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i think alice in chains is better than nirvana
alice in chains had the awsome vocal harmonys
and jerrys guitar playing is great
and mike star added alot on bass
dont get me wrong i love nirvana
but alice in chains is better
whats your opinions

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I agree with you wholeheartedly! Here's a few people I know just messing around with AIC in my friends basement last year... This ain't my band now but we were all just havin' fun...pardon the sound quality and vid as it was done on a really cheap digicam my wife bought from Target:

Man In The Box

While I'll admit that AIC could at least tune thier guitars, & harmonize better, & as little as I cared for Nirvana, I must say that Kurt's material & style was much less droney.

I never liked the monochromatic & overly simple "melodies" of AIC, & they depressed me more often than not, whereas Nirvana didn't take themselves quite so seriously, &, thanks to the Meat Puppets, had better material & influences, imo.

That isn't to say that I'm an expert on either band. I only heard what my son & the radio played by these bands, so my opinion is most likely a worthless one, esp to a fan of either act.

There did, to my ears, seem to be a certain "joie de vivre" in Nirvana that seemed entirely lacking in AIC, though, which probably sounds ridiculous, considering either band's singer's end.

I can easily see how AIC's material would be so much more attractive to a musician. There was better musicianship involved, & nearly anyone can take the material to places that AIC couldn't. But Nirvana seemed more creative to me, & had a certain youthful energy that I love.

that's exactly what we tend to say when it comes to Seattle grunge bands
Nirvana takes the last place of them all

they got to be so POPular because they happened to release their album just a little earlier than AIC, and the rest was done by teenage girls)) the cult of Kurt and stuff

Layne Staley is dead too...

I like butter pecan better than rocky road....does that matter to anyone? No, it's just my personal opinion. Both AIC and Nirvana were huge; AIC was more of a throwback, Nirvana was the cutting edge at the time so in that regard was more important. The great thing about the grunge scene was that the bands all supported each other, a lesson we can all learn from.

jimmydanger wrote:I like butter pecan better than rocky road....does that matter to anyone? No, it's just my personal opinion. Both AIC and Nirvana were huge; AIC was more of a throwback, Nirvana was the cutting edge at the time so in that regard was more important. The great thing about the grunge scene was that the bands all supported each other, a lesson we can all learn from.

Nicely said. All of it!

philbymon wrote:While I'll admit that AIC could at least tune thier guitars, & harmonize better, & as little as I cared for Nirvana, I must say that Kurt's material & style was much less droney.

Alot of it is supposed to be droney.

philbymon wrote:I never liked the monochromatic & overly simple "melodies" of AIC, & they depressed me more often than not, whereas Nirvana didn't take themselves quite so seriously, &, thanks to the Meat Puppets, had better material & influences, imo.

Supposed to depress you. Their whole sound was like a 'beautiful sickness' -- pretty harmonies layered over depressing content and metal.
And yes, they considered themselves metal when they first broke out. They just finally got tired of correcting people and went along with 'grunge'.

philbymon wrote:I can easily see how AIC's material would be so much more attractive to a musician. There was better musicianship involved, & nearly anyone can take the material to places that AIC couldn't. But Nirvana seemed more creative to me, & had a certain youthful energy that I love.

I would say that Cobain was a better songwriter, and Nirvana had better energy and more of a freshness.
I think AIC had a sound all their own, and when they were at their best, a beautiful sound it was. I think as a band... they were the best of the 90's.
(But soundgarden or pearl jam fans might argue that one.)

dude rocky road is way way way better than butter pecan
and alice in chains is the best of the 90s

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Oh, come on, Lol. I think Kurt had good talent there, Nirvana was good. I like Dave Grohl a lot.

However, Alice in Chains was better. Jerry Cantrell is an awesome guitar player and Layne had awesome vocals.

Nirvana had talent, but not as good as Alice in Chains. I mean "Man In The Box"? Go replicate that, lol. That is 50 times better than "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (Even though this was a great song).

Peace out, GuitarAnatomy.

Stupid comparison. Totally different styles, plus you can't be objective about it.

I TOTALLY AGREE! while i may like a couple of nirvanas tunes, i remain to this day FLOORED by the absolute power and sound of A.I.C! there is simply no comparison!

Well from where I stand Soundgarden totally wipes both of them on the floor, but thats just my opinion.

AIC and mint chocolate chip. Hell ya'll are all crazy.

To me with no relation, i looked at it like AIC was megadeth and nirvana was like metallica. Ya know kinda in the same cup but at different levels. Considering they are good bands but if one wants to be more of a pop icon than to be a hard rock artist, well than its just they're choice. That being said i would rather go for the hard rock artist(Alice in Chains)

Hmm, SirKrazyKen, you have a pretty good point. I never looked at it that way, Lol. I guess Metallica did sort of sellout back then and became very mainstream, like Nirvana was considered I guess (I was not born then, I do not personally know). I am happy Metallica went mainstream, the metal they created was more emotionally and meaningful than the heavy head banger stuff before. But I cannot wait for their new album, and if none of you have heard some of the stuff off of it, head here:

http://www.missionmetallica.com

But yeah, Alice in Chains was better to me than Nirvana. They were a stronger rock sound, close to metal. So they do resemble more of Megadeth for never giving in. Megadeth has some awesome stuff (Youthanasia was a great album, and tricky guitar parts).

Peace out, GuitarAnatomy.