Best Band: 90s Seattle Era.

Unknown Soldier · 08-24-2012, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Actually... wait... I'm not quite sure what you mean by that.

Somebody who shouts out the facts to people.

I mean what is this with all these people into music, who seem to think grunge and Nirvana were typical mainstream back then.

Howard the Duck · 08-25-2012, 02:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger ?

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.

the number of Pearl Jam clones we have here.............

**Janszoon** · 08-25-2012, 05:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

Somebody who shouts out the facts to people.

I mean what is this with all these people into music, who seem to think grunge and Nirvana were typical mainstream back then.

It really is weird. It does remind me of conversations I used to have about 60s music I used to have with my dad when I was a kid though.

Forward To Death · 08-25-2012, 06:15 AM

Nevermind (or other grunge albums after, even) might not have been mainstream like everyone says, but it was a lot more accessible than the music it was born from. It also has a very poppy sound to it.

**Janszoon** · 08-25-2012, 06:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Forward To Death

Nevermind (or other grunge albums after, even) might not have been mainstream like everyone says, but it was a lot more accessible than the music it was born from. It also has a very poppy sound to it.

I'd say it was roughly as accessible as the Pixies' Doolittle which was the album Cobain claimed most inspired Nevermind.

SGR · 08-25-2012, 07:06 AM

I still think In Utero is the best that Nirvana has got.

mr dave · 08-25-2012, 08:18 AM

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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.

But since when do sales = quality?

I actually listened to Backspacer recently for the first time after hearing how great it was supposed to be. It sucked.

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Also... mad lulz at the kids trying to talk to us about how it really was in the 90s when we were probably older than they are now when it was happening. I was graduating high school when Cobain committed suicide... Nirvana totally sounded as mainstream as Extreme or Hooty and the Blowfish

**Janszoon** · 08-25-2012, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by mr dave

But since when do sales = quality?

They don't. I was just disagreeing with the claim that no one outside the US listens to them any more.

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Originally Posted by mr dave

Also... mad lulz at the kids trying to talk to us about how it really was in the 90s when we were probably older than they are now when it was happening. I was graduating high school when Cobain committed suicide... Nirvana totally sounded as mainstream as Extreme or Hooty and the Blowfish

Heh. I know.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 08-25-2012, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

They don't. I was just disagreeing with the claim that no one outside the US listens to them any more.

Oh I wasn't saying that.

I'm just saying that in the US they sold shitloads of albums & gave birth to hundreds of really sucky bands that hung around the music scene like a bad smell for the rest of the decade, while the rest of the world the reaction was more like 'Oh look, another band from Seattle wearing flannel. Outside the US I don't thing they never really rose above one of those bands that have a group of diehards keeping them going.

And to suggest they made more of an impact than Nirvana (Which is what started all this originally)to me is laughable.

Necromancer · 08-25-2012, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by mr dave

But since when do sales = quality?

Nirvana totally sounded as mainstream as Extreme or Hooty and the Blowfish

Record sales may be a good subject for debate, but I agree with the suggestion, that quanity does not equal quality. Nevermind, the sound and style of that particular album was mainstream at the time of its release in the 90s.
I agree with the statement that suggest, In Utero is one of the better albums. It sounds more original, experimental, and I personally think that In Utero reminded me of the album Bleach a little, simplicity was the genius of the era in question, nothing very technical concerning grunge. AIC has more material that I actually listen to, thats all..

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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08-25-2012, 06:15 AM	#624 (permalink)
Forward To Death Trolier Than Thou Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,336	Nevermind (or other grunge albums after, even) might not have been mainstream like everyone says, but it was a lot more accessible than the music it was born from. It also has a very poppy sound to it.

08-25-2012, 07:06 AM	#626 (permalink)
SGR No Ice In My Bourbon Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: /dev/null Posts: 4,325	I still think In Utero is the best that Nirvana has got.