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Originally Posted by repeater
This is probably very typical for a SY fan in his early 30s:
around 91 when I was 13-14. I friend of mine got some mixtapes that I copied, with punkrock and all the classic 80s stuff: SY, dinosaur, big black, black flag etc. All these bands kicked so much more ass the current favorites like Billy Idol (duh)
And then, of course, Nevermind came, and nirvana became like the BEST BAND EVER. So I based on what I heard on the mixtapes and Kurts t-shirts I bought Dirty when it came out, and that was record so noisy and rockin ŽIt was the coolest record IŽd ever heard! They where even cooler than nirvana...  |
I think this is pretty right on. I'm 29 and I'm not a big fan of Nirvana now, but when Smells Like Teen Spirit forced Guns n Roses off of MTV I was certainly one of the converted. I'd have to say Kurt was pretty instrumental in getting my generation into SY. Coincidentally, I've just been commissioned to contribute a short story to a book about the albums that changed our lives. I'm doing Dirty. But that was just a little self-promotion; not really on topic.