In defense of Counting Crows' August and Everything After. Twenty-five years ago, a unique geek stumbled onto pop’s main stage. Adam Duritz, frontman of Counting Crows, had a doughy figure, clumsy dreadlocks, and a hangdog expression that made him a highly improbable rock star in an era otherwise dominated by the grunge gods. The men who rose to power in the genre around the same time — Kurt Cobain, Chris Cornell, and Eddie Vedder — all conformed to the image of the classic rock icon.
