I have to question them changing the industry. Nevermind sold a ton of units, no doubt. But the industry did what the industry does and always has. It chewed up the creativity and spit out palatable, sellable and safe pablum. Which it did with every other musical movement going back to the 50s when kids stopped listening to what their parents listened to. As for looking homeless onstage, it had been done before. Baez, the Dead...any number of the hippie acts. It goes in cycles. The hippie acts stage image was a backlash to the matching suits of the early British Invasion acts. Disco fashion was a backlash to hippies and the folk era. Punk was a backlash to disco. "Grunge" (I don't believe there was such a thing...it was just punk) was a backlash to the excesses of the hair metal era. They dressed the way they dresses because they wanted the music to speak for itself...along with being poor.. Which is really noble and easy to respect. The problem came when it was taken to the masses. The suits...record execs, music press, the network of sleazy managers, promoters, merchandisers, hangers on...got their fingers in it and tried to turn art into science. The Formula. Something sold, so recreate it over and over and shove it down consumer's gullets until they can't stand it anymore and move on to something else.

I haven't listened to Nevermind in years. Talking about it here made me pull out that album and their Unplugged appearance. Great band. It's shitty how the whole thing turned out...for Cobain and the whole Seattle scene in general.

Was Cobain murdered? I don't think so, but I think there were hangers on who knew he was dead before the electrician found him. His posse were junkies. Tough to call the cops when you're looting the place.