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Hmmm I think Yorke has had more of an influence on the British music scene while Kobain wins America. Thom Yorke really hasn't influenced America much at all.

 

I'm definitely a bigger fan of Yorke though.

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I love Yorke far more, but Cobain helped revolutionize the grunge movement, which created an entire new genre of music and changed many existing bands. Yorke is far greater, but Cobain had more of a direct influence.

...although we haven't really seen lots of Radiohead copy-cats or a huge number of bands directly because of radiohead. Sure we've had big bands influenced (Coldplay, Muse, etc.)

But I feel like Cobain and Nirvana as a whole impacted the music world more with the grunge style.

Also in terms of pop icon I'd say Cobain wins as well. Even the casual top 40s listener will know who Cobain is, and his story....but the scope of people who know about Thom Yorke is much smaller.

...although we haven't really seen lots of Radiohead copy-cats or a huge number of bands directly because of radiohead. Sure we've had big bands influenced (Coldplay, Muse, etc.)

But I feel like Cobain and Nirvana as a whole impacted the music world more with the grunge style.

Also in terms of pop icon I'd say Cobain wins as well. Even the casual top 40s listener will know who Cobain is, and his story....but the scope of people who know about Thom Yorke is much smaller.

 

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I say none. Both are much too recent to decide.

...although we haven't really seen lots of Radiohead copy-cats or a huge number of bands directly because of radiohead. Sure we've had big bands influenced (Coldplay, Muse, etc.)

But I feel like Cobain and Nirvana as a whole impacted the music world more with the grunge style.

Also in terms of pop icon I'd say Cobain wins as well. Even the casual top 40s listener will know who Cobain is, and his story....but the scope of people who know about Thom Yorke is much smaller.

 

Briggins has spoken. end of discussion please.

Dont get me wrong i love Radiohead and respect them very much, but does anyone else have a hard time understanding what Thom is saying half the time? Because i have to read the lyrics to understand the song at all sounds like hes speaking spanish.

 

anyways lol, i went with Cobain, for the reason someone else did. he basically created a new genre of music. Along with Pearl Jam.

Dont get me wrong i love Radiohead and respect them very much, but does anyone else have a hard time understanding what Thom is saying half the time? Because i have to read the lyrics to understand the song at all sounds like hes speaking spanish.

 

Kurt isn't much easier :P

 

 

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I say Cobain..

 

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Radiohead were a bit influenced by Nirvana in the early days, too

well pablo honey was essentially a "grunge" record. and creep a "grunge" anthem.

definitely Cobain.

Cobain, hands-down.

I say Cobain..

 

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Radiohead were a bit influenced by Nirvana in the early days, too

 

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Cobain, hands-down.

 

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Not that I don't love Yorke, but I think Cobain has a bigger impact on the music scene.

Yorke.

I say jeff buckley

 

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Kurt Cobain of course. He's a legend. plus, a lot more people recognize him.

I don't know, its probably even, but I edge Thom, but then again it could go Cobain, so i say Jeff too.:P

kurt....he influenced noel gallagher to write live forever, for that alone he wins. haha

i think its pretty clear that Kurt has had a much bigger influence than Thom. but you have to look at the artists/bands they have influenced. the last decade has seen countless male vocalists try and emulate his voice and style and this has produced the likes of Nickelback, Finger Eleven and all those other terrible insufferable pop punk bands. but then you look at the influence Thom has had, Coldplay and Muse. a smaller influence but has produced far superior results.

then again both kurt and thom were heavily influenced by the pixies, so maybe they are more influential.

and whose influenced Pixies :rollleyes:

 

this is like a chain---backwards