... the average guy to forge a classic like "Stairway to Heaven." Two men in the late twentieth century were such masterminds: Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain. While both will live forever in musical infamy, they will remain legends for different reasons. One of the most important factors in becoming a rock ... musical phenomenon occurred. A young black man caught the ear of millions with his awe-inspiring guitar tunes. This man was Jimi Hendrix. Unlike Cobain, Hendrix wrote music to support and inspire his followers, as opposed to creating a method of shock treatment through music. Hendrix cre...

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... ; therefore they rejected their ideology by creating their own subculture. A huge part of grunge culture is music. Two of the most well known grunge bands are Nirvana, led by Kurt Cobain, and Pearl Jam, led by Eddie Vedder, both of which are Seattle based. Grunge musicians were anti-mainstream and rejected the rock-star image; the artist was not placed above ... ; there is nothing we can do. In the early days of grunge the women adopted the same style as the boys. However, Courtney Love, lead singer of hole and Kurt Cobain's wife, dubbed as the Queen of Grunge stared a unique grunge style...

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... riffs and instrumental prowess than Nirvana, but somehow didn't fit as easily into the MTV Generation X music world. And later, to the dismay of the pop world, singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain of Nirvana killed himself, ending the grunge movement. This ultimately allowed bands like Soundgarden to earn some fame for themselves. The last insult to Heavy Metal music occurred somewhere during ... ...

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... "out and replaced them with something they thought was more appropriate. Many others think that some musicians have a bad influence on teenagers and children. One major one was when Kurt Cobain, the singer of the band Nirvana. When Kurt committed suicide, three teenagers in Canada committed suicide in he same week. Some people felt it was to follow in his foot ... ...

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... time the grunge movement was killing the popular Arena (Cock) Rock scene and bringing the common man into the spotlight. David Lee Roth and Bret Michaels were replaced by Kurt Cobain and Eddie Vedder, musical everymen in flannel and torn jeans. As Dave Mustaine had recently said, all the heroes were killed when the eventual end of the original Guns & Roses ... ...

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