This is an interesting example of what I was talking about....
A punk band named “Killing joke” in 1984 recorded a song called “The eighties”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1U1Ue_5kq8
This is the Nirvana song “come as you are”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vabnZ9-ex7o
Gee how original of Nirvana
Wow, the main guitar riff is really similar. Even the tone is similar with the heavy chorusing effect. Nirvana built a catchier song around it though.