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    Pixies question

    In my Nirvana thread some people said that Nirvana borrowed a lot from Pixies. Well, I downloaded a lot of Pixies music, and i just don't see the Nirvana in it ?

    It does remind me a LOT of weezer though, it sounds almost exactly like them infact.

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    I sound nothing like Weezer

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    but, did you influence nirvana?

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    I dunno, I've never asked them

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    nah I dont think they sound much like pixies either... pixies were definitely not grunge and you could probably say that nirvana 'started' the grunge phenomenon doo doo di doo doo ...ooopss sorry for the muppets there

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    It's the influence thing sail.
    Put Gauge away or Bone Machine next to Nirvana's Teen Spirit and you'll clearly see the similarities in song structure : soft/loud, huge riffs, singing style etc.
    They had an awkward, aggressive, seething and sometimes poppy nature.

    Nirvana's music sounds different because they used heavier material they borrowed from Melvins, Sonic Youth and a whole host of hard rock/heavy metal bands.

    Nirvana's uniqueness lies in the fact that Cobain was such a good song writer and could fuse the above elements into a catchy, modern hell of a noise.

    Besides, Cobain himself called them often his greatest influence
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    Originally posted by bb
    nah I dont think they sound much like pixies either... pixies were definitely not grunge and you could probably say that nirvana 'started' the grunge phenomenon doo doo di doo doo ...ooopss sorry for the muppets there
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    Originally posted by Wally Pipp
    It's the influence thing sail.
    Put Gauge away or Bone Machine next to Nirvana's Teen Spirit and you'll clearly see the similarities in song structure : soft/loud, huge riffs, singing style etc.
    They had an awkward, aggressive, seething and sometimes poppy nature.

    Nirvana's music sounds different because they used heavier material they borrowed from Melvins, Sonic Youth and a whole host of hard rock/heavy metal bands.

    Nirvana's uniqueness lies in the fact that Cobain was such a good song writer and could fuse the above elements into a catchy, modern hell of a noise.

    Besides, Cobain himself called them often his greatest influence
    Ok stealing Wally's avatar was one thing Gim, but stop impersonating him

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