perhaps a risky question..........

Snoopy Died For Our Sins

Was just thinking about this....which was the better band in1993/1994

Pearl Jam ????????????????



or




Nirvana ??????????????


An interesting thought, I think, since Ed has been quoted (rather vehemently) as saying that Nirvana was far superior to Pearl Jam.......and would "always be" a better band than Pearl Jam was......

What do you all think?

PJFAN_seattle

nirvana was(is?) more popular, but i think pj was/is better in my personal opinion, i love nirvana tho, its hard to compare bands and their art cuz its so different and what does better even mean

Snoopy Died For Our Sins

at the time, yes Nirvana was more popular, but today, Pearl Jam is #1...sorry we never got to see or hear what Kurdt would have become...a real fucking drag

Smellyman

I don't know if Nirvana was more popular. I believe ten outsold nevermind. ??

Nirvana will always get the credit for changing music though.

PJ is the better band....musically. but music is subjective. to me its PJ hands down. I do like Nirvana though


Eddie was also being nice. Kissing Kurt's ass a bit.

Snoopy Died For Our Sins

Smellyman wrote:

I don't know if Nirvana was more popular. I believe ten outsold nevermind. ??

Nirvana will always get the credit for changing music though.

PJ is the better band....musically. but music is subjective. to me its PJ hands down. I do like Nirvana though


Eddie was also being nice. Kissing Kurt's ass a bit.

I agree with all of that, but I think Nevermind may have outsold TEN

Smellyman

Snoopy Died For Our Sins wrote:

Smellyman wrote:

I don't know if Nirvana was more popular. I believe ten outsold nevermind. ??

Nirvana will always get the credit for changing music though.

PJ is the better band....musically. but music is subjective. to me its PJ hands down. I do like Nirvana though


Eddie was also being nice. Kissing Kurt's ass a bit.

I agree with all of that, but I think Nevermind may have outsold TEN

http://blogs.usatoday.com/listenup/2007/03/sales_questions_1.html

Also according to Wiki. Ten is 13x platinum worldwide. Nevermind 10x.....

Jokertt14

Pearl Jam .. Even though i like Nirvana Kurt was to busy whining about guns and roses and pearl jam so fuck em '

Smellyman

jokertt14 wrote:

Pearl Jam .. Even though i like Nirvana Kurt was to busy whining about guns and roses and pearl jam so fuck em '

Ha. Had to read that twice. I didn't remember him whining about Roses... who would hate roses?

Snoopy Died For Our Sins

Smellyman wrote:

Snoopy Died For Our Sins wrote:

Smellyman wrote:

I don't know if Nirvana was more popular. I believe ten outsold nevermind. ??

Nirvana will always get the credit for changing music though.

PJ is the better band....musically. but music is subjective. to me its PJ hands down. I do like Nirvana though


Eddie was also being nice. Kissing Kurt's ass a bit.

I agree with all of that, but I think Nevermind may have outsold TEN

http://blogs.usatoday.com/listenup/2007/03/sales_questions_1.html

Also according to Wiki. Ten is 13x platinum worldwide. Nevermind 10x.....

Well, there you have it then.......but didn't Jagged Little Pill sell more?

Snoopy Died For Our Sins

The album had a slow rise up the charts, but four million copies were shipped in the U.S. during 1995, and in 1996 it became the best-selling album of the year, with ten million shipments. On July 29, 1998, the RIAA certified it 16× platinum.

Surely she is better than both PJ and Nirvana...because she sold more $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Snoopy Died For Our Sins

jokertt14 wrote:

Pearl Jam .. Even though i like Nirvana Kurt was to busy whining about guns and roses and pearl jam so fuck em '

I would say he was busier with needles and a crazy wife, truth be told............ :oops:

Smellyman

Snoopy Died For Our Sins wrote:

Well, there you have it then.......but didn't Jagged Little Pill sell more?

and Britney and new kids and Jonas Brothers.

doesnt mean a thing about good music.

Just that actually PJ may have been more popular, while it seemed Nirvana got all the pub.

Snoopy Died For Our Sins

Smellyman wrote:

Snoopy Died For Our Sins wrote:

Well, there you have it then.......but didn't Jagged Little Pill sell more?

and Britney and new kids and Jonas Brothers.

doesnt mean a thing about good music.

Just that actually PJ may have been more popular, while it seemed Nirvana got all the pub.

Kinda my point.........sarcasm, my friend

Nirvana definately broke the scene, but who really got the shaft????

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Smellyman

Snoopy Died For Our Sins wrote:

Smellyman wrote:

Snoopy Died For Our Sins wrote:

Well, there you have it then.......but didn't Jagged Little Pill sell more?

and Britney and new kids and Jonas Brothers.

doesnt mean a thing about good music.

Just that actually PJ may have been more popular, while it seemed Nirvana got all the pub.

Kinda my point.........sarcasm, my friend

Nirvana definately broke the scene, but who really got the shaft????

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oh i understood. Just continuing....

Jokertt14

Smellyman wrote:

jokertt14 wrote:

Pearl Jam .. Even though i like Nirvana Kurt was to busy whining about guns and roses and pearl jam so fuck em '

Ha. Had to read that twice. I didn't remember him whining about Roses... who would hate roses?

Kurt Cobain and Axle Rose got into it back at the VMA's when Guns were dieing out and Nirvan was starting to shine .. and to hear him cry like a baby about pearl jam thats on youtube

Jokertt14

Smellyman wrote:

jokertt14 wrote:

Pearl Jam .. Even though i like Nirvana Kurt was to busy whining about guns and roses and pearl jam so fuck em '

Ha. Had to read that twice. I didn't remember him whining about Roses... who would hate roses?

right from the Wikipedia page on Nirvana

"As Cobain trashed their equipment, Grohl ran to the mic and began yelling "Hi, Axl!" repeatedly, referring to Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose, with whom the band and Courtney had had a bizarre encounter before the show."

and the youtube video about pearl jam : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qZ_5kutgfY

mfc2006

to be honest, i was never a huge Nirvana fan. i was a casual fan & really loved Bleach---my older brother heard of Nirvana before I did & played Bleach for me. I thought it was great.....but Nevermind...meh.

I liked a few songs from that record (Nevermind), but I instantly felt a connection to PJ's music from the get-go.

lukinvedder

Smellyman wrote:

jokertt14 wrote:

Pearl Jam .. Even though i like Nirvana Kurt was to busy whining about guns and roses and pearl jam so fuck em '

Ha. Had to read that twice. I didn't remember him whining about Roses... who would hate roses?

ha! so true about them dogging pearl jam, in answer to who hates guns and roses.....I DO!!! nirvana probably had the bigger following-but pearl jam hands down OFCOURSE.

jecica

lukinvedder wrote:

in answer to who hates guns and roses.....I DO!!! nirvana probably had the bigger following-but pearl jam hands down OFCOURSE.

+100

I always think of who the media would portray as the grunge starter if Kurt didn't kill himself? My vote is fr PJ..

weenie

I liked a few songs from that record (Nevermind), but I instantly felt a connection to PJ's music from the get-go.[/quote]

+1

smithnic

Nirvana's last record was not as well received as Pearl Jam's. No one remembers this because of the tragedy that happened and changed everything, but In Utero wasn't that well received as Vitalogy. Plus, there were talks that Kurt was going off by himself anyways. It's impossible to really think what would have happened had Kurt not died.

I personally will always like Pearl Jam better. To even compare the bands is a bit stupid. Just because they're from the same city at the same time doesn't mean they are anything alike.

dimitrispearljam

..risky question?
just an answer with no risk,,
PEARL JAM.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

flyinwhole313

I think in 93, Nirvana had a better catalog of music, but as of 1998, it was Pearl Jam easily, and as of TODAY, Pearl Jam has lapped every band from the last 30 years, and many more.

12345AGNST1

I can't stand Nirvana

Just thought I'd throw that out there.

Snoopy Died For Our Sins

smithnic wrote:

Nirvana's last record was not as well received as Pearl Jam's. No one remembers this because of the tragedy that happened and changed everything, but In Utero wasn't that well received as Vitalogy. Plus, there were talks that Kurt was going off by himself anyways. It's impossible to really think what would have happened had Kurt not died.

I personally will always like Pearl Jam better. To even compare the bands is a bit stupid. Just because they're from the same city at the same time doesn't mean they are anything alike.

i concur, but it's only natural...like the Beatles and Stones getting compared to each other all the time...and for similar reasons as the PJ, Nirvana comparison.....also, Kurt made In Utero the way it was intentionally, in order to lessen his bands' popularity...it has been very well established that album sales (and reception) do not equal quality....but that kinda goes without saying......In Utero, in my opinion was Nirvana's second best album, the first being Incesticide...

Snoopy Died For Our Sins

flyinwhole313 wrote:

I think in 93, Nirvana had a better catalog of music, but as of 1998, it was Pearl Jam easily, and as of TODAY, Pearl Jam has lapped every band from the last 30 years, and many more.

+1