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

His guitar riffs are simple and pretty repetitive.He himself even said that he is not a great guitarist

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 that song is REALLY annoying!

Smells Like Teen Spirit is overrated and not their best song at all. Rape Me is much better - venomouskillingmachine

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

Still a damn good song

And it’s also literally their only good song.

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

Agreed here. there are better - zxm

Just like Hendrix. While Hendrix was really good at guitar he wasnt the best but just think of it if cobain was still alive nobody would say he's the best

That’s because kurt died...

Mainly the songs on Nevermind - christangrant

Cough cough, rape me, moist vagina, territorial pissings, cough cough.

Sadly this judgmental trope repeats itself throughout history

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