Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante has revealed that Kurt Cobain influenced the band's song tribute to Eddie Van Halen.

He’s really one of the most masterful chordsmiths that I think we’ve ever had.” “He makes these chord progressions that are so fluid, they’re more like a melody than they are a chord progression. And their keyboardist Tony Banks, I put him up there with the Beatles as far as really coming up with imaginative chord progressions all over the place.