I liked Nirvana, but loved AiC. I wouldn't claim to be a superfan, but I wasn't fond of Nirvana's quirkiness in a lot of their songs and AiC resonated with me more. I was more bummed by Staley's passing than Cobain, but never will it mean I respect his talents less. Regardless of your views on how either left us, music lost two influential men those days, like it did when Burton died.