OzNimbus said:
/rant.
Radd said:Shortly before Kurt died, I started getting into nirvana, due to a new friend playing it alot. This is usually how I get into bands that my semi-narrow minded metalhead normaly would'nt give a proper chance to.
After he died I got heavily into them which led me getting into the whole grunge movement. All that stuff...don't forget about Soundgarden. Along with Smashing pumpkins, Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, Sonic youth, Green day.
Love this stuff.
Kurt got me into the classic punk also. Sex pistols, Dead Kennedys. Misfits ect.
The main thing I got from this, a reminder actually, (all started with Kurt) was that you don't have to be an awesome musician, you don't have to play technical at all, every song doesnt have to have a mind blowing guitar solo or two to write great songs. It's all about the music, the songs, not necessarily the players ability.
I said "a reminder" because my love for music pretty much began with The Beatles when I was ten.
Kurt was a great song writer and had a great voice.
I wish I could scream like him.
He played guitar well enough for the music that he wrote.
But that's just me.
Razorjack said:
Kazrog said:You mean "Eat em and Smile?" Yes that album did rule. Steve Vai is godder than god.
Radd said:
OzNimbus said:I knew that comment would piss a few people off!
Allow me to clarify: I thought the whole Nirvana thing was kinda cool at the beginning too. Then I went to a party around Christmas of '92 where some idiot had "Teen Spirit" on the CD player, endlessly repeating. No, I'm not making this up. After hearing the same song constantly for two hours, I got thinking to myself, "this is gonna be bad."
I always considered Alice In Chains to be in a different league than most of the other Seattle bands. I still dig The Melvins, and my all time favourite 90's group is still Kyuss.
However, most of the stuff that wound up on North American FM radio in the post Nirvana days was pretty awful. The point I'm trying to make is that it's kinda stupid for a Pearl Jam fan to make fun of a Van Halen fan. I mean, come on, with hindsight being 20/20, which band was lame, and which one was great?
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All is cool. I thought Nirvana was crappy crap in the beginning.
Radd said:But all this mention of '80's glam metal makes me cringe.
Brett - K A L I S I A said:Van Halen, Extreme, Skid Row, Winger, Bon Jovi, Alice Cooper, Guns N' Roses, Whitesnake, Great White, Warrant, Europe, Def Leppard, Lynch Mob, Mr Big, David Lee Roth... ALL GOOD !!!
