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View Poll Results: Best band: 90s Seattle Era
Nirvana 47 31.13%
Alice In Chains 40 26.49%
Soundgarden 15 9.93%
Pearl Jam 18 11.92%
Stone Temple Pilots 6 3.97%
Mudhoney 6 3.97%
Other 17 11.26%
Tad 2 1.32%
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Old 08-22-2012, 05:45 PM   #581 (permalink)
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^this is what the 90s looked like
I have that Tad album on CD and it's awesome!
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Old 08-22-2012, 06:00 PM   #582 (permalink)
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Why do I get the distinct impression I'm reading comments from people who have little or no memory of the early 90s?
Maybe because I was born in the year that Cobain died . Even if I'd born earlier, my knowledge about grunge and its background would have been smaller than peoples' who experienced it. Polish people weren't so much interested in grunge, they had a bit different taste.

Listen guys, I know, that Nirvana was very popular and still is. But many of their current 'fans' are people born in 90s, whose only knowledge about this band is that poor Kurt's dead, and their favourite song is Smells Like Teen Spirit. You probably won't understand, because you aren't surrounded by peers who like Nirvana only because of dead Kurt.
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Old 08-22-2012, 07:13 PM   #583 (permalink)
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i feel so goddamned old

i was already a young man when grunge came about
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Old 08-23-2012, 02:46 AM   #584 (permalink)
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Sure, Nirvana was extremely popular in 90s and with Kurt alive would've been now popular, but masses like tragic histories and many of today Nirvana's fans like them only because Kurt's death.
That's kind of a horrible way to like a band.

From what I've gathered Nirvana were well established before Kurt's death, so it's hard believe they would be easily forgettable, like with most influential bands. However the controversy of his death did grant a lot more exposure to them which obviously includes their music, but doubt the likability is because of that.
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Nirvana's debut album picked up a bunch of fans just on it's own before Kurt's death, and I know that for sure because I see it in a lot of record stores in Seattle. Posters about the album, posters about how much it crafted the grunge genre, etc. I mean, even listening to the album now is a pretty good standard to judge the band.



Be that as it may, Nevermind probably picked up more commercial success than Bleach did. However, I personally find Bleach to be one of the best out of the three albums they released. And one of the most accessible if you're wondering what kind of influence they had on other grunge acts.
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^^same here as well
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Be that as it may, Nevermind probably picked up more commercial success than Bleach did. However, I personally find Bleach to be one of the best out of the three albums they released. And one of the most accessible if you're wondering what kind of influence they had on other grunge acts.
There's no "probably" about it. Nevermind is the album that made them famous.
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There's no "probably" about it. Nevermind is the album that made them famous.
Unfortunately because of that, Bleach became near unknown.
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Unfortunately because of that, Bleach became near unknown.
The reverse is true actually. Bleach was pretty unknown to begin with but the popularity of Nirvana's later material propelled it to platinum record sales.

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Before Nevermind was released, Bleach had sold 40,000 units in North America.[38] The 1992 re-release of the album was successful at the charts, with Bleach eventually reaching number 89 at the Billboard 200,[39] number 33 on the UK album charts,[40] number 34 on the Australian Recording Industry Association chart,[41] and number 24 on the Finland charts.[42] Kurt Cobain's death in 1994 also lead to a resurgence of popularity, with Bleach entering the Top Pop Catalog chart at number six in the week following his death,[43] and eventually earning the top spot on May 7.[44] The 2009 deluxe edition entered the Catalog Albums chart at number seven.[45] Bleach was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on February 1995,[46] and has sold an estimated 1.7 million units in the United States.[1] It has also been certified Gold by the Canadian Recording Industry Association.[47] It is Sub Pop's best-selling release.[3] The album has sold well over 4.0 million units worldwide.[2]
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^ Interesting. I'm not as familiar on Nirvana knowledge as I should be so i'm pleasantly surprised to learn that. I often wonder in terms of fans who were introduced to Nirvana with Nevermind may like or hate Bleach based on Nevermind when it should be reverse. Keep in mind i'm mostly speaking in assumption
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