I often wonder what nirvana would have become in the 2000's.
Probably still better than anything from stp
Listened to some podcast the other day (can’t remember title, might look it up) and it was this guy who wrote a book about the 90s but tried to look at it from the viewpoint at the time instead of with hindsight and he was like “the thing about the 90s is there was this huge import on being true to their art and “selling out” was like the worst thing you could do and nirvana was really struggling to reconcile that fact bc they were getting so popular “
And I’m not sure what I can extrapolate from that but I would tend to agree in the 90s selling out definitely seemed to be frowned upon
I just started this book and he says that right at the very beginning. I think it makes even more sense in the author's larger context of Gen X apathy and disinterest. Selling out means you care about success.
Chapter 1 is entirely about the concept of selling out. I thought it was fascinating. He talks about how people who weren't a certain age (among other demographics) during that time have serious trouble understanding the concept. And he makes this interesting parallel with Reality Bites. Like, boomers and millennials view that movie in very similar ways, yet many gen x-ers get something completely different from it.
Chapter 2 so far is about the cultural phenomenon of Nirvana.
For anyone interested, it's The Nineties by Klosterman.
