>>127404950 (OP)
Not really.
The weird thing is that Nirvana was underrated by rock fans back in the 90s. The critics knew they were some epochal thing and that's why they hailed them as such.
But we, lay people, didn't realise their music would get better if you relistened 3 decades later. That has been a total surprise to me.
During the late 90s, the00s and 10s I stopped listening to them, always relegated them to that depressing angsty band. Then a few years ago I decided to give them a chance and started relistening. I haven't stopped ever since and I understood their music from a much deeper life perspective. It also helped that before that I started listening to stuff I never knew even existed and which influenced Nirvana, like Husker Du.
So the source of their new innovative sound revealed its mystery a lot more now than it did then, when I couldn't tell wtf was that, where it came from.
I can't say the same about GNR. I mean they have decent songwriting, their songs didn't age badly, but that bluesy style sounds a bit cheesy today. Also this sort of crocodile tears ballad like November Rain sounds kind of ridiculous now. It's way too overblown and pompous.
I'd say GNR is a bit aged today, but they still have decent songs. The style is just somewhat not fresh sounding anymore.
If Axl died back then maybe this would have boosted their legacy a bit in terms of merch, tshirts, like how it worked for Joy Division. But you can't make the music sound better through joining Club 27. I hasn't made me appreciate Amy Winehouse more than I did when she was walking
