In class on Monday, we were assigned to imagine being present at a moment in musical history. My first instinct was to talk about being at Woodstack, because everyone knows it was a profound historical moment. I, however, don't think that Woodstock was really about the music as much as it was about the crazy hippies that were disregarding authority therein. The historical moment in musical history I choose to talk about is the emergence of grunge music and how Kurt Cobain made it so widely known. There really is not a specific moment I can think of that is primarily about the music. Kurt Cobain's suicide, although more about his twisted mind than his music, DID make Nirvana more prevalent and broadened the fan base substantially. This event turned Nirvana into a household name. It would have been difficult to find someone in the 90's who had never heard of Nirvana, and it would still be a daunting task to this day. Now, I will get back to what Nirvana was really about- the grunge movement. At a time when everyone was listening to carbon-copy pop crap, Kurt Cobain decided to do something different. Nirvana may have not been the first grunge band, but they are the ones who exposed the public to a much-needed change of popular musical genre.