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Bo Peabody · Joined: 25 Aug 2005

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Satori · Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Location: Above it all

I cant listen extensively to either, not enough musically going on. At the time I favoured Nirvana. Now probably Pear Jam, cause they have a larger number of passable songs, and while Nirnana's hits were explosive thier misses were more disasterous than Pearl Jam's. Pearl Jam more consistant craftsmen, if a shade more pedestrian...

robot · Joined: 07 Mar 2006

are you kidding me? this is no competition.

nirvana was generation-defining. outta nowhere, this desperate ferocity unlike anything else. left a musical, cultural, and -- with cobain's suicide -- emotional impact that makes them one of the most notable bands of the century.

pearl jam are just a bunch of really proficient musicians who got cred for sticking to their guns and never selling out. consistently good, underappreciated, not much more.

ROBT.

bucheon bum · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

zappadelta · Joined: 31 Aug 2004

jaganath69 · Joined: 17 Jul 2003

Nirvana by a longshot. Would have been interesting to see if they became as cringeworthy as Pearl Sham had Cobain not have fellated the shotgun.

flotsam · Joined: 28 Mar 2006

Don Gately · Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 3:21 pm Post subject:

Between Nirvana and Pearl Jam I'd choose...

Alice in Chains. They were the biggest junkies.

JAWINSEOUL · Joined: 19 Nov 2005

Zyzyfer · Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 4:55 pm Post subject:

Sofa_King · Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Location: South Korea

Honestly, I think Pear Jam was just as big as Nirvana during the height of their success. However, when a musician dies at the during the climax of their popularity, they become legendary. For example, look at 2-Pac or Biggie. Both of them are just OK but because of their young death, they were elevated to legendary status. The same goes for Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. Very talented musicians but now their names will not be forgetten because of their early deaths.

Saying that, I think Pearl Jam is better than Nirvana, and if Kurt Cobain was still alive today, we probably would have forgotten his name or he'd be appearing on a celebrity reallity show with Vanilla Ice and Gary Coleman. By dying early he became legendary.

But Pearl Jam still puts out great music and have a lot more staying power, and Nirvana wouldn't have had the same staying power.

Demophobe · Joined: 17 May 2004

flotsam · Joined: 28 Mar 2006

I agree.

I would just say that Nirvana is a completely overrated suckass band.

And I base that on....personal taste. They suck ASSSSSSS.

Though the Foo Fighters do some good stuff.

jinju · Joined: 22 Jan 2006

Lets see:

Nirvana totlly changed whats popular. They defined a whole movement in music that swept the entire decade.

Pearl Jam? All I can really think is how Vedder posed as Morrison (unsuccessfuly) duering the hall of fame induction of the Doors. What a poseur. To do Morrisson shouldnt you have charisma? Anyway, Nirvana totally defines grunge and PJ dont. Nirvana will go down as a legendary group that blazed a trail, PJ will go down as a boring band that rode Nirvana's coat tails. And Vedder as a boring poseur.