oh btw i just read about how Rolling Stone changed their 3 star review of Surfer Rosa in 1992 to a 5 star in 2004, man that it is lame.
also apparently steve albini was upset during the production of Surfer Rosa, in an interview :"A patchwork pinch loaf from a band who at their top dollar best are blandly entertaining college rock. Their willingness to be "guided" by their manager, their record company and their producers is unparalleled. Never have I seen four cows more anxious to be led around by their nose rings"

Unfortunately, I had to go with liking them the same amount. I feel like I like a lot of Nirvana's songs by themselves a lot better, but The Pixie's can make a full album that flows and always keeps me satisfied.

That what I think to,

Well, I must admit I don't know much of Pixies, so I choose Nirvana.

But we can't forget that the Pixies influenced Nirvana and both are very good bands.

I care very little for either band as i did then, however i took some comfort in the fact that the grunge sensation helped bury the acid/rave sensation, so i'm going with Nirvana

Nirvana for me. I like them a whole lot better.

Maybe it's just me but I don't hear grunge in Dinosaur Jr. at all. When I think grunge I think of bands like Tad, Pearl Jam.

As for Pixies or Nirvana, I'd pick Nirvana. I like The Pixies but I invested a lot of my young listening time with Nirvana and that kind of sticks with you. I listened to those albums so much.

This is a really disturbing trend with Rolling Stone. There's a crazy amount of albums they trashed when they first came out that they later went back and reviewed much better. They raised In the Aeroplane Over the Sea from 3 stars to 4, 3 Feet High and Rising from 3 to 5, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain from 4 to 5, and Odelay from 4 to 5, to name but a few. I guess they think their reviews need to be reconsidered a few years after the albums come out, but to me it looks a lot more like they are realizing they gave an album that became a classic a bad review so rather than accept that they disagree they go back and change their score. Really discredits their opinion to me.

Neither band is punk.

Care to elaborate? No? Okay then - you're wrong. What's grunge but punk fused with heavy metal? Besides that Nirvana had plenty of tunes I'd consider punk.