Best Band: 90s Seattle Era.

FRED HALE SR. · 08-23-2012, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Why do I get the distinct impression I'm reading comments from people who have little or no memory of the early 90s?

Its time for us all to let the 90's go already. Kurt Cobain was just a geek from Washington who liked punk rock music. Eddie Vedder was just a hippy surfer from San Diego. Chris Cornell was one hormone shot away from being Adam Lambert. Moving on.

Necromancer · 08-23-2012, 12:47 PM

Grunge/90s era, was more so left dormant by listeners a few years back, for around a decade or so, compared to the more resent interest with the bands/music/era, anyway.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 08-24-2012, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Halen

Death elevates anyone to legend status.

Had Eddie Vedder died in 1994, he'd be bigger than Lennon, Morrison and Mercury together.

He was like the second coming of Jesus Christ 20 years ago.

Not always it doesn't.

Nirvana were always more loved than Pearl Jam.
They sold more records, they were taken more seriously in the press, they sold more magazines by appearing on covers. No doubt that Pearl Jam sold a lot of records but then so did Nickleback.

Vedder is just a pretender, always has been always will be. By about 1996 most of the world outside the US had stopped caring about them.

**Janszoon** · 08-24-2012, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger ?

Vedder is just a pretender, always has been always will be.

I have to disagree with this. I lost interest in Pearl Jam long ago but I've always respected how they stood up to Ticketmaster, no doubt costing themselves boatloads of money in the process.

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger ?

By about 1996 most of the world outside the US had stopped caring about them.

This is also untrue. They've continued to be quite popular in all the countries they were originally popular in and their last two albums actually had higher peak chart positions in nearly all those countries than Ten did—including in the UK.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 08-24-2012, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

This is also untrue. They've continued to be quite popular in all the countries they were originally popular in and their last two albums actually had higher peak chart positions in nearly all those countries than Ten did—including in the UK.

That's my point though. Even at their peak they never did much outside the US.
Of the 15 or so million copies of Ten they sold 13 million were in the US.
Nirvana's record sales were nowhere near as one sided.

**Janszoon** · 08-24-2012, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger ?

That's my point though. Even at their peak they never did much outside the US.
Of the 15 or so million copies of Ten they sold 13 million were in the US.
Nirvana's record sales were nowhere near as one sided.

Well, I definitely agree that Nirvana is the bigger band. So no argument there. But my point is that Pearl Jam's more recent albums appear to actually do better outside the US than Ten did. The last album they released peaked in the top 10 in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand and the UK, while Ten only made it that high in half as many countries.

Necromancer · 08-24-2012, 01:07 PM

The number one spot has somewhat fluctuated through the years since I first started this particular thread. Nirvana, AIC, and Soundgarden seem to be the best liked by the majority. The only song I liked after the album Ten, was the single Daughter by Pearl Jam.

**Janszoon** · 08-24-2012, 01:10 PM

Whoops, nevermind.

Unknown Soldier · 08-24-2012, 01:23 PM

I've always found on my trips to different parts of Europe and Latin America that nearly everybody into music knows who Pearl Jam are, whilst not that many seem to know AIC or Soundgarden unless they're really into that sound.

Necromancer · 08-24-2012, 01:52 PM

So Pearl Jam is more popular in other countries than here in the states? True or not, its not worth debating. How about trading you Pearl Jam for BUSH Soldier?

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%
Voters: 151. You may not vote on this poll

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08-23-2012, 12:47 PM	#592 (permalink)
Necromancer Divination Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,655	Grunge/90s era, was more so left dormant by listeners a few years back, for around a decade or so, compared to the more resent interest with the bands/music/era, anyway.

08-24-2012, 01:07 PM	#597 (permalink)
Necromancer Divination Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,655	The number one spot has somewhat fluctuated through the years since I first started this particular thread. Nirvana, AIC, and Soundgarden seem to be the best liked by the majority. The only song I liked after the album Ten, was the single Daughter by Pearl Jam.

08-24-2012, 01:52 PM	#600 (permalink)
Necromancer Divination Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,655	So Pearl Jam is more popular in other countries than here in the states? True or not, its not worth debating. How about trading you Pearl Jam for BUSH Soldier?