10-04-2016, 12:01 PM
(10-04-2016, 11:31 AM)Wyche Wrote: Alice in Chains was FAR superior to Nirvana.....and Pearl Jam, for that matter. Through in Soundgarden and Stone Temple Pilots for good measure. Nirvana sucked. Pearl Jam was vastly overrated.
If you're talking purely about guitar playing ability, I agree 100%. Kurt wasn't very skilled and most of his songs are really easy to play.
If you're talking about ability to write catchy songs that appeal to the masses, I'd have to disagree. Kurt was a brilliant song writer. Fwiw, I think Novaselic and Grohl were very talented as well.
Skill wise, I'll go...
1. Pearl Jam (guitar players were heavily influenced by Hendrix)
2. Toss up between Soundgarden and AIC
3. STP
4. Many other bands
5. Nirvana
Ability to write quality songs...
1. Nirvana
2. Pearl Jam
3. STP
4. AIC
5. Soungarden
They were all really good. The daddy didn't love me shtick of the 1990's definitely got old though. Btw, even though Seether came later, feel they deserve mention. Bands like Shinedown and Crossfade were pretty good post grunge bands as well.
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