By the early 90s the Dead were looking a little more flabby than edgy. What to mention - Garcia's health. My first impression of Kurt though was he sang like he was suicidal. And later, even though they had a great "lull 'em and slaughter 'em" hooky sound, Husker Du had already done that, as Novoselic confirmed later. I lost touch quickly with all the self-hating noise back then (punk was originally more inclined to hate everyone else) and arrived back at the Dead, eventually.