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> Just like a good band with bad fans Actually, as a band you have a certain say in which fans you'll going to have.

jQueryIsAwesome 14y ago
Depends on what you mean by "say"; if you mean gender I think is true. But if you consider people who like just one music genre and can stay motivated and loyal only because of that then you don't have too much say about who will be your fans, if you like trash metal it doesn't matter if you have a PHD from Harvard and your social circle is mostly composed by honored students, because the genre you may appel to a very wide range of people for which you have little to none control (unless you are wealthy and can create your own music label, gigs scenary and location, publicity and media exposure in general.
- digitalengineer 14y ago
  Kurt Cobain sure did. By cross-dressing he made Nirvana have a lot less appeal for the heavy metal fans.
  - factorizer 14y ago
    also the atrocious guitar playing and constant mumbling helped a lot in that department. but we digress. on the topic: i like comic sans. it looks friendly. there, i said it.
    - PerryCox 14y ago
      > also the atrocious guitar playing You're joking right? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoiUpe7N3D0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoiUpe7N3D0
      - factorizer 14y ago
        alright, i was (kinda) joking. but i don't think that the guitar playing was the unique selling value of nirvana. the song writing was stellar though.
  - coldtea 14y ago
    Really? Heavy Metal fans were into cross dressing ever since the seventies. Including gay all-leather biker chic, long curly bubblegum hair and tights in the eighties...
    - digitalengineer 14y ago
      Okay, I'm no expert on heave metal. Perhaps another kind of audience.
  - laumars 14y ago
    I think him releasing accessible anthems that had widespread popular appeal did far more to isolate Navana from the core metal elitists than any styling choices Kurt may have made. Plus it's not as if metal bands were against 'glamming' up in the first place. In fact it became it's own sub-genre.
  - epsylon 14y ago
    Heavy metal and grunge are two very different genres.
- factorizer 14y ago
  minor nitpick: it's thrash metal, from thrashing. not trash as in garbage.

Depends on what you mean by "say"; if you mean gender I think is true. But if you consider people who like just one music genre and can stay motivated and loyal only because of that then you don't have too much say about who will be your fans, if you like trash metal it doesn't matter if you have a PHD from Harvard and your social circle is mostly composed by honored students, because the genre you may appel to a very wide range of people for which you have little to none control (unless you are wealthy and can create your own music label, gigs scenary and location, publicity and media exposure in general.

digitalengineer 14y ago
Kurt Cobain sure did. By cross-dressing he made Nirvana have a lot less appeal for the heavy metal fans.
- factorizer 14y ago
  also the atrocious guitar playing and constant mumbling helped a lot in that department. but we digress. on the topic: i like comic sans. it looks friendly. there, i said it.
  - PerryCox 14y ago
    > also the atrocious guitar playing You're joking right? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoiUpe7N3D0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoiUpe7N3D0
    - factorizer 14y ago
      alright, i was (kinda) joking. but i don't think that the guitar playing was the unique selling value of nirvana. the song writing was stellar though.
- coldtea 14y ago
  Really? Heavy Metal fans were into cross dressing ever since the seventies. Including gay all-leather biker chic, long curly bubblegum hair and tights in the eighties...
  - digitalengineer 14y ago
    Okay, I'm no expert on heave metal. Perhaps another kind of audience.
- laumars 14y ago
  I think him releasing accessible anthems that had widespread popular appeal did far more to isolate Navana from the core metal elitists than any styling choices Kurt may have made. Plus it's not as if metal bands were against 'glamming' up in the first place. In fact it became it's own sub-genre.
- epsylon 14y ago
  Heavy metal and grunge are two very different genres.
factorizer 14y ago
minor nitpick: it's thrash metal, from thrashing. not trash as in garbage.