Okay, Ern, I just read your Nirvana post. Now, please please please don't get mad about the things I am about to say. And, if you do get mad, I claim pre-forgiveness. Dawgs can do that.

Alright, that said, everything you said in your post about Nirvana is pretty much cliche' now. I've spouted out the same cliche's. The whole antithesis to glam, tapping into angst, didn't give a crap angles have been overhyped now to the point of being ludicrous. I really think we are giving them too much credit. They were interesting and different, but they weren't really that good. They did exist at a time when music changed, but I just don't think they changed music for the better. I blame them and some of their contemporaries for the crap we have on the radio now. Why does a discussion on albums that changed music have to begin with them anyway? It's short sighted to begin with those who came along in your lifetime. It's almost Mike-ish. Let's talk about Jelly Roll Morton, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James, Robert Lee Hooker and Ray Charles. How about the Everley Brothers, Beach Boys, Chuck Berry, and Buddy Holly? These are the people that influenced and gave rise to Elvis, the Beatles, Clapton, Hendrix, the Stones, the Who and Dylan. That moved us to bands like Zeppelin, Sabbath, Aerosmith and other assorted heavy stuff. Then music stalled with the singer/songwriters and disco of the 70's. But in the 80's, we did get back to rock inspired by the heavy bands of the early 70's like Guns 'n' Roses. Not to mention, Aerosmith made a comeback. What has Nirvana and Seattle given rise to? Puddle of Mudd and Godsmack? Nickelback and Default? They gave have given us Billboard Top Tens full of no talent Rap music. If anything changed music in the early 90's it was unhappy people who had no reason to be unhappy. Cause it sure wasn't good music that did it. I just look at the rock landscape today and ask, "How did they make things better?" If someone can show me some real evidence, I am willing to listen. Otherwise, I just want the cliche'-ed praise of Nirvana to go away.

At least Bon Jovi is still going strong.