Nevermind was one of the greatest albums ever recorded. It pushed the already dying hair bands out of the way with a final shove, and by doing so it brought the grunge sound to the mainstream. It will forever be one of the greatest albums in musical history. I've already included in my albums of the weekend posts, and with good reason. I stand by calling it the greatest album of the 90's. It was not only genre defining, it was generational defining.
Cobain, however is a different post altogether. He was a deeply, deeply troubled person. In some ways, he was also the person he despised. He didn't like wealth or "corporate music"-yet his albums sold millions and he certainly took the money. The house he lived in was quite nice. Although the book by Christopher Sanford was controversial, many of it the facts turned out to be true. He didn't treat women well-but he despised the jocks that didn't treat women well either. He hated bullies-but by all accounts he could certainly act like one at some times.
No one is perfect. We all have flaws and unpleasant parts of our personality. Cobain however seems to have the same effect on people that John Lennon did. John Lennon was a nasty person. He had a serious violence towards women problem, he spent his life in a heroin induced fog, and was a horrible parent. Cobain might never have been any of those things, but he was hardly the hero that some make him out to be. The best description of both men? Troubled artists. Certainly not as saintlike as thought of.
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