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Many great artists died young and we wish they would have lived and continued making music. Just wondering which one out of them all you wish had survived and kept on making music. Of course we wish they all had, but if you had a choice for one only, who would it be?
I love Freddie Mercury, John Lennon, Dwayne Allman, Layne Staley, Bradley Nowell, Shannon Hoon and others.
But me being born in 1984 and being a 90's kid, my choice is Kurt Cobain. And its not just because im a 90's kid.
The back story:
When I was about 10, me and my brother(he was 12) saw an ad in a magazine where you could buy 10 cd's for like a dollar each(ofc it was much more than that after you pay the fees and taxes and postage), but we were young and our parents let us do it since we wanted to so badly. We pooled our money together and each ordered 5 cd's each.
Now at 10 years old and never having watched mtv or vh1 and only have listened to oldies my mom played on the radio in the car, I didnt know shit about music. I made my selections based on cool names and album covers(the choices showed album covers of the cd's you could select).
I truly made life altering choices. These were the five I chose:
Nirvana: Nevermind
Nirvana: In Utero
Anthrax: Sound of White Noise
Green Jelly: Cereal Killer*
Beavis and Butthead: Experience
*odd note, but actually learned this recently. One of my favorite songs on the Cereal Killer album was "three little pigs" and Maynard(lead singer of Tool and A Perfect Circle) did back up vocals on the song.
So having never hearing grunge or rock or anything, these were my choices, and honestly, they changed my life. All of them did. They all opened my eyes to a whole new world.
Now you might be thinking, how could a Beavis and Butthead cd help open my eyes, well just look at the playlist:
At 10 this is a lot of new stuff in my life, but Nirvana was the master key in it all. They all opened me up to a new world that I embraced big time, even to this day. Without those cd's, I am probably not who I am today.
I still believe that psycho bitch Courtney Love had a hand(physically) in Kurts death.
But anyways, Kurt Cobain is my choice. Just found the music to be perfect. Their Live in NY album is in my top 5 of all time.
Also in a close 2nd was James "the Rev" Sullivan. Drummer for Avenged Sevenfold. He wasnt just a drummer, he wrote many of their songs as well. And all my favorite A7X songs were written by him, all their hits on the radio before he died he wrote. They have not been the same since he passed. In all honesty, A7X is this generations Queen IMO, as close as anyone can be. The talent and composure of their songs had no equal while the Rev was alive.
But anyways, Kurt is my selection. 20 more years of Nirvana would of made me and many others very very happy.
My biological mom is a massive Allman brothers fan. Goes to festivals and anything involving them. She visited recently and after she left she drove to a book signing of Dwayne Allmans daughter. I would probably do the same if Nirvana had kept going somehow.
So anyways, thats my story Nd choice.
Who is yours?
I love Freddie Mercury, John Lennon, Dwayne Allman, Layne Staley, Bradley Nowell, Shannon Hoon and others.
But me being born in 1984 and being a 90's kid, my choice is Kurt Cobain. And its not just because im a 90's kid.
The back story:
When I was about 10, me and my brother(he was 12) saw an ad in a magazine where you could buy 10 cd's for like a dollar each(ofc it was much more than that after you pay the fees and taxes and postage), but we were young and our parents let us do it since we wanted to so badly. We pooled our money together and each ordered 5 cd's each.
Now at 10 years old and never having watched mtv or vh1 and only have listened to oldies my mom played on the radio in the car, I didnt know shit about music. I made my selections based on cool names and album covers(the choices showed album covers of the cd's you could select).
I truly made life altering choices. These were the five I chose:
Nirvana: Nevermind
Nirvana: In Utero
Anthrax: Sound of White Noise
Green Jelly: Cereal Killer*
Beavis and Butthead: Experience
*odd note, but actually learned this recently. One of my favorite songs on the Cereal Killer album was "three little pigs" and Maynard(lead singer of Tool and A Perfect Circle) did back up vocals on the song.
So having never hearing grunge or rock or anything, these were my choices, and honestly, they changed my life. All of them did. They all opened my eyes to a whole new world.
Now you might be thinking, how could a Beavis and Butthead cd help open my eyes, well just look at the playlist:
- Nirvana: "I Hate Myself and Want to Die" – 4:02
- Anthrax: "Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun" (Beastie Boys cover) – 7:43
- Beavis and Butt-head (Mike Judge): "Come to Butt-head" – 3:51
- Megadeth: "99 Ways to Die" – 4:11
- Run-D.M.C.: "Bounce" – 6:40
- Aerosmith: "Deuces Are Wild" – 3:50
- White Zombie: "I Am Hell" – 5:00
- Primus: "Poetry and Prose" – 3:48
- Sir Mix-a-Lot: "Monsta Mack" – 4:22
- Red Hot Chili Peppers: "Search and Destroy" (The Stooges cover) – 4:12
- Jackyl: "Mental Masturbation" – 2:38
- Cher with Beavis and Butt-head: "I Got You Babe" – 9:05
- Contains the hidden track "Come to Butt-head (Reprise)" by Beavis and Butt-head featuring Positive K
At 10 this is a lot of new stuff in my life, but Nirvana was the master key in it all. They all opened me up to a new world that I embraced big time, even to this day. Without those cd's, I am probably not who I am today.
I still believe that psycho bitch Courtney Love had a hand(physically) in Kurts death.
But anyways, Kurt Cobain is my choice. Just found the music to be perfect. Their Live in NY album is in my top 5 of all time.
Also in a close 2nd was James "the Rev" Sullivan. Drummer for Avenged Sevenfold. He wasnt just a drummer, he wrote many of their songs as well. And all my favorite A7X songs were written by him, all their hits on the radio before he died he wrote. They have not been the same since he passed. In all honesty, A7X is this generations Queen IMO, as close as anyone can be. The talent and composure of their songs had no equal while the Rev was alive.
But anyways, Kurt is my selection. 20 more years of Nirvana would of made me and many others very very happy.
My biological mom is a massive Allman brothers fan. Goes to festivals and anything involving them. She visited recently and after she left she drove to a book signing of Dwayne Allmans daughter. I would probably do the same if Nirvana had kept going somehow.
So anyways, thats my story Nd choice.
Who is yours?
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