rolling stone: nirvana vs radiohead (check it out)

PearlStripes

Are you kidding?

Hands down Nirvana.

PaulJam

nobody can compare these two bands. Why would you even want to attempt such a thing? Both were/are phenomenal. Fantastic, original and highly influential music. Kurt Cobain and Thom York deserve f*cking everything plaudit they've ever received.

Easily the two best/most important bands of the past twenty years in my opinion. Yes, I include the likes of Pearl Jam, Pavement, Pumpkins etc in that...

Kurt single handedly got me in to punk and in to alternative music. I will never forget that. And Radiohead are by a country mile my favourite current band.

Brisk.

wtf

Nirvana are the most overrated lame o's in the world. Their music is boring. I dont know why made it so big... why is it on april 5th everyone is like "Oh Kurt" and not "Oh Layne".... pretty much every other "grunge" band is better than Nirvana

Not to mention that Kurt hated Pearl Jam and accused them of being a "corporate alternative cock-rock fusion". Kurt also was a hypocrite becuase he was all for the punk thing but then continously complained about money. This includes him whining about Pearl Jam choosing a big record label. Kurt also said that Pearl Jam just jumped on the bandwagon

And Dave Grohl isn't the best drummer ever.. dont know what the fuck you're on if you think that. I could name a billion drummers better than him.

but back to the point of the thread. Radiohead ;p

Just my 2 cents

catefrances

I BrisK I wrote:

And Dave Grohl isn't the best drummer ever.. dont know what the fuck you're on if you think that. I could name a billion drummers better than him.

okay go.

U-R

the music media is really clutching at straws these days... why the hell would they feel the need to rate one album against another, and why would they chose nevermind and ok computer? they are albums by different bands at different times appealing to (mainly) a different audience... typical rolling stone rubbish, i never saw the appeal in rs

Todd76

I BrisK I wrote:

Not to mention that Kurt hated Pearl Jam and accused them of being a "corporate alternative cock-rock fusion".

Pearl Jam is a "coporate alternative cock-rock fusion". I like both bands BUT Kurt hit the nail on the head with this one - there is no denying that Pearl Jam occasionally makes wanky classic rock (ie. Dissident, In Hiding, LBC, Come Back....) wank wank wank

genie

Nirvana

soulsinging

Gardenparty wrote:

Very good read. I tend to agree with a lot of what you said here.

However, I will still take In Utero

i listened to that album this morning... it is soooo good.

soulsinging

Todd76 wrote:

Pearl Jam is a "coporate alternative cock-rock fusion". I like both bands BUT Kurt hit the nail on the head with this one - there is no denying that Pearl Jam occasionally makes wanky classic rock (ie. Dissident, In Hiding, Come Back....) wank wank wank

you say tht like it's a bad thing?

soulsinging

I BrisK I wrote:

Nirvana are the most overrated lame o's in the world. Their music is boring. I dont know why made it so big... why is it on april 5th everyone is like "Oh Kurt" and not "Oh Layne".... pretty much every other "grunge" band is better than Nirvana

i wouldnt go so far as to say any grunge band was better. nirvana is over-rated, but they're still good. however, i wanted to point out that your kurt/layne observation is why i hated sublime for years... why "oh brad" yet no one gave a fuck when shannon hoon died.

I BrisK I wrote:

Not to mention that Kurt hated Pearl Jam and accused them of being a "corporate alternative cock-rock fusion". Kurt also was a hypocrite becuase he was all for the punk thing but then continously complained about money. This includes him whining about Pearl Jam choosing a big record label. Kurt also said that Pearl Jam just jumped on the bandwagon

i always thought it funny that kurt accused pearl jam of doing this while at the same time doing 2 separate mtv live shows, countless videos (after pearl jam had stopped), interviews with any magazine that asked, etc etc...

moho

Radiohead are a far superior band. Would Nirvana have ever evolved into something as unique and brilliant as Radiohead have? No. They would have continued putting out catchy albums fuelled by power chords for as long as they could but eventually that well would have run dry, very dry. It was already getting boring by In Utero.

SweetHarmonics

Let's not forget that Thom Yorke stole quite a bit of image and style from Cobain after Nirvana conquered the globe. The Creep video and the subsequent appearances on MTV document these findings. It would be hard, to say the least, to imagine Radiohead ending up where they are today without the influence of Nirvana to guide it.