Nirvana

So much to say about Nirvana it's hard to know where to start with the smart remarks. Perhaps the least likely to succeed band that sold the most CDs to the most people who were utterly ignorant of the band's message, if that makes any sense. Nirvana (well, Kurt at least) was disgusted with their success and set out to destroy their fan base with angry, intentionally-painful music. They weren't entirely successful, though might have been if they'd lasted long enough.

The pathetically tragic rock star death and persistent rumors that Courtney actually had Kurt whacked sort of keeps Nirvana on my list. It's a shame they disbanded cuz it freed Dave Grohl to create the blandly-popular Foo Fighters.