You can’t talk about kill rates in the 90s without talking about Nevermind. Well you can but it’s irresponsible.
I’d argue nothing successful in rock came out over the next 20 years without somehow relating to nevermind.
I’d argue nothing successful in rock came out over the next 20 years without somehow relating to nevermind.
Metallica, Metallica Pearl Jam, Ten Guns N’ Roses, Use Your Illusion I Guns N’ Roses, Use Your Illusion II Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blood Sugar Sex Magik Soundgarden, Badmotorfinger Nirvana, Nevermind
Nirvana's impact on the actual sound of music I would say is really not that much.
It is really Sonic Youth that had a much bigger impact on the 90s sound than anyone. Including taking Nirvana on tour as an opener when they were complete nobodies.
Even punk music barely felt the influence of Nirvana. I think you are confusing sound with MTV marketing.
It is actually curious how much Nirvana and The Beatles are not reflected sound wise in modern music.
Nothing close to say the way Bone Thugs-N-Harmony has influenced modern rap.
It’s not a referendum on their music at all, which I generally liked in the 90s and am generally tired of now. It’s about the economic success and the knock on effect that had on music production.
You'll have to define what constitutes "rock", and what you mean by "came out" - just any "rock" album, or only new "rock" bands. You also have to define what "successful" means, to have this argument.
Let's also not forget that in the late 1990's the world of music changed with Napster and music sharing, so "successful" in the 20 years after Nevermind came out may not be the same kind of "successful" in 1990 since people were often downloading music.
I personally had no interest in Nirvana, but enjoyed "rock" music from many other bands. Cobain just came off as too depressing a figure, even when he was alive - and so I just didn't connect with their music at all.