... versa. Driving rhythm in most of their songs. Instrumentation: The band consisted of Cobain on guitar and vocals, Novoselic on bass, and Grohl on drums. For the MTV Unplugged appearance, they brought in stringed instruments. Lyrics: The lyrics were very important, full of irony and double meaning. They were very essential to the songs. Sometimes, they were sarcastic and bitter, other times touching ... double meaning. In fact, no one is quite certain what the song is really about. In the song "Sliver", the musical dissonance is very evident. The song starts off relatively quiet, and sou...

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... the most influential artist in rock music. His music was powerful, scary, yet comforting because he wrote what most people were afraid to talk about. The word "taboo" had no meaning to him. His life was hard, but it brought out the pain that he was feeling and ... was introduced to music like Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and KISS. Although he listened to those kinds of bands, it was purely for their musical value, but not for their lyrics. The sexist attitude bored and disgusted Kurt. On the twenty-fifth of February 1981, Kurt received his first real guitar on his ... and Dave began rec...

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