Dave Grohl on Why Nirvana Became Popular: Usually Songs That Stick In Your Mind Are The Simpler Ones

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Bleach’s track listing consists of: Blew, Floyd the Barber, About a Girl, School, Love Buzz” (Shocking Blue cover), Paper Cuts, Negative Creep, Scoff, Swap Meet, Mr. Moustache, Sifting. Big Cheese & Downer are bonus tracks on most later reissues.

Nevermind’s track listing consists of: Smells Like Teen Spirit, In Bloom, Come As You Are, Breed, Lithium, Polly, Territorial Pissings, Drain You, Lounge Act, Stay Away, On A Plain, Something In The Way & the hidden track Endless, Nameless.

Incesticide’s track listing consists of: Dive, Sliver, Stain, Been a Son, Turnaround, Molly’s Lips, Son of a Gun, (New Wave) Polly, Beeswax, Downer, Mexican Seafood, Hairspray Queen, Aero Zeppelin, Big Long Now, Aneurysm.

In Utero’s track listing consists of: Serve the Servants, Scentless Apprentice, Heart-Shaped Box, Rape Me, Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle, Dumb, Very Ape, Milk It, Pennyroyal Tea, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter, Tourette’s, All Apologies. Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through the Strip appears as a bonus track on non-US CD pressings.

Nirvana is one of the most successful bands in the history of rock n’ roll and popular music. Nirvana released three studio albums: Bleach (Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, Chad Channing, Jack Endino), Nevermind (Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, Dave Grohl, Butch Vig) & In Utero (Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, Dave Grohl, Steve Albini, Scott Litt), as well several live albums such as MTV Unplugged, From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah, Live at Reading, and a compilation album, Incesticide. Kurt Cobain was the driving force behind Nirvana, his songwriting propelling the band to great heights.

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  7. This is very true, but the more you practice something the more you will inevitably get at it. What used to be technical for you becomes less so. That is why people that are musicians tend to be into more “technically” advanced music. They understand and are able to process it easier. Whereas people that are not necessarily musicians will tend to like simpler music that they can understand or relate to more. Most people aren’t musicians or musically inclined (Me included). That’s possibly part of the reason bands like nirvana and pixies are so popular and look at pop music and how many people dig that.

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  8. On the other hand, Nirvana's music is not diatonic enough to be considered "simple", in my opinion. On another hand, Dave has a great drum solo in Stay Away. Also, his playing in School and New Wave Polly is very technical and precise. The simplest part of Nirvana's music is the song structures.

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  11. Nirvana's music is simple in terms of song structure and musicianship, but harmonically Kurt used very unorthodox chord progressions that you will not find in any other pop songs, so they are very experimental in that regard.

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