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Barla 
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 Topic: Nirvana Poll
Posted: August 23 2006 at 23:05 |
They were at the right place at the right time and a great band !! Nevermind is a 90s classic !!
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Barla
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Posted: August 23 2006 at 23:03 |
 darksinger wrote:
Asyte2c00 wrote:
Kurt Cobain was a bad guitarist, right place right time, but I like his lyrics and their music is good too. |
you can understand his lyrics? his croaking makes the rapid screaming and growling of the screamin' norwegians coherent |
 Yeah, Darksinger, with that nickname you should know a lot of Black Metal and grunts !! 
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sleeper
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Posted: August 23 2006 at 20:06 |
I cant deny their impact on the music scene but musically I think they were awfull, only Dave Grohl had any talent, and he continues to use that today, a very good drummer.
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darksinger
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Posted: August 23 2006 at 16:47 |
Asyte2c00 wrote:
Kurt Cobain was a bad guitarist, right place right time, but I like his lyrics and their music is good too. |
you can understand his lyrics? his croaking makes the rapid screaming and growling of the screamin' norwegians coherent
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Asyte2c00
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Posted: August 23 2006 at 10:41 |
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Kurt Cobain was a bad guitarist, right place right time, but I like his lyrics and their music is good too.
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Gravity Eyelids
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Posted: August 23 2006 at 10:34 |
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I think they helped in the killing of good music.
Edited by Gravity Eyelids - August 23 2006 at 10:34
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Into this wild Abyss the fiend
Stood on the brink of Hell and looked a while,
Pondering his Voyage.
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Sacred 22
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Posted: August 16 2006 at 22:44 |
Ghost Rider wrote:
Are you keeping tabs on me or what? Big Brother's watching me... 
You win here hands down. Most of the prog artists are guys and unless some of the male members here like to jump the fence, the eye candy is all yours. I can see some of the fellas here at Prog Archives getting a bit envious though with your eye candy favs.
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Leningrad
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Posted: August 16 2006 at 12:42 |
Where I live, in British Columbia, if you don't listen to Nirvana, people wonder what you listen to at all.
Extremely overrated.
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Raff
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Posted: August 16 2006 at 10:00 |
Are you keeping tabs on me or what? Big Brother's watching me... As to the looks thing, perhaps you know there was a 25-page thread (still exists, as far as I know) in the OT section called "Prog Eye Candy", where all kinds of drooling went on... Of course, I found myself vastly outnumbered whenever I tried to talk about some guy's looks, so I have to vent my frustrations somewhere else!
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Sacred 22
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Posted: August 16 2006 at 04:05 |
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One of the most overrated bands ever. I'm sorry about Kurt Cobain, who was obviously a soul in great pain, but that does not make their music any better. Pearl Jam were a much better band, and still are - Eddie Vedder's got a great voice, and looks quite hot as well. |
I could not agree more except for the looks thing. My eyes are closed ha ha ha............Ms Cancer Mars.
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Crimson Salad
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Posted: August 16 2006 at 03:03 |
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They are good, not the best, overrated by alot of people though..... the songs are quite easily structured the hardest chord they use is the F chord, than its just power chords so there isn't much variety, but heck at least it's not emo.
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Soon, Oh soon the light Pass within and soothe this endless night 
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bhikkhu
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Posted: August 11 2006 at 00:12 |
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The mythos that ensued after Cobain's death did them a disservice. When I first heard "Nevermind" it blew me away. I thought it was much better than Pear Jam's "Ten." "In Utero" was good, but didn't impress me as much. They may have become overrated, but at the time they were getiing every ounce of respect they deserved. They ushered in a fresh sound in rock. We haven't had a truly fresh sound since.
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: August 10 2006 at 23:54 |
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I don't find his projects bad, just consistantly mediocre. |
I think the Probot album is tremendous in parts - especially if you consider that Grohl plays everything on it, and his drumming with QotS is incredibly solid without being boring or pedestrian (particularly on things like No One Knows). Plus he's directed some great videos for Foo Fighters - and All My Life is one of the best Rocking single cuts I know.
Lastly, his answer to the question of how he feels about people downloading his music; "I don't mind it. I want my music to reach people, and I already have more money than I'll ever need".
All of that more than makes up for the fact that the Foo Fighters tend to be so-so.
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I do enjoy the music videos very much, it's the music they're being put to that I'm not a fan of. I agree with his drumming for QoTS, though I don't particularly like the band. I haven't heard Probot, but perhaps I'll check it out on your recommendation.
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"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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Guzzman
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Posted: August 10 2006 at 13:37 |
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Overrated but still enjoyable in small doses from time to time.
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"We've got to get in to get out"
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Philéas
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Posted: August 10 2006 at 07:51 |
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Nirvana is one of the most over-rated band post 1980.
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darksinger
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Posted: August 09 2006 at 18:08 |
but a wonderful thing for the world of good music.
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Teaflax
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Posted: August 09 2006 at 17:37 |
Equality 7-2521 wrote:
I don't find his projects bad, just consistantly mediocre. |
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think the Probot album is tremendous in parts - especially if you
consider that Grohl plays everything on it, and his drumming with QotS
is incredibly solid without being boring or pedestrian (particularly on
things like No One Knows). Plus he's directed some great videos for Foo
Fighters - and All My Life is one of the best Rocking single cuts I
know.
Lastly, his answer to the question of how he feels about people
downloading his music; "I don't mind it. I want my music to reach
people, and I already have more money than I'll ever need".
All of that more than makes up for the fact that the Foo Fighters tend to be so-so.
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: August 09 2006 at 12:09 |
Teaflax wrote:
The Wizard wrote:
most of there attention came from Kurt Cobains death rather than there music. |
WHERE attention? WHERE music?
Nirvana were definitely overrated, if important as a vanguard for a sea change in music (at least in the US - their impact was much less in Europe). Alice in Chains, Soundgarden and not least Eleven were much better in the same field, but if nothing else, Nirvana gave Dave Grohl enough cachet to build a very impressive career.
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I agree fully. Except with the Dave Grohl statement as I don't exactly consider his output impressive. I don't find his projects bad, just consistantly mediocre.
I voted for worst band ever. I've had to stop listening to many radio stations just because I find them unbearable.
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"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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EROTOMANIAC
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Posted: August 09 2006 at 12:04 |
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They were at the right place at the right time...
still a great band!
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 I use this nick because of Dream Theater's song, I'm not a mental pacient...
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Eetu Pellonpaa
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Posted: August 09 2006 at 07:21 |
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