BTW, I don't think that grunge is really a genre. It's more of a movement. I'd rank them like this: Alice in Chains (maybe my favourite band ever) Nirvana Soundgarden Pearl Jam (meh, I don't care for 'em at all.
This is difficult. xD Alice in Chains Pearl Jam / Soundgarden Nirvana Nirvana being on the bottom doesn't mean I dislike them, I love them quite a lot. I also really love Pearl Jam for a number of reasons, but seeing them live 2 years ago is a big one, they were really freakin amazing. (I almost saw Post-Layne AIC that same summer I think, but I didn't get to go)
Pearl Jam Alice In Chains Soundgarden Nirvana Never really cared for Nirvana and, at the risk of having my head bitten off, I think most of their popularity came from the fact that Kurt Cobain killed himself and not their actual talent. Just my opinion, please don't hunt me down and kill me.
Kurt's death definitely made them more popular, I will not deny that. Although I believe he was murdered, his death still made him turn into a God overnight. Keep in mind, though, that they were on top of the world before his death. A lot of their modern popularity is because they had so much damn potential. Still, some people take Kurt a little TOO seriously. I have two posters of him, his journals, biographies, t-shirts, all the albums, and a bunch of merchandise. I think he was one of the greatest music geniuses of all time, but I do not idolize him. He wouldn't have wanted it and he was a pretty bad role model (heroin and all that jazz). I just love him for the tunes and his eccentric charisma (LOL, that made no sense).
Nirvana Soundgarden Alice in Chains Pearl Jam Nirvana's music has definitely stood the test of time. A big part of that is Kurt's untimely death though. They never entered the slow fade to irrelevancy portion of their career like Alice in Chains and Pearl Jam. Also, we can't overlook Dave and Kris's contributions to the band--it wasn't all Kurt!
Nirvana Alice In Chains Pearl Jam/Soundgarden 'Black Hole Sun' is one of my all time favourite songs, as is 'Alive', I just prefer Nirvana and AIC =]
Nirvana stone temple pilots deftones alice in chains it saddens me that im the first to mention stp....
I was under the impression that we were to use the bands listed in the OP xD STP is amazing though, I saw them the same Summer I saw Pearl Jam I think. They were ridiculously great live. The Reunion Tour.
