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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 08-25-2012, 10:01 AM   #631 (permalink)
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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.
Well, we basically agree with each other anyway. I think I was mostly just amazed that Pearl Jam's last two albums have apparently charted higher in some some European countries than their 90s releases. I do like some of their music, but you're definitely right about their influence. I honestly can't think of a single band who has inspired more shitty bands than they have.

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And to suggest they made more of an impact than Nirvana (Which is what started all this originally)to me is laughable.
Yeah. I mean for starters I doubt Pearl Jam would have made it big if Nirvana hadn't come and kicked the door down first. Plus, when you look at worldwide album sales it's clear that Nirvana had much more reach than Pearl Jam did.
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Old 08-25-2012, 10:22 AM   #632 (permalink)
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Yeah. I mean for starters I doubt Pearl Jam would have made it big if Nirvana hadn't come and kicked the door down first. Plus, when you look at worldwide album sales it's clear that Nirvana had much more reach than Pearl Jam did.
Yeah, didn't both Pearl Jam and Alice In Chains' debut albums come out before Nevermind and not sell much of anything at first?
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I seem to remember Alice In Chains being promoted as a metal band before Nevermind.
You saw more of them in Kerrang & on Headbangers Ball rather than the NME & 120 Minutes.

They did spend 1990 touring with Anthrax, Megadeth, and Slayer.
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I seem to remember Alice In Chains being promoted as a metal band before Nevermind.
You saw more of them in Kerrang & on Headbangers Ball rather than the NME & 120 Minutes.
Not to mention they toured with Slayer, Anthrax, and Megadeth on the Clash of the Titans tour. I'm sorry, shouldn't that kill any "alternative cred" one could have in the nineties if you tour with ****ing Anthrax?
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I seem to remember Alice In Chains being promoted as a metal band.
AIC is considered to be the so called missing link by music critics during the 90s era. Its easy to see why. I never knew they were promoted and were touring with these particular metal bands mentioned.
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AIC is considered to be the so called missing link by music critics during the 90s era.
What a pity that link was permanently lost back then.
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Yeah, didn't both Pearl Jam and Alice In Chains' debut albums come out before Nevermind and not sell much of anything at first?
Alice In Chains was a somewhat well known band among metalheads before they were rebranded as "grunge". Pearl Jam released Ten several month before Nevermind but it didn't start selling well until after Nirvana got popular too.

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I seem to remember Alice In Chains being promoted as a metal band before Nevermind.
You saw more of them in Kerrang & on Headbangers Ball rather than the NME & 120 Minutes.

They did spend 1990 touring with Anthrax, Megadeth, and Slayer.
I feel like this is one of the most bizarrely forgotten pieces of 90s music history. I clearly remember Alice in Chains being on Headbangers Ball and whatnot as well.
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Plus, when you look at worldwide album sales it's clear that Nirvana had much more reach than Pearl Jam did.
is wikipedia your source of album sales?
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Old 08-25-2012, 11:54 AM   #639 (permalink)
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is wikipedia your source of album sales?
Huh?

Edit: Just for clarification, I'm guessing you're a person who doesn't understand the purpose of a citation. Is that correct?
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Old 08-25-2012, 12:14 PM   #640 (permalink)
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What a pity that link was permanently lost back then.
Not completely written off, my good friend. Theres always some form of post grunge around that resonates influences of AIC. Grunge for me personally, has given me more respect for the Punk genre.
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