Then comes a day that will live in infamy eternally in rock's short existance. The date was April 5th, 1994. Cobain shoots himself in the head and his body is found 3 days later. The voice of the so-called X generation propels himself to stardom, only to conclude his status three years later in the most tragic way possible.

So what's with the instant replay? Why do I have to repeat what has been already been published on a surfeit amount of the web? Because that's how history is. We hear the stories of day's past, we take what we learn and do what we can with it. There's a point in time where one says to him or herself, "what can I do to make an impact on this earth?"

Kurt Cobain made an impingement on the minds of rock fans alike. It's easy to say that this man has influenced the world of rock and roll the most in the past 10 years. Everywhere you look his influence is still in the minds of artists today. Look at all the unoriginal fans he's spawned into multi-platnium successes. Nickelback, Puddle Of Mudd, Fuel, Cold. Kurt lives on in today's music. But hold on here.

I'm not denying Kurt's legacy. It's obvious that he affected the minds and souls of music fans all over the world, whether it be in a positive or negative way. But for christ's sake, copying Kurt's music and selling it again is not the way we should be complimenting this man. There have been more Nirvana clones in the past decade than any of us could ever even begin to count.

What am I trying to say here? Am I just leading you in circles, or do I actually have a point here? Well here's my point, in case you couldn't connect the dots. The music business has grown into an industry since the birth of rock and roll, and music nowadays is far from the kindling it was in the 1960's. Now music is a business, and the people who run this industry care about one thing. Money. This has been pointed out many times in the past few years, but goddamn this is getting ridiculous.

Too many re-creations to be counted. Too many trees to grow to exchange into dollars. Too many cds to be heard. Is the real problem that everyone's influenced by this person so much that they feel the need to copy his music? I doubt it. It's obvious bands like Puddle Of Mudd and Seether have no talent whatsoever. How many times have you heard the words "broken", "cold", and "hate" in a grunge song? Too fucking many.

The bottom line is the music industry has become destructive in it's attempt to salvage any tax write offs they can. It is my personal opinion that rock is close to being dead. There aren't many artists today that are making music from their hearts for the purpose of making good music. Everyone in the music industry is so obsessed with material possessions that they've lost track of what's really important in this life. And with that said, I will never buy a cd that's on a major label again, except for a few exceptions. I'm tired of this bewitching of music. This isn't how music should be distributed, and it's a shame that the power of mass production has fallen into the wrong hands.

Kurt may have changed music, but was it really for the better? Re-analyze this people. Because of this man, it is my belief that he attributed to the power-abuse of the RIAA. Fuck the RIAA. Tis a sad day in the history of rock and roll. A very sad day.

-g0d