Bengal deadliest recorded cyclones. West Bengal became one of India's most populous states. Calcutta, the former capital of the British Raj, became the state capital of West Bengal and continued to be India's largest city until the late 20th century, when severe power shortages, strikes and a violent Marxist-Naxalite movement damaged much of the state's infrastructure in the 1960s and 70s, leading to a period of economic stagnation. West Bengal politics underwent a major change when the Left Front won the 1977 assembly election, defeating the incumbent Indian National Congress. The Left Front, led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Songs from the Black Hole were "goofy, off-the-cuff, and charming". "Pinkerton" was a critical and commercial failure; with its darker themes and rawer production, it alienated fans and was voted the worst record of 1996 by "Rolling Stone" readers. The failure disappointed Cuomo, who returned to a power pop sound for Weezer's third album. Over time, however, "Pinkerton"'s critical standing grew and it influenced bands such as Jimmy Eat World, Motion City Soundtrack, and Dashboard Confessional. In 2017, "Stereogum" writer Pranav Trewn speculated about how Weezer releasing "Songs from the Black Hole" instead might have influenced music: "It’s perhaps the greatest 'what if?' in modern