Nirvana

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

(10-04-2016, 12:01 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: 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.

I'm just not into pop music, be it rock, country, hip hop, what have you.  I like deeper lyrics, and musicianship.  Perhaps that is why Nirvana never appealed to me in any manner whatsoever.  I just couldn't stand Eddie Vedder....lol....but they were better than Nirvana, NIN, STP, AiC, Soundgarden, RHCP, Tool, Primus, Jane's Addiction, I mean SO MANY bands from that era were just better.  I just never understood it.

FWIW, I hold AiC in high esteem, because I caught them in Louisville not long before Layne Staley passsed away. They were one of the best live acts I've ever seen.