Smashing Pumpkins or Nirvana
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meesterperfect
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^ oh my, brian you are the living end.
Nirvana was great, no doubt.
I think alot of people here really havnt heard all the pumpkins stuff out there, its worth downl...........I mean checking out.
Their main studio albums plus:
Pisces Iscariot
The Aeroplane Flies High
Judas Ø
American Gothic
and especially
Rarities and B-Sides
also search for demos.
Its good stuff if you like rock
Nirvana was great, no doubt.
I think alot of people here really havnt heard all the pumpkins stuff out there, its worth downl...........I mean checking out.
Their main studio albums plus:
Pisces Iscariot
The Aeroplane Flies High
Judas Ø
American Gothic
and especially
Rarities and B-Sides
also search for demos.
Its good stuff if you like rock
meganmilian
Banned
it was close...but i had to with nirvana...they've had more hits...:bowdown:
I have heard most Smashing Pumpkins.....The Aeroplane Flies High is one of my favorite rarities. I own Pisces Iscariot, Mellon Collie, Machina, Gish, Siamese Dream, and Zeitgeist, and no doubt they're great.....but you put them up against Nirvana. Nirvana is like The Beatles of this generation. Try to remember what things were like before Smells Like Teen Spirit was played on MTV.....nothing but hair bands! Sure, maybe Nirvana wasn't the best of the generation, but they were the first. Then, after Kurt offed himself what happened? Everything went to shit again.....Spice Girls, Britney Spears, boy bands, rap....ugh! I'm afraid that rock is nearing its end. I mean, what's gonna save it.....emo? :1orglaugh
meesterperfect
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yeah i hear that, the late 80's to late 91 you had guns and roses and aerosmith and hair bands as far as rock, there was some descent alternative at the time. Plus REM, U2, Tom Petty and some others never really faltered.
looking back i do like it, even the hair bands
its just have good time and party music
The same thing happened in the the early 60's after buddy holly died and until the beatles came, all you had was the beach boys for 4 years.
I remember exactly where i was the first time i saw the vid for teen spirit, I said this is it, these guys will be big.
Side note: for some reason 80's rock is big in south america.
All the little rockeros like guns and roses and the hair bands, but 70's and 90's rock is pretty much never heard, never played..... I guess its just to profound for them to grasp.
looking back i do like it, even the hair bands
its just have good time and party music
The same thing happened in the the early 60's after buddy holly died and until the beatles came, all you had was the beach boys for 4 years.
I remember exactly where i was the first time i saw the vid for teen spirit, I said this is it, these guys will be big.
Side note: for some reason 80's rock is big in south america.
All the little rockeros like guns and roses and the hair bands, but 70's and 90's rock is pretty much never heard, never played..... I guess its just to profound for them to grasp.
Here's a list of all The Pumpkins rarities you were talking about Meester.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rarities_and_B-Sides_(The_Smashing_Pumpkins_album)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rarities_and_B-Sides_(The_Smashing_Pumpkins_album)
I would imagine that he would have collaborated with Dave Grohl and many of the Foo Fighters songs would be Nirvana hybrids. Also, Kurt said he was thinking about incorporating more instruments like the piano. I personally think the best Nirvana had to offer hadn't happened yet. We'll never know.
Eric Lindros
#88
Nirvana for me.
doesn't matter what anyone says I think Cobain was a genius: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB5YcnsotZI
he left far too early; too bad he was insane.
he left far too early; too bad he was insane.
Pumpkins!
Nirvana were great and kick started a new style of music but they were never able to evolve beyond the same sound. Even if Kurt Cobain hadn't committed suicide I don't think the band would have survived much longer.
I think Foo Fighers are a better band then Nirvana were.
Smashing Pumpkins have a much more dynamic sound and have grown as a band. They may not have a single release that was a groundbreaking as Nirvana had but they have a stronger overall body of music.
Nirvana were great and kick started a new style of music but they were never able to evolve beyond the same sound. Even if Kurt Cobain hadn't committed suicide I don't think the band would have survived much longer.
I think Foo Fighers are a better band then Nirvana were.
Smashing Pumpkins have a much more dynamic sound and have grown as a band. They may not have a single release that was a groundbreaking as Nirvana had but they have a stronger overall body of music.
meesterperfect
Hiliary 2020
yeah thats a good one, some real gems in that compilation.
Another good search for some gems is :
reel time studios acoustic
machina acoustic demos
adore demos
mashed potatoes
........theres alot of great demos out there .
I agree pretty much.
except foo fighters may have been a tighter band, but i like nirvana better.
that last paragraph is right on i believe.
if you are purely a hard rocker, pumpkins got some good heavy stuff, nirvana is heavier fer sure, if you also like beautiful harmonys with poetic lyrics in my opinion no one tops the pumpkins in that style.
Now I haven't heard of some of this. Are these acoustic demos Billy Corgan with guitar only or are they various instruments? I will definitely check into these, thanks. :hatsoff:
meesterperfect
Hiliary 2020
Little bit of both, mostly corgan and iha, but some with the whole group.
but theres quite a few electric demos and unreleased studio stuff also.
heres a pretty complete list, youve probably heard most of it.
http://www.thepumpkins.net/content/blogcategory/49/134/
Lacey Black
Official Checked Star Member
Nirvana.
I'm disappointed in your decision.
Easy Nirvana!! Nirvana helped change rock in roll..Pumpkins....well.............did not....
