Each Friday here on the VH1 Blog, our VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown host Jim Shearer (@jimshearer on Twitter) will be sharing his Shearer’s Spotlight with us. Be sure to tune into the Top 20 Countdown tomorrow morning when it airs on VH1 at 9 a.m. ET/PT. Also, don’t forget to tune into VH1 Classic tonight at 11 p.m. to see the never-before-seen footage of Nirvana: Live At The Paramount, shot in Seattle way back in 1991.
This Tuesday, Sept. 27, the 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of Nirvana’s breakthrough album, Nevermind, will be released. For a band that took pride in appearing to be normal everyday schmoes, a multi-CD/DVD deluxe package feels a tad extravagant, but considering the impact the album made on the music industry, it also feels very appropriate, if not long overdue.
For those too young to remember, here are three ways Nevermind impacted the world of mainstream music:
1) Made Mainstream Rock Less Homophobic
In one of the most confusing paradoxes in music history, mainstream rock n’ roll in the 1980s was dominated by misogynistic guys who liked to wear makeup. Nirvana—with its Pacific Northwest feminist sensibilities—helped put a halt to this way of thinking, especially when Kurt Cobain mockingly appeared on MTV’s Headbanger’s Ball wearing an evening gown. Interviews with openly gay magazines and really dressing like girls for their “In Bloom” music video—while Kurt and Krist playfully grinded on one another—helped prove that mainstream rock didn’t need to be macho, to be good.
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