Top 10 Reasons Why is Nirvana is Overrated

His guitar playing skills were very basic. I didn't even need his confession to make this conclusion. The solo to Smells like Teen Spirit is one of the easiest solos of all time. - Metal_Treasure

Even Chad Kroeger from Nickelback is a better guitarist the he was - christangrant

Cobain's voice always seemed like nosy to me. - zxm

He is so overrated...just for one song - Ananya

Layne Staley and Chris Cornell are so much better that I would say they are from a different league - whole another level of vocal skills. - Metal_Treasure

Example Layne Staley and Chris Cornell were better vocalist than he was - christangrant

True. Cornell was miles better, and Staley and Vedder were both better. Even Weiland probably had a better voice than Cobain did.

His voice is very raspy and often breaks while he sings. A lot of emotion but no substance. - cjWriter1997

That's true and so illogical to regard a band as the best for one song - Ananya

And That song is Smells Like a Overrated Song - christangrant

And its not even a good song let alone theirbest

Smells Like Teen Spirit isn't their best song okay people. Rape Me, About a Girl, Heart Shaped-Box, On A Plain, Territorial Pissings are some better and more exciting songs by them. Stop saying they're the best ever because of that one song that isn't even their best. - cjWriter1997

In terms of musicianship, all 3 bands from the Big-4 of grunge were actually better. Strange, eh? - Metal_Treasure

Example Soundgarden Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains are better than Nirvana - christangrant

Alice In Chains' songs are better. - zxm

Because Kurt isn't a great guitarist the songs are really simple - christangrant

Simple doesn't always mean bad. School is one of my favorite songs by them, and that song is very simple. - NikBrusk

Yes, and namely this is the reason they became the most popular grunge band. - Metal_Treasure

And boring. - Ananya

Dirt by Alice in Chains was a Better Album than Nevermind was - christangrant

I love the cleanness of Nevermind but In Utero is much more interesting and better. And Badmotorfinger is the best grunge album in my eyes. - cjWriter1997

Lets see if they are the greatest band ever then why don't they have more albums oh wait we all know why - christangrant

Its because Kurt Cobain died. - zxm

Just because Kurt died doesn't change the fact that they only made 3 albums, 1 that was ok, 1 bad one and 1 that is overrated as all hell - kempokid

The riff sounds similar to Eighties - Killing Joke - christangrant

Because of how overrated they were Metal Bands weren't getting the attention they deserved the only metal bands that got attention were Metallica and Pantera - christangrant

I don't think this was a good reason on this list but everything else was a good reason - christangrant

Here I don't agree. It's their credit they could made grunge popular. - zxm

Mainly the songs on Nevermind - christangrant