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Originally Posted by escorpio
I think if Billy Corrigan or Eddy Vedder had committed suicide the Smashing Pumpkins or Pearl Jam would be the legendary 90's band. Both of them are better songwriters IMO
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If Nirvana didn't exist to break Seattle onto the national stage, we may never have heard about the Smashing Pumpkins or Pearl Jam and their lead singers.
People only know about Mother Love Bone because its members created new bands like Pearl Jam after the lead singer, Andrew Wood, died of a heroine overdose. Andrew Wood is an unknown name. If Nirvana broke into the mainstream earlier and people jumped on the Mother Love Bone recordings, Andrew Wood might be a household name today.
But I agree that if Vedder or Corrigan committed suicide in the 90's after they reached their fame, they would be heralded as the legends and not Nirvana/Cobain even with Cobain's suicide.