Every new rock or punk band or whatever owes their lives to Nirvana. Without Nirvana none of the new bands would have existed (I'm talking to you Bayside & The Used)Kurt, with his lyrics and talent to write really catchy hooks added with Novoselic & Grohl as poetry in motion. I know Courtney Love's father Hank & he isn't a fan of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame but I personally want to see this band get respect.Oh and also many hip hop artists are fans as well. So Nirvana has fans from every genre of music because their honest is a turn on and they were very influential. Kurt isn't on the physical earth anymore but I'd like to think had Kurt lived, maybe he'd found peace and got help and enjoyed the music and fame.

Posted by Mark Craig on Sunday, 01/6/2013 @ 20:53pm

NIRVANA needs to be in the hall of fame because the only hiccup the band ever had was smells like teen spirit (yes im going there) because even though that song was the song of the year for 1991 it gave the band (and kurt) so much undesired attention (but necessary attention) they still would have gotten famous regardless of that song because they had already been heard in california by 1990 but yes they need to be in the hall of fame

Posted by James on Saturday, 01/19/2013 @ 20:43pm

So tired of all the, "If Kurt hadn't of put a gun to his head..." commenters. Nirvana was HUGE even before Kurt committed suicide, and the reason for them staying huge afterward isn't solely because the lead singer is dead. They're a great band who put grunge music on the radar. Eddie Vedder has said himself many times that Pearl Jam along with a ton of other grunge bands wouldn't be where they are without Kurt Cobain. Overstatement? Possibly, since I'm sure they would have gotten there eventually - especially Pearl Jam because they're incredibly talented - but there's no denying that Nirvana's overnight hit of an album, Nevermind, helped slingshot a lot of grunge bands into the spotlight a heck of a lot quicker. I get that there are those who don't like Nirvana, which is fine. You're entitled to your opinion, and obviously not everyone is going to appreciate the same bands/musicians. But just because you don't like them doesn't mean they don't deserve to be recognized by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I look forward to their induction in 2014.

Posted by Ann on Tuesday, 02/12/2013 @ 16:58pm

Given their major impact on the entire alternative and rock music scene, Nirvana is almost a lock at first-time induction.

Posted by John Cady on Wednesday, 02/20/2013 @ 10:30am

Nirvana most definitely deserves to be in the Hall of Fame and in its initial qualifying year.

For those who think all they did was scream, you've obviously not seen/heard their absolutely wonderful Unplugged session.

Also, if you've heard most or all of their available catalogue and heard Kurt singing different types of music - too often the little "aside" or "for fun" songs - you know his voice was more than just screaming. Actually, most of the screaming was in concert as far as I can tell. But there is always a place and purpose for intensity which some would call screaming.

Kurt could have done so many different things musically and fine art-artistically. Who knows what path he might have taken, what he might have tried, the emotions he might have drawn out of himself and his audience. He was, I think, in reality a gentle soul who was passionate about his art even if he eventually grew weary of what he was doing.

To me, it is not all about the perfect voice or instrumentation - though there is something to be said for swift, clean and neat. Its about how it affects the listener/viewer. I personally like things a bit rough around the edges - the raspy, gravelly voice etc.

But I would hope most people could admit that Dave Grohl is one hell of a fantastic drummer - he and John Bonham are the best ever to me. Never cared much for Krist, he never seemed to me to fit and in far too much need of attention.

I hope when they are inducted that they are "done proud" and respectfully. Couple of ways to do that - keep Courtney out of it and don't bring up Kurt's supposed suicide.

There's way too much reasonable doubt and evidence to the contrary. But it shouldn't be dealt with on this stage. The fact that he is gone and with him the talent and potential he possessed is sufficiently accurate and sad to mark on this occasion. It should celebrate their accomplisments, contributions and the feelings they gave their audience which all contributed to their success.

Ironic that their induction may come in the year of the 20th anniversary of Kurt's death.

Posted by Carla on Wednesday, 04/24/2013 @ 23:09pm

Nirvana will get in next year, but Soundgarden? I don't think they will be as popular with the voters the first time around on the ballot. Nirvana was a much, much bigger influence.

Posted by Robert on Monday, 04/29/2013 @ 10:28am

No chance that Chad Channing is inducted with the band. He performed on one pretty good album that doesn't really make or break this group's Hall of Fame career. It will just be the trio that gets in.

Posted by Casper on Sunday, 05/12/2013 @ 16:40pm

The release of the single "Love Buzz" in Nov. 1988 technically seems to make Nirvana eligible to be on the ballot. BUT - They didn't release the album Bleach or fully sign to Sub Pop until six months later, which I would think would make them more appropriate for the NEXT ballot in 2014.

My trouble with all this is that Janes Addiction's Nothing's Shocking was released in August 1988 and Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth came out the fall of 1988, which really makes 1988 their years, not Nirvana's. Nirvana was still opening up for Sonic Youth through 1990 and even in 1991, and SY got them hooked up with Geffen records. Dave Grohl wasn't in the band until around the Geffen signing.

I guess I'd really like to see both Janes and SY in the HOF before Nirvana, and I don't see anything wrong with waiting even until 2015 or 2016 to induct Nirvana -- 1991 was "the year punk broke" after all, thanks a lot to everything Sonic Youth did to help other bands.

Because, after all, "it's just another day in a daydream nation."

Posted by JDM on Monday, 05/20/2013 @ 21:02pm

Nirvana. I don't even know where to begin. Probably my favourite band next to the Beatles and Led Zeppelin of course. You know, there's a lot of controversy over them. There's always haters. I mean, if you respect my music I can respect yours. I think Nirvana should be inducted. Not just because twy are one of my favourite bands. But for real reasons, that anyone would understand. They changed music in general. Kurt Cobain was talented in his profession. So were Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic. Not to mention Chad Channing and the line of drummers that came before Grohl. There music, it makes you feel something inside. It's almost melancholy for me. A lot of people think I shouldn't listen to this music. Not my parents, as they showed me what real music is. But they day I shouldn't listen o it because Kurt Cobain killed himself, and that it could lead to depression. But so what man, at least it makes me feel something that no other music can. Nirvana changed my life, and I'm not even old enough to have begun living it. Without nirvana, I don't know where I'd be today or who is be. I say, and I'm guessing a lot of people would agree with me on this one, that if Nirvana and it's sieving members, including their deceased one at that, do not get inducted, as they are eligible with Bleach coming out in 1989, and being eligible this year, I doubt the way we look and understand musc. I will be disgusted in our society. To me, music died when Kurt died. We should induct the last great band. For Kurt.

Posted by Grace on Tuesday, 05/21/2013 @ 02:33am

Grace, I would never question whether or not Nirvana should be in -- they will be on the first ballot they're on. They meant so much to so many people, there's just no doubt, and I should have mentioned that on the first note. I'm just wondering over the timing. It's a stretch, I think, that "Love Buzz" makes them eligible for the ballot this year because Sub Pop put out the single in late, late 1988. Technically they're eligible, but really?

By the Hall of Fame's own 25-year rule, the HOF should be giving it up for Jane's and Nothing's Shocking and SY for Daydream Nation (a double record statement for the ages) on this next ballot. I'm worried the Hall of Fame will never let them all in at the same induction, and, of course, they won't. And I don't want to see Sonic Youth have to wait 100 years like Deep Purple and Stevie Ray Vaughn have been. Jane's has waited a couple of years now, and with Nothing's Shocking release in 1988, they suddenly become real hard to ignore.

I just hope the Hall remembers as you do that Bleach didn't get out into the world until 1989 - not 1988. But we all know they won't - and will jump at the chance to induct Nirvana ASAP and make as big a show as possible.

Posted by JDM on Tuesday, 05/21/2013 @ 04:47am

Music didn't disappear after Nirvana. There are lots of bands out there worth checking out, even today. You just have to dig around.

Posted by Cheesecrop on Tuesday, 05/21/2013 @ 05:29am

As you look at the reason for why to consider Nirvana you have to look back at the entire history of rock n rock. The face of rock n roll has taken on many images as it developed you need to look at each of those musicians that inspired those changes. We have jazz to blues to rock heavy metal punk hair bands and Nirvana took us to a new realm never before experienced or expressed. Curt spoke of feelings we knew but couldn't say, didn't know how to talk about or tell our parents. These were our raw emotions never before said all other rock spoke of such women abuse love hate anger but this was just us the voices in our head a total new voice with a loud drum beat from Dave & Chris cranking it out there on the side. There is no other influence that took music to the next step and the next age moving forward. Thanks Curt,Dave,Chris Nirvana they should be in the hall and give no invite to Courtney I don't want to see that b**ch

Posted by Cy on Friday, 05/24/2013 @ 01:38am

YES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by Happy on Thursday, 08/8/2013 @ 12:52pm

okay nirvana should definetly get in they are one of the few bright spots in a very very shitty decade yes they might get overhyped but i think they are not the most overhyped band of the 90s i think that claim goes to radiohead and just to say all four major grunge bands will get in with some other bands from the 90s getting in not many though and Nirvana should definetly be a first ballot band but it might not happen deep purple should be in(first balloters too) and they are not in and there are a ton of other bands that elligble that are not in and should be so i think what some people are angry at is that some classic rockers are getting passed over for some bands that should not be fist ballot bands ( Guns n' Roses and red hot chilli peppers) i like nirvana i will say that but if you are angry at them for being popular or getting in before Kiss, Deep Purple and Priest is a little shortsighted and stupid those bands will get in eventually but i can not forgive people hating them for being popular that is the one thing that annoys the hell out of me.

Posted by Thomas on Tuesday, 08/27/2013 @ 10:39am

Since Nirvana was short lived and they only made three albums and Chad Channing was on one of the albums, he could be included in the induction.

Posted by Roy on Saturday, 10/5/2013 @ 04:57am

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/readers-poll-the-10-bands-who-should-enter-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-in-2014-20130424/10-nirvana-0583117

Readers' Poll: 10 Bands Who Should Enter the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014

Your picks include Chicago, Deep Purple and the Smiths

10. Nirvana

Artists are eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25 years after the release of their first album or single, meaning Nirvana are eligible next year because their single "Love Buzz" first appeared in 1988. However, not many bands get in on their first ballot; Metallica even had to wait a year.

Still, while nothing is certain, it seems quite likely that Nirvana are first-balloters. Who should induct them? Michael Stipe? Eddie Vedder? Neil Young? Patti Smith? Beyond that, will Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic perform a Nirvana song with a guest singer? Will Bleach drummer Chad Channing get inducted, too? Hopefully we'll get the answers to all these questions next year.

Posted by Roy on Saturday, 10/5/2013 @ 05:05am

NIRVANA

01. Kurt Cobain (1987–1994; lead vocals, guitar)
02. Krist Novoselic (1987–1994; bass guitar)
03. Chad Channing (1987-1990; drums)
04. Dave Grohl (1990–1994; drums, backing vocals)

Posted by Roy on Saturday, 10/5/2013 @ 05:13am

Since Nirvana was short lived and they only made three albums and Chad Channing was on one of the albums, he could be included in the induction.

NIRVANA

01. Kurt Cobain (1987–1994; lead vocals, guitar)
02. Krist Novoselic (1987–1994; bass guitar)
03. Chad Channing (1987-1990; drums)
04. Dave Grohl (1990–1994; drums, backing vocals)

Posted by Roy on Friday, 10/11/2013 @ 08:20am

While we're in the process of waiting for next year's nominees to be announced, I might as well put in my $0.02 for Nirvana.

Let me just say, I love their music. I mean, who wouldn't like 'Nevermind' and 'In Utero'? I remember first hearing 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' when I was age 10, and thinking, 'Is this some Guns 'n Roses spinoff band?'. Again, I was ten, and while I do consider myself a rock historian, I was too young to know about the differences of rock and its subgenres. Of course, I wasn't aware of the term 'grunge rock'. Who would have thought in 1991 just years later this band would be considered 'legendary' for its time? And like some of us, I remember when and where I was during the announcement of Kurt Cobain's death. By that time, if you were wearing flannel shirts, dying your hair like the Seattle grunge people, you were more than cool. Then it all died after awhile.

That being said, I do consider Nirvana one of my Top 3 most overrated bands of all time. (The other two, the Sex Pistols and Skynyrd) Those three bands have one thing in common: death. Getting back to Nirvana, I don't remember when so-called professional music critics started to hail Nirvana as legends, or 'the group that changed everything', 'rock and roll wasn't the same after Nirvana', etc. What really gets me is that people still believe hair metal died when Nirvana came out, and the myth that they invented grunge rock. Don't get me wrong, Nirvana helped bring grunge to the mainstream and probably opened the door for some punk bands (Offspring), but please, don't make these people poster children for changing rock and roll.

Posted by Jason Voigt on Friday, 10/11/2013 @ 10:26am

Getting back to Nirvana, I don't remember when so-called professional music critics started to hail Nirvana as legends, or 'the group that changed everything', 'rock and roll wasn't the same after Nirvana', etc. What really gets me is that people still believe hair metal died when Nirvana came out, and the myth that they invented grunge rock. Don't get me wrong, Nirvana helped bring grunge to the mainstream and probably opened the door for some punk bands (Offspring), but please, don't make these people poster children for changing rock and roll.

Posted by Jason Voigt on Friday, 10.11.13 @ 10:26am
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I do agree w/you that Nirvana obviously did not invent grunge.

I will say this, though: Nirvana's "Nevermind" hit #1 in early 1992. Several months later, Def Leppard hit #1 w/the album "Adrenalize".

After this, no 80's pop-metal band had a #1 album until the yr. 2007, when Bon Jovi hit #1 w/an album whose name I am forgetting right now. From what I understand, this album was not a traditional metal album, & it was being pitched towards the country audience (I cannot be sure on this, but I'll check about to find out, unless someone already knows).

If in fact the Bon Jovi album was a country album, then not a single pop-metal band, or pop-metal album, has ever - ever - hit #1 on the charts again. No offense, but that sounds pretty impressive if you're arguing that Nirvana got rid of pop-metal, or for that matter, that rock & roll was definitely different after they scaled the charts. :)

Posted by Cheesecrop on Friday, 10/11/2013 @ 16:07pm

I don't know if you read Spin magazine (or maybe it was Blender?), but it had an issue put out a few years ago about R&R's greatest myths. Of course, one of them was about Nirvana killing hair metal. Their argument was that hair metal was already dead by the time Nirvana came about. I don't have the article on me at the moment, but I remember they stated a good backup of their claim.

Also, I hope those who read my above paragraph got my point, which was: critics and music fans alike gave Nirvana too much credit for what they had.

Posted by Jason Voigt on Saturday, 10/12/2013 @ 19:12pm

Nirvana suffers a backlash of the media such as Rolling Stone treating them like The Beatles. They were a good band. Their Unplugged performance was excellent, showing a band that honed its craft before countless live audiences.

Do I think musically their albums were so spectacular? No. But again they were good, just not on the absurd level that magazines Rolling Stone always places them. (It's readers agreed, labeling Nirvana overrated in a recent poll).

I would agree that band's like Nirvana did not "kill" hair metal. Talk of one event or band killing another genre is always exaggerated, as with the claim, for example, that the British Invasion killed Motown. Rather it was a situation where hair metal was played out, and people were looking for something new. Popular music tend to be cyclical, and new musical trends will react to the current musical mainstream. The alternative rock scene that came into the mainstream just seemed so much more substantial and meaningful.

But even though I think Nirvana has gotten way too much credit, I also would not question their induction. That's because they made a real impact, and regrettably or not, contributed to the early 90s alternative scene becoming a big mainstream player. Bands that obtain significant mainstream success while contributing to the cyclical musical shifts you see every few years are always big in my book. I always valued that way over just being a critical darling, my own preferences aside.

Posted by astrodog on Sunday, 10/13/2013 @ 09:16am

I'd say that Nirvana did kill off hair metal. But, at that point, it was more a "last nail in the coffin" deal, rather than blowing it away singehandedly.

Posted by GFW on Sunday, 10/13/2013 @ 12:51pm

One thing that I vividly remember at the time is that when Nirvana, Alice in Chains and Pearl Jam started to break, they were lumped into Metal. They were played on Headbanger's Ball and Metal radio and covered in Metal magazines. Metal is what the industry was pushing at the time.

It wasn't too long after that everything became "Alternative", because of the Seattle bands. The industry hadn't really exploited the word Alternative at that point, so the definition was broadened to become more mainstream. The definition of Alternative was very different pre-Nirvana/Pearl Jam/Alice in Chains than it was after.

A lot of what was marketed as Alternative in the 90s would have been plain mainstream rock in the 80s.

Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 10/13/2013 @ 16:54pm

It would've been mainstream in the 80's, had they let it in/had it been accepted in the 80's.

One of the great things about the time Was the confusion. Even Ugly Kid Joe was perceived as perhaps being "alternative" or what have you. The Spin Doctors were perceived to be in the same boat as well.

I'll also say this about pop-metal: it was still around for a bit into 1992. You still had stuff like Firehouse's "Love of a Lifetime" on the radio, & some of the last stuff from Extreme, Trixter, etc. Some of the stuff was still there, though it was leaving pretty fast.

Posted by Cheesecrop on Sunday, 10/13/2013 @ 18:42pm

Chad Channing is mentioned in Nirvana's Rock Hall bio.

Posted by Roy on Wednesday, 10/16/2013 @ 08:26am

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees Who Will Vote For Nirvana

Heart, Public Enemy, Rush, Beastie Boys, Guns N' Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, RUN-DMC, R.E.M, U2, Van Halen

Posted by Roy on Saturday, 10/19/2013 @ 20:31pm

If Nirvana does not make it in this time around, why? The question would become why did Metallica get in the first time around? Why is Metallica more popular than Nirvana. Beastie Boys and Red Hot Chilli Peppers were nominated twice before being inducted. Could that happen to Nirvana?

Posted by Roy on Wednesday, 10/23/2013 @ 14:23pm

If Nirvana does get inducted, who will induct them? Will it be Eddie Vedder again like he did with Neil Young, R.E.M., The Doors, and The ramones? And who will play with nirvana onstage? Paul McCartney again? What does the Nirvana fans think?

Posted by Luis Medina on Monday, 10/28/2013 @ 17:26pm

I see that a lot of people are against Nirvana or don't see Nirvana personal importance in rock. To be honest,they were the last band to have a great effect on music culture. And its true that Kurt Cobain was the last great rock icon. We have not since seen an artist that had such a lasting effect on everyone in the last 25 years. Think about, everyone and I mean everyone still reference Kurt Cobain in one way or another. In my middle school and high school, and even my college, kids still wear nirvana and Kurt Cobain clothing and accessories. Everyone from any ethnicities love Nirvana. I see a lot of Asians, African American, Latinos and white people who just love Nirvana. I never seen anything like that ever, that showed so much love for an artist.

When their video for "smells like teen spirit" went on the air in MTV, nobody had seen such a video like that before. It had all the classic elements of a rock video, like girls in revealing clothes, guys rocking out and kids dancing the latest dance. But just the whole crazy aggressiveness and rebellion with pop melodies all at once was just something else. Here was a guy pissed off yet sarcastic and looked and dressed like the average American kid at that point. Everyone could relate to that. Yes, their music was nothing new. Bands like Husker Du and The Replacements had done the whole pop and punk hybrid first but it wasn't as great as popular as Nirvana was. The "Seattle movement" put the term alternative rock on the map. Before then, they were all known as metal bands. You would find them in metal magazines, radio, and Nirvana even won the award favorite heavy metal artist by the American Music Awards. When they blew up, a whole bunch of aggressive bands blew up to. The whole punk movement that started a decade earlier finally had gotten their dues. all those aggressive artist had their music heard when if it wasn't for The grunge movement, they wouldn't had gotten the chance in the first place. Its true, Nirvana didn't destroy hair metal but was the last nail on the coffin to finally put the hair bands asleep and kick start a new revolution in rock.

If people don't see this than, I'm sorry that your missing out on some good music. If it wasn't for these guys, bands like Green Day, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Weezer, The offspring, Rancid, Helmet, Radiohead, Muse, The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys, and so fourth wouldn't had the chance to have their music heard. This is why Nirvana deserves to be placed in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Posted by Luis Medina on Monday, 10/28/2013 @ 17:55pm

I think they will get IN

Posted by Happy on Monday, 11/11/2013 @ 12:37pm

Since Nirvana was short lived and they only made three albums and Chad Channing was on one of the albums, he could be included in the induction.

NIRVANA

01. Kurt Cobain (1987–1994; lead vocals, guitar)
02. Krist Novoselic (1987–1994; bass guitar)
03. Chad Channing (1987-1990; drums)
04. Dave Grohl (1990–1994; drums, backing vocals)

Posted by Roy on Wednesday, 11/13/2013 @ 07:32am

No doubt they will be on the ROF because there song and essence is still there.

Posted by Ginno on Wednesday, 12/11/2013 @ 07:16am

Chad Channing is mentioned in both, the nominee and inductee bio for Nirvana. Nirvana only produced three albums. Channing was on one album. He will be inducted.

Posted by Roy on Tuesday, 12/17/2013 @ 10:57am

Nirvana, number 1 with a shotgun slug and we all knew it. How many rock and heavy metal acts that were GOOD got stiffed for these hacks? They weren't even their era's best band out of Seattle, Washington.

Posted by Neckbeard on Friday, 12/20/2013 @ 21:57pm

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/courtney-love-says-nirvanas-rock-hall-induction-might-be-awkward-20140212#ixzz2t7dmBU4G

Courtney Love Says Nirvana's Rock Hall Induction Might Be 'Awkward'

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies make strange bedfellows, with band members (and their significant others) putting aside their differences (or not) for one night to celebrate a group's achievement and legacy.

When Access Hollywood asked Courtney Love about her long-standing feud with former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, Love replied, "We're going to go to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and I think we're all sitting at the same table." Love added that while it will be awkward, she'll say hello to Grohl, who has had a public war of words with the singer over the rights to, and use of, Nirvana's music for years.

In the interview, Love also discusses her new YouTube channel/reality show, her battles with sobriety and her relationship with 21-year-old daughter Frances Bean. Asked who or what is to blame for their past, public fighting, Love immediately replied, "She has a trust fund. And trust funds attract lawyers. And lawyers attract problems. And that's just the reality."

Posted by Roy on Wednesday, 02/12/2014 @ 10:35am

I don't think it's asking too much for Courtney and Dave to be grown-ups for one night. I still think Courtney would be the best person to sing Kurt's part on a performance with Dave and Kurt. Unfortunately, Rock Hall inductions don't have the most superb track record of hatchets being buried.

Posted by Philip on Wednesday, 02/12/2014 @ 21:00pm

Hatchets get buried at these ceremonies. Only it's typically in someone's back.

Moving foward, these are the bands I would like to see inducted or at least nominated:

Moody Blues
T Rex
ELO
The Cars
Devo
b-52s
Joy Division/New Order
The Cure
Depeche Mode
Duran Duran
Kraftwerk
Iron Maiden

Time for the R&RHF to put away fear and loathing and stop ignoring genres and decades.

Posted by astrodog on Wednesday, 02/12/2014 @ 22:33pm

I think that Courtney is going to induct them. Who do all y'all hope inducts them?

Posted by Karl Singleton on Sunday, 03/2/2014 @ 21:10pm

"I think that Courtney is going to induct them. Who do all y'all hope inducts them?"

Neil Young

Posted by Philip on Sunday, 03/2/2014 @ 21:48pm

Why in the freakazoid would they appoint NEIL YOUNG to induct NIRVANA? It doesn't make sense. Get someone from the 90's grunge scene to induct them. Examples: Eddie Veeder,Chris Cornell,Billy Corgan. Guys like that. Neil Young came LONG before Nirvana. And truthfully that would be like in 2012 asking PAUL MCCARTNEY to induct RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS. It just doesn't work. Two completely different genres and two completely different moods. Get a 90's grungeman to induct Nirvana

Posted by Karl Singleton on Sunday, 03/9/2014 @ 10:59am

Wow, not only no sense of humor, but also doesn't even get the joke.

Posted by Philip on Monday, 03/10/2014 @ 13:16pm

How WAS that a joke?

Posted by Karl Singleton on Monday, 03/10/2014 @ 18:41pm

It was a very dark joke. Google "Kurt Cobain Neil Young."

Posted by Philip on Tuesday, 03/11/2014 @ 13:13pm

As an aside though, it wouldn't be uncharacteristic of the Hall to have someone like Young to induct a more contemporary act: the Boss inducting U2, Harry Belafonte inducting Public Enemy, Neil Young inducting the Pretenders, and that's not even mentioning what Chris Rock and Tom Hanks were doing inducting the RHCP and DC5 respectively. So yeah, if it wasn't for the dark humor behind it, it wouldn't be beyond the realm of possibility for ol' Neil to do it. Still unlikely, but not impossible.

Posted by Philip on Tuesday, 03/11/2014 @ 13:22pm

Well, here are some more examples of inductions that just won't work, because the artists aren't simalar:

Brian Wilson inducting ZZ Top in 2004
Chuck Berry inducting Tom Petty in 2002
Mick Jagger inducting Metallica in 2009
John Fogerty inducting Guns N Roses in 2012
Robert Plant inducting Green Day when it happens (Green Day's window opens next year)
Don Hennly inducting Pearl Jam when it happens (window opens in 2017)

If you have a reason why ANY OF THESE would work please comment.

Posted by Karl Singleton on Wednesday, 03/12/2014 @ 21:53pm

Wow... just wow... are you really that dense? Did you even google what I suggested you look up so you could get the joke from earlier?

And your post shows that you missed the point of the tangent. The examples I gave were REAL ones that happened. Bruce Springsteen really DID induct U2. Harry Belafonte really DID induct Public Enemy. Neil Young DID induct the Pretenders. Chris Rock DID induct the RHCP, and Tom Hanks DID induct the DC5. They were unlikely presenters, but they REALLY happened.

But go back to the joke. Look it up.

Posted by Philip on Wednesday, 03/12/2014 @ 22:23pm

First of all it was NOT a joke. It DEEPLY offended Neil. Why would he take the honor if someone wrote a note saying he f'd with you. I defenitly wouldn't do that

Posted by Karl Singleton on Thursday, 03/13/2014 @ 19:57pm

What Kurt did was not a joke. The comment I made about Young inducting Nirvana in light of that knowledge, that was a joke. And a funny one. Very wrong, but still funny. Get a sense of humor.

Posted by Philip on Thursday, 03/13/2014 @ 23:04pm

Chad Channing is being included in the induction.

Posted by Roy on Friday, 03/14/2014 @ 06:43am

Weird Al Yankovic should be brought in to dress like Kurt Cobain and sing Smells Like Teen Spirit at the induction ceremony.

Posted by Roy on Tuesday, 04/1/2014 @ 08:37am

They are saying something special is being done for Nirvana at the ceremony. I'm guessing a hologram of Kurt Cobain, or a video of him singing with the other members of Nirvana actually performing along to the video. A Nat King Cole/Natalie Cole sort of thing.

Posted by Roy on Saturday, 04/5/2014 @ 08:47am

I know some will see it sacrilegious to even joke about it, but I always thought "Heart-Shaped Box" would make a great jingle for women's underwear. To wit: "HANES her WAY!"

Posted by Philip on Monday, 04/14/2014 @ 22:34pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKAV57XuGHQ

Fan induction speech for Nirvana.

Posted by Roy on Saturday, 05/17/2014 @ 06:22am

I LOVED what they did with Joan Jett and Kim Gordon. But I'm waiting for The Runaways and Sonic Youth to be inducted!!!

Posted by BulmaPunkRocker on Sunday, 07/6/2014 @ 22:09pm

I came up in the 70's with Zepp, Aerosmith, Bad Co, Cheap Trick, Foreigner, etc. Bands that incorperated melody, guitar solos and big chorus into there music. When the 80's broke, more emphisis was placed on the solo and sing along chorus. Many of the Hair Bands were equipped with vocalists with unlimted range and guitar virtuosos. Sure, there was plenty of bubblegum with bands like Poisen and Warrent. But bands like Motley, Ratt, Dokken, Dio, and Great White carried the torch. When everyone said no more big hair and spandex, the 90's broke. The first time i heard Smells like teen spirit i said no, oh no. Gone were the melodies, great guitar solos, and high energy. Following music for 40+yrs, i still dont get Nirvana. Yes, Groelh is a great talent and i like the Foo fighters, but Cobain had zero range, indistinguishable lyrics, and there songs were depressing.

Posted by Rock Authority on Thursday, 08/28/2014 @ 20:04pm

I disagree on this one

nothing but total junk to me but somebody liked theme

Posted by Jim on Wednesday, 02/25/2015 @ 22:50pm

Wanted to Congratulate Nirvana on their induction to RRHOF 2014 and their influential music. I think the Nirvana MTV Unplugged was my FAV of the series. Showed the depth and greatness of the band. My FAV on that show Plateau and Lake Of Fire. Kurt was big time was in my late teens when he died. Thanks to the RRHOF Committee for inducting Nirvana 1st ballot. I thought they might wait a year. Nevermind just exploded onto the scene. Remember singing Come As You Are, Teen Spirit, Lithium etc. Wish Kurt was still with us but Nirvana lives on through the memories and the music. KING

Posted by KING on Wednesday, 05/27/2015 @ 18:06pm

https://mobile.twitter.com/KristNovoselic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Nirvana's Krist Novoselic voted for Cheap Trick, Deep Purple, Steve Miller, Nine Inch Nails, and N.W.A

Posted by Roy on Friday, 12/11/2015 @ 15:47pm

The last band that ever mattered, for sure!

Posted by Luke Madigan on Monday, 05/8/2017 @ 16:35pm

There was an episode of MTV Cribs where Dave Grohl turns on the radio in his kitchen and Get Down On It is playing. Grohl starts dancing and clapping, and Taylor Hawkins is laughing.

Posted by Roy on Sunday, 05/13/2018 @ 10:46am

Streaming Masters- Nirvana

"Audio Stream 1500 plays equal 1 album unit
Video Stream 11,750 views equal 1 album unit

Equivalent Albums Sales (EAS) = 272/157 * Spotify streams / 1500 + YouTube views / 11750"

Total: 3,189,534 EAS

1. Smells Like Teen Spirit [Nevermind] – 672,000
2. Come As You Are [Nevermind] – 411,000
3. Lithium [Nevermind] – 218,000
4. Heart-Shaped Box [In Utero] – 216,000
5. The Man Who Sold The World [Orphan] – 153,000
6. About A Girl [Bleach] – 136,000
7. In Bloom [Nevermind] – 110,000
8. Rape Me [In Utero] – 90,000
9. All Apologies [In Utero] – 89,000
10. Where Did You Sleep Last Night [Orphan] – 74,000

https://chartmasters.org/2019/01/streaming-masters-nirvana/

Posted by The Dude on Monday, 01/21/2019 @ 16:07pm

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8467457/campaign-reunite-nirvana-with-nickelback-chad-kroeger

There's a Campaign to Reunite Nirvana With Nickelback's Chad Kroeger on Vocals

Posted by Roy on Saturday, 03/2/2019 @ 23:42pm

^ And it was clearly made by a troll who is pissing the fans off and also the whiners who always bitches about Nickelback simply because they don’t make watered down critic-friendly hipster music like Arcade Fire and Florence + the Machine. Everybody knows Kurt is irreplaceable and it’s sad enough we have Queen without Freddie when they shoulda rename themselves a long time ago after John’s departure.

Posted by The Dude on Sunday, 03/3/2019 @ 00:10am

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/nikki_sixx_says_grunge_is_not_to_blame_for_death_of_glam_metal_claims_rock_hall_banned_motley_crue_from_ever_entering.html

Nikki Sixx Says Grunge Is Not to Blame for Death of Glam Metal

Gonna give y'all my thoughts on this.

Wanna know the real reason why the 90's came in and how 80's rock went on a decline in popularity? This is something that nobody talks about. It's really mind-blowing you guys aren't cause when everyone asked themselves how 90's rock, grunge, and alternative came in and kicked the 80's out, they only looked either at the wrong answers or the obvious ones, especially from the media. You guys have to understand there are tastemakers in the business. Just like any other business, there's a turnover as they come and go in every generation from the 50's to now. These guys like the A&R people, record company executives, and producers bring in a chunk load of things with what they do - and this is something that can't be overstated the importance of this.

They support newer names and set off trends for better or worse. While 80's rock was about taking over MTV, rock radio and the world, there were a lot of people in college at that time listening to bands outside of the mainstream who they used to refer to their favorites as "college rock" or in today's era "college music". If you were a college student or have a very collective taste of music, you should know about this. What happened was the changing of the guard around in the late 80's and early 90's in the industry. The A&R guys were in college during the late 70's and early 80's who grew up with "college rock" and the values of it.

This is something everyone needs to check out cause the musical styles of grunge and other certain forms of that kind of music speaks for themselves as what those values are/were both musically and similarly. If ya had a foot in the "college rock" thing and you heard what happened in the early 90's, there was a direct tie. And if ya first heard Nirvana, you probably once said, "Hey, this is college rock! That's gonna be the next big thing!" That could be your first thought before it happened (which it did). So, the tastemakers, the A&R guys, the record company guys. There were a lot in the old guard of course, but there were also a lot of guys whose names you may or may not heard of. It's possible they're no longer enemies in the music business anymore. They told their co-workers and peers what was hot back then and what was going on outside of the mainstream.

That's how those bands took over. One sign of information that indicates something of "college rock" is there was/is less reliance on anything that is blues based rock. The 60's, 70's and 80's rock all had that foundation in the blues. "College rock" on the other hand focused less on that cause it came from different attitudes of spirit both musically and culturally while showing it beliefs and aspirations. I actually disagree about the 90's acts not showing any blues influences; I think the reason why there weren't much reliance on those elements cause they either have/had their own definitions of authenticity or felt that is/was not always the case to make quality music.

Grunge guitarists like Alice In Chain's Jerry Cantrell, Pearl Jam's Mike McCready, Soundgarden's Kim Thayil and of course Kurt Cobain from Nirvana made a choice from a range of possibilities. Their guitar solos are and/or were melodic and inspired by blues as their way to "serve the song, not showing off." Not only the tastemakers loved it, they also brought it, came to the business and said, "Since the big hair and wild guitar stuff aren't our thing, we're gonna give ya Nirvana, Tool and Green Day instead."

That's the actual reasons why these kinds of music took over back in the 90's; It was the Xers who came in, doing their own thing, went to the business and told them and the mainstream media to start the next chapter for the general public. I think it happened cause of bands like U2 and REM who were on a rapid rise in the 80's and both of them did came from the college scene (which one would thank the tastemakers for). It could be the same thing with Imagine Dragons and Twenty-One Pilots that happened almost a decade ago too (which one would blame them for). So, there were already some indications. Even at that point, there were some new sounds, innovations and other things that weren't all blues based.

I actually agree that rock music in the 80's was starting to have saturation issues at least towards the end of the decade when major labels were signing acts who lack power staying. If some of the bands thought outside of the box on what they could do with the formula creatively like recording their music in different productions or incorporate elements of other genres (I'd be down for Glam-Thrash to happen lol), not only the movement would last a few years longer but we would also have more diversity.

And finally, you have the elephant in the room.....hip-hop/rap. a large part of the audience made up of mostly suburban white crowds (who are/were considered as the main audience of rock) started to listen to those acts like NWA, Public Enemy, Wu-Tang, and Tupac. It became either of the two branches that divided the genres and impacted rock in general.

There you have it! That's the real reason the 90's came in and kicked the 80's out; It's not just because of the music but also the guys in the industry, pushing and promoting the music while telling the mainstream media what's hot and what they should play.

Posted by The Dude on Saturday, 03/30/2019 @ 10:34am

So far, their Unplugged live album have shipped more than eight million copies here in the states, will it join the diamond club years from now? It's an 8x platinum album currently.

Posted by The Dude on Thursday, 02/27/2020 @ 16:41pm