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Originally Posted by Dead-Air
Yeah, except for those of us who'd been into Sonic Youth for 3-4 years already when we first saw Nirvana in 1988...
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I was in the same place. But there was something about coming across that Bleach album. It sounded so distilled and so angry. At the time though, I would never have thought Nirvana would become the phenomenon that they would. I was expecting that of Sonic Youth--I really thought with Daydream Nation they'd go really big.
But Nevermind is just magical, in my opinion. I really think it's probably the best sounding rock album ever recorded (that is from an engineering/mixing etc point of view) and the songs are fascinating.
And I think for many kids Nirvana just seemed easier to identify with than Sonic Youth. Not every kid was going to be in love with that art scene vibe SY had going, but they could all identify with that every-kid grunge look and attitude.