Wattershed 12.Exhausted

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