HaWI is probably a Pavement fan.
Probably the best thing about Nirvana, in my humble opinion, is the joke that circled around a few years after Kurt Cobain's death:
Hip and Witty Individual: Hey, have you heard the new Nirvana Greatest Hits album? It's stylin'.
Unsuspecting Setup Guy, of course slightly confused at the notion of a greatest hits album, seeing as Cobain has long since ceased to be: Um... no, what's on it?
HaWI: A gunshot and sixty minutes of silence.
Admissibly a low blow. But regardless, i consider Nirvana to be one of those bands more memorable in concept and effect than execution. They wrote albums worth of instant pop singles, which is undeniably impressive, but i think i vomit a little in my mouth every time i hear the average Nirvana classic these days. The less radio-friendly portions of In Utero have their moments.
By now, the directly "post-Nirvana" musical strains are tired and uninspired. Regardless of the band's importance, i think some acts - and maybe entire genres - need the reminder that Kurt is pretty dead.
