Originally Posted by diffusionx
You seem to forget about Nirvana's earlier albums.
Besides, Nirvana WAS huge. Once Smells like Teen Spirit hit the air, and that damn video came on, everything was different. All relics of 1980s, like shitty hair music and what not, was killed. The lead singer of Poison I think, admitted as much. Nirvana ended hair band's music careers. For that, I think we all owe Cobain and company a great deal.
Nirvana certainly wasn't the only one, but they were definitely, by far, the biggest.