Their public exposure was profoundly affected at a juncture where they could have taken the torch They were perfectly poised to do so up until that point Nirvana died with Kurt Cobain Pearl Jam were doing everything in their power to reject attention Guns N Roses had all but officially broken up Metallica were about to shock the world with mediocre mid- tempo hard alt-rock for the next decade Soundgarden had followed up the monster Superunknown with Superunknown Lite and were on their last legs Pantera didnt have the mainstream marketability.. And the more the world needed Alice I