Better band - Alice in Chains or Nirvana?

stateoflove79

You'veGotRedOnYou wrote:

Iron Gland kicks ass!!!!

I wouldn't go that far, but it's alot better than most other bands at their best.

Jeremy1012

You'veGotRedOnYou wrote:

I totally agree. Dirt is terribly underrated to the point where it wasn't even on Rolling Stone's top 500 list. I didn't agree with most the list anyways, but come on. How in the hell do you leave this musical masterpiece out? There isn't a bad song on the album, not that AIC has many bad songs to begin with.

my all-time favourite album. no other record has ever HIT me like that, and I mean hit. It felt like a punch to the jaw. Never been able to understand why I related so much.

righteousbabe

Both great bands but I will pick Nirvana.

Zoso

use to be a big nirvana fan but not as much anymore... Still thinki they are better than AIC... Both good bands but nirvana gave the world in utero.

bovy_j

I'm gonna go with Alice in Chains, as I almost completely hate Nirvana.

Brainofdz

Antreaper wrote:

Layne Staley > Kurt in his prime

What exactly was Layne better at?

Writing- no (Jerry wrote most of the good lyrics anyway)
Playing guitar- no (Layne didn't do that either)
singing- I don't think so; open for debate

stateoflove79

Brainofdz wrote:

What exactly was Layne better at?

Writing- no (Jerry wrote most of the good lyrics anyway)
Playing guitar- no (Layne didn't do that either)
singing- I don't think so; open for debate

Layne wrote some damn good lyrics...read almost all of Tripod...

Layne may not have been a guitar God, but he was better than Kurt.

Layne's voice is much more powerful than Kurt.

Brainofdz

I don't even remember Layne playing much guitar

stateoflove79

Brainofdz wrote:

I don't even remember Layne playing much guitar

He really didn't except for the songs he wrote on his own.

Angry Chair, Hate To Feel, Head Creeps

You'veGotRedOnYou

Brainofdz wrote:

What exactly was Layne better at?

Writing- no (Jerry wrote most of the good lyrics anyway)
Playing guitar- no (Layne didn't do that either)
singing- I don't think so; open for debate

Writing- Uhhhh, Layne had some GREAT shit. Frogs - "What does friend mean to you? A word so wrongfully abused." God Am, Angry Chair, Nutshell, Am I Inside?, Love Hate Love, and so forth and so on. Cantrell is a great song writer, but you just can't forget Layne's talent because he had another great writer in the band.

Playing guitar- Layne wasn't the greatest guitar player in the world, but he didn't have to be. He had Jerry. Beside, Cobain is one of the most overrated guitar players in the history of guitar players. I'll take Angry Chair any day of the week.

Singin- Are you kidding me? Layne destroys Kurt vocally. No fuckin contest.


And if you don't like his Chains stuff, you HAVE to like Mad Season. It should be a law.

Pearl Jam and toast

Alice by a mile and a half.

No_ones_rival

AIC rules over Nirvana, but I love them both

Jennytree

You'veGotRedOnYou wrote:

Writing- Uhhhh, Layne had some GREAT shit. Frogs - "What does friend mean to you? A word so wrongfully abused." God Am, Angry Chair, Nutshell, Am I Inside?, Love Hate Love, and so forth and so on. Cantrell is a great song writer, but you just can't forget Layne's talent because he had another great writer in the band.

Playing guitar- Layne wasn't the greatest guitar player in the world, but he didn't have to be. He had Jerry. Beside, Cobain is one of the most overrated guitar players in the history of guitar players. I'll take Angry Chair any day of the week.

Singin- Are you kidding me? Layne destroys Kurt vocally. No fuckin contest.


And if you don't like his Chains stuff, you HAVE to like Mad Season. It should be a law.

I agree with all of this!