Nirvana, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones. The Beatles were alright, but get far too much credit for being innovative, the most important part of the Beatles music was Phil Spector's wall of sound. With Nirvana, they're always getting credit for Kurt Cobain being a brilliant song writer...but why is that? His songs are rarely anything more than random firings of generic lyrics that anyone would be able to relate to. There are no stories, morals, or visuals to be found. The Rolling Stones, well they're just shit. They might have made a catchy song here and there, but anyone can make a catchy song. They've rode the coat tails of their own fame, and all it took in their day to get some press was being British and playing American music.