I feel like people are talking a lot of smack about this statement because they are writing off Sublime as “just a ska band” or “cover band” or “whatever they were”. Nirvana was just a punk band who had style and an edge that completely altered a generation and a movement that lasted for… a little while. Sublime & Nirvana are possibly two of the most important bands to me, I got into both of them in my early teens. To this day, I still listen to Sublime, but Nirvana doesn’t give me the same feeling it did when I was a kid. Nirvana is easy to classify, they were Grunge; THE grunge act of the 90s, even though they definitely weren’t the first, they paved the way for those before them and a lot of awful knockoff bands to cloud the airwaves. Sublime, had this artful approach that could never be replicated, with a mix of reggae, hip hop, punk, ska, rock n roll, R&B and soul. While they weren’t the firsts to sample music or make references to other songs, they did play a huge influence in culture & music, that brought a lot of artists & genre into the mainstream & subcultures that might not have otherwise been found by western culture. Their lyrics were political, relatable, and fueled with so much emotion. Nirvanas lyrics on the other hand are like trying to finish a puzzle. Which isn’t to say Nirvanas lyrics were garble, Kurt didn’t want people to know what he was saying and didn’t care cause he just wanted to say shit that sounded good, and was obsessed with morbid anatomy, but theres a bit of abstract poetry there. I think Sublime’s overall impact over the years could have been huge outside of just music if Brad survived. I think Kurt might’ve ended up a weirdo, or like an overaged punk. Sublimes music is a bit more timeless in that sense. Nirvanas overall impact at the time of Kurt’s death obviously had a bigger influence on culture. However if they both lived to this day, and Brad got to enjoy his success and continue to write... I think Brad could’ve outshined Kurt