Quote Originally Posted by Plug Drugs View Post
can't really accredit an entire genre to just one band because they all emerged as local bands out of certain regions, and for every one local band that got famous there are 2500 other ones that didn't, and they tend to all sound the same
nirvana brought it into the mainstream, and kurt cobain started out as a little nerd hanging out with the melvins and carrying their equipment for them. that's as close to a direct link as you're going to get.