I mean im not a huge nirvana fan but spoon isnt really in the same lane. a good comparison for spoon in nirvanas era would be a band like blind melon.

Yeah, there were definitely better punk bands out there to be sure. A lot of the groups from that era changed their sound in order to get and remain on the charts though.

Agree, so were Pavement, Meatpuppets, Screaming Trees, and many others of that era.