Nikki Sixx: Pearl Jam is "one of the most boring bands in history"

foriginalsin said:

Motley Crue has at least three good songs:

dr. Feelgood
kickstart my heart 
shout at the devil

They still suck though.

Pearl jam is head and shoulders above a band like motley crue. Its not close.  

If you want to use album sales or concert sales, its pj. 

If you’re saying being popular shouldnt matter, which i agree, it shouldnt, then we can talk critical acclaim. Here we can safely say that critically pearl jam has fared better as well. Its the reason why 80s hair metal is looked down upon compared to the 90s seattle movement that is a darling of the critics. 

If we are talking musicianship, here again, its no contest. Ed is an all time great singer, who has worked with many of the all time greats,(Elton, daltrey, plant, beyonce, stevie, Etc). In general vince neils voice is annoying and nasally. While tommy lee is a fine drummer, here again matt is the better musician.  Jeffs a better bassist than nikki whos quite average.  I like Mick mars, who always seemed weird and genuine but pjs guitar combo wins this as well. Too bad motley has one guitarist in this battle of the bands. 

If we are talking the live experience, please. Pj is one of the greatest live bands ever. You wont find motley crue on any greatest live bands list. 

There are bands that are better than pj, its just that, motley crue is 100% not one of them. 

Also we need to accept that we can listen to music and separate that experience from the artist to some degree. Yea I also hate motley crues general demeanor, beliefs etc. But im pretty sure they are still playing michael jackson everywhere, and most people tend to look the other way. This is the same with many artists. Phil anselmo is a racist douchebag but there are so many good pantera songs. We know led zep loved women the same way motley crue did. Its a tough choice between great songs and maybe bad people or ethics.  And you cant judge what people did generations ago when the societal norms were different. Mtv was eating up and glamorizing everything that motley did. 

The point is, I saw dirty frank at the beacon, so where are these fucking tour dates pearl jam you bastards. 

1ThoughtKnown said:

Just to be clear… I’m only joking about my wife. She is amazing and trusts me completely. There is no ball or chain.
I cannot imagine my life without her 😎

I’d go off with her to Uranus… where creeps like Vince Neil and Steven Tyler don’t share the same “air”. 

HughFreakingDillon said:

static111 said:

1ThoughtKnown said:

Just to be clear… I’m only joking about my wife. She is amazing and trusts me completely. There is no ball or chain.
I cannot imagine my life without her 😎

I’d go off with her to Uranus… where creeps like Vince Neil and Steven Tyler don’t share the same “air”. 

Steven Tyler is not a creep!

dude puts/allows his own daughter in his videos in extremely sexual performances (and especially since it's stereotypically male fantasy stuff). that's beyond fucking creepy to me. 

HughFreakingDillon said:

static111 said:

1ThoughtKnown said:

Just to be clear… I’m only joking about my wife. She is amazing and trusts me completely. There is no ball or chain.
I cannot imagine my life without her 😎

I’d go off with her to Uranus… where creeps like Vince Neil and Steven Tyler don’t share the same “air”. 

Steven Tyler is not a creep!

dude puts/allows his own daughter in his videos in extremely sexual performances (and especially since it's stereotypically male fantasy stuff). that's beyond fucking creepy to me. 

Poncier said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

static111 said:

1ThoughtKnown said:

Just to be clear… I’m only joking about my wife. She is amazing and trusts me completely. There is no ball or chain.
I cannot imagine my life without her 😎

I’d go off with her to Uranus… where creeps like Vince Neil and Steven Tyler don’t share the same “air”. 

Steven Tyler is not a creep!

dude puts/allows his own daughter in his videos in extremely sexual performances (and especially since it's stereotypically male fantasy stuff). that's beyond fucking creepy to me. 

I think gaining legal guardianship of a teenage girl so you can impregnate her outweighs Liv in skimpy shorts in a music video by a mile.

Steven Tyler Once Had A 14 Year Old Girlfriend That Her Parents Signed Over To Him | FeelNumb.com

Poncier said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

static111 said:

1ThoughtKnown said:

Just to be clear… I’m only joking about my wife. She is amazing and trusts me completely. There is no ball or chain.
I cannot imagine my life without her 😎

I’d go off with her to Uranus… where creeps like Vince Neil and Steven Tyler don’t share the same “air”. 

Steven Tyler is not a creep!

dude puts/allows his own daughter in his videos in extremely sexual performances (and especially since it's stereotypically male fantasy stuff). that's beyond fucking creepy to me. 

I think gaining legal guardianship of a teenage girl so you can impregnate her outweighs Liv in skimpy shorts in a music video by a mile.

Steven Tyler Once Had A 14 Year Old Girlfriend That Her Parents Signed Over To Him | FeelNumb.com

F Me In The Brain said:

foriginalsin said:

Motley Crue has at least three good songs:

dr. Feelgood
kickstart my heart 
shout at the devil

They still suck though.

Pearl jam is head and shoulders above a band like motley crue. Its not close.  

If you want to use album sales or concert sales, its pj. 

If you’re saying being popular shouldnt matter, which i agree, it shouldnt, then we can talk critical acclaim. Here we can safely say that critically pearl jam has fared better as well. Its the reason why 80s hair metal is looked down upon compared to the 90s seattle movement that is a darling of the critics. 

If we are talking musicianship, here again, its no contest. Ed is an all time great singer, who has worked with many of the all time greats,(Elton, daltrey, plant, beyonce, stevie, Etc). In general vince neils voice is annoying and nasally. While tommy lee is a fine drummer, here again matt is the better musician.  Jeffs a better bassist than nikki whos quite average.  I like Mick mars, who always seemed weird and genuine but pjs guitar combo wins this as well. Too bad motley has one guitarist in this battle of the bands. 

If we are talking the live experience, please. Pj is one of the greatest live bands ever. You wont find motley crue on any greatest live bands list. 

There are bands that are better than pj, its just that, motley crue is 100% not one of them. 

Also we need to accept that we can listen to music and separate that experience from the artist to some degree. Yea I also hate motley crues general demeanor, beliefs etc. But im pretty sure they are still playing michael jackson everywhere, and most people tend to look the other way. This is the same with many artists. Phil anselmo is a racist douchebag but there are so many good pantera songs. We know led zep loved women the same way motley crue did. Its a tough choice between great songs and maybe bad people or ethics.  And you cant judge what people did generations ago when the societal norms were different. Mtv was eating up and glamorizing everything that motley did. 

The point is, I saw dirty frank at the beacon, so where are these fucking tour dates pearl jam you bastards. 

I don't think anyone here said Crue was better than Pearl Jam.
I did say that I like some MC records better than some PJ records if they want head to head....I think that is about as close as anyone came to really comparing them


BTW,  album sales isn't close.  MC by 3x.

OceansJenny said:

foriginalsin said:

Motley Crue has at least three good songs:

dr. Feelgood
kickstart my heart 
shout at the devil

They still suck though.

Pearl jam is head and shoulders above a band like motley crue. Its not close.  

If you want to use album sales or concert sales, its pj. 

If you’re saying being popular shouldnt matter, which i agree, it shouldnt, then we can talk critical acclaim. Here we can safely say that critically pearl jam has fared better as well. Its the reason why 80s hair metal is looked down upon compared to the 90s seattle movement that is a darling of the critics. 

If we are talking musicianship, here again, its no contest. Ed is an all time great singer, who has worked with many of the all time greats,(Elton, daltrey, plant, beyonce, stevie, Etc). In general vince neils voice is annoying and nasally. While tommy lee is a fine drummer, here again matt is the better musician.  Jeffs a better bassist than nikki whos quite average.  I like Mick mars, who always seemed weird and genuine but pjs guitar combo wins this as well. Too bad motley has one guitarist in this battle of the bands. 

If we are talking the live experience, please. Pj is one of the greatest live bands ever. You wont find motley crue on any greatest live bands list. 

There are bands that are better than pj, its just that, motley crue is 100% not one of them. 

Also we need to accept that we can listen to music and separate that experience from the artist to some degree. Yea I also hate motley crues general demeanor, beliefs etc. But im pretty sure they are still playing michael jackson everywhere, and most people tend to look the other way. This is the same with many artists. Phil anselmo is a racist douchebag but there are so many good pantera songs. We know led zep loved women the same way motley crue did. Its a tough choice between great songs and maybe bad people or ethics.  And you cant judge what people did generations ago when the societal norms were different. Mtv was eating up and glamorizing everything that motley did. 

The point is, I saw dirty frank at the beacon, so where are these fucking tour dates pearl jam you bastards. 

You had me at “they have three songs… and they still suck” Great post