Nirvana doesnt belong on the list at all.
Okay, they imitated another bands style. Please offer another reason.
-Not flaming, trying to start a discussion.
Well, the Pixies are musically far more talented, better songwriting, etc. Theyre *the* seminal and influential band coming out of the 80s into the early 90s. Go forward a couple years and itd be Pavement on the indie rock end of things.
I like Nirvana for a couple songs. Heck, I lived in the same small town as those guys--theyre my homeboys and my circle of friends intersected with theirs, but theyre not the best. The first Hole record after Kurt offed himself is more interesting, and yeah it owes props to Patti Smith and the Stooges. Nirvana wasnt borrowing from Chuck Berry or even the New York Dolls, nah, they were ripping off their contemporaries like Pixies, Soundgarden, and Screaming Trees. They did it pretty well, but just because they charted doesnt make them "the best".