Curt Cobain

Yeah... last night I looked at a live show of theirs from Netscape.com. It was pretty tight. However, when I downloaded "Jimi Hendrix live at Albert Hall" on Kazaa... I nearly creamed my pants.

It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Hahahahahaha.... yeah, the platform... yes. In the later years though, when he is pretty old and burned out looking... he just sort of tip toes towards the platform... or lurches.. haha.. yes...

doesn't carlos santana qualify for a legendary guitar player?

ummm i dont think so, maybe, pretty much the only song ive heard by him is that one big hit, i forget what its called, and i have to say, nirvana can be catchy, and its like cool sounding, but they did suck, i dont really know if that made any sense, but kurt WAS a terrible musician, when i first started playing guitar, the first songs i learned were all by nirvana, i kinda think all the songs sound the same

doesn't carlos santana qualify for a legendary guitar player?

you must be kidding... the only reason that guy is so popular is because he is one of the few latino guitarists and they just jump his badnwagon every chance they get.

Nirvana was a decent band, but i think what made them great was the influence they had on later artists. They steered away from the norm and made something new, maybe to some shitty, but it was new. Same reason i like Rush/Neil Pert so much. Double-kick tore shit up!

There were other bands already steering from the norm, what Nirvana DID was open the public's eyes to it...

As far as my opinion on Nirvana, I originally hated them, then liked some of their stuff, then went back to hating them again.

I'm not one of those people who thinks technical skill is the apotheosis of talent.

Exactly. Music is a blend of the exacting technicality of playing music, and the creativeness of inventing the music to be played. One cannot survive without the other.

You don't need an incredibly talented musician to be a good band. Taking Soulfly for example, I've merely messed around with the guitar off and on for 1-2 years (no lessons or anything, I'm incompetent, I admit) and I'm confident I could play Lead Guitar for Soulfly. They maintain a unique (and sometimes very creative) sound for musicians in their Genre. That, and the fact that Max Cavalera is one of the most recognised names in Scream/Death metal, as Sepultura was one of the first bands in that genre...