I'm not convinced that Nirvana would have blown up the same with Teen Spirit if GnR hadn't already come along and put the boots to the power ballad "metal" that was out there at the time. Hearing Sweet Child and Welcome to the Jungle after years of Home Sweet Home and Every Rose was definitely an awakening.
Metallica was huge in bringing metal into the mainstream and changing the landscape, but I put them in a totally different league than the LA glam or Seattle grunge acts.
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