Nirvana

Dimple said:
No they were too soft.
At that time I was into Slayer, Anthrax, Testament, Metallica & Megadeth and Nirvana were just soft girly music.
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You could try listening to something heavy yourself. Metallica heavy... lol :p

@Topic, Nirvana, don't love or hate them, they are just "ok" nothing special
 
oL said:
You could try listening to something heavy yourself. Metallica heavy... lol :p
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Yes, AT THAT TIME Metallica were one of the heaviest bands around but nowadays I listen to bands like Children Of Bodom, Devildriver & Lamb Of God.
And I think I'll do a stupid childish lol for you to come down to your level.
Lol :p

However I do agree with you, playing Metallica over a 3000 watt PA in a pub is like putting pop music on compared with some of the stuff I could put on and it's amazing how many people will put up with them now but back then they were too heavy.
Mind you I also remember asking for Motorhead back in 1977 and the rock DJ said it was too heavy - how times change.
 
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I'm in the love them crowd! The music isn't complicated or polished, it's the lyrics that do it for me.


This interview makes me sad :( Also Krist is the least rock n roll looking person ever now!
 
Dimple said:
Yes, AT THAT TIME Metallica were one of the heaviest bands around but nowadays I listen to bands like Children Of Bodom, Devildriver & Lamb Of God.
And I think I'll do a stupid childish lol for you to come down to your level.
Lol :p

However I do agree with you, playing Metallica over a 3000 watt PA in a pub is like putting pop music on compared with some of the stuff I could put on and it's amazing how many people will put up with them now but back then they were too heavy.
Mind you I also remember asking for Motorhead back in 1977 and the rock DJ said it was too heavy - how times change.
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They're boring, 80's thrash is dead. Those bands are just ripping off Metallica, and not taking the music anywhere new, practically pop.
Even Napalm Death is heavier than that gear, ROFL.
 
Dimple said:
Yes, AT THAT TIME Metallica were one of the heaviest bands around but nowadays I listen to bands like Children Of Bodom, Devildriver & Lamb Of God.
And I think I'll do a stupid childish lol for you to come down to your level.
Lol :p

However I do agree with you, playing Metallica over a 3000 watt PA in a pub is like putting pop music on compared with some of the stuff I could put on and it's amazing how many people will put up with them now but back then they were too heavy.
Mind you I also remember asking for Motorhead back in 1977 and the rock DJ said it was too heavy - how times change.
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I have to wonder if some metal is just getting heavier for the sakes of heavy and losing it's art and 'music' because of it. Still don't get the whole death/black metal movement... other than the technical demonstration of some instrumental prowess the 'music' itself seems limited and lacking in art.

The grunge movement was a nice antithesis to bubblegum pop that was beginning to be pervasive at the time. It's hard to be teen angsty to Sir Mixalot and Kis Kross...

This was the state of the Australian charts in 1992... Nirvana is at 32...

1. End Of The Road, Boyz II Men
2. Baby Got Back, Sir Mix A-lot
3. Jump, Kris Kross
4. Save The Best For Last, Vanessa Williams
5. Baby-Baby-Baby, TLC
6. Tears In Heaven, Eric Clapton
7. My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It), En Vogue
8. Under The Bridge, Red Hot Chili Peppers
9. All 4 Love, Color Me Badd
10. Just Another Day, Jon Secada
11. I Love Your Smile, Shanice
12. To Be With You, Mr. Big
13. I'm Too Sexy, Right Said Fred
14. Black Or White, Michael Jackson
15. Achy Breaky Heart, Billy Ray Cyrus 16.
16. I'll Be There, Mariah Carey
17. November Rain, Guns N' Roses
18. Life Is A Highway, Tom Cochrane
19. Remember The Time, Michael Jackson
20. Finally, CeCe Peniston
21. This Used To Be My Playground, Madonna
22. Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough, Patty Smyth
23. Can't Let Go, Mariah Carey
24. Jump Around, House Of Pain
25. Diamonds and Pearls, Prince and The N.P.G.
26. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me, George Michael and Elton John
27. Masterpiece, Atlantic Starr
28. If You Asked Me To, Celine Dion
29. Giving Him Something He Can Feel, En Vogue
30. Live and Learn, Joe Public
31. Come and Talk To Me, Jodeci
32. Smells Like Teen Spirit, Nirvana
 
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SteveOBHave said:
The grunge movement was a nice antithesis to bubblegum pop that was beginning to be pervasive at the time.
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100% agree and I have the same argument for Oasis and The Darkness when posters come a knockin'.
Any guitar based rock music that can enter the charts amongst the dross is OK by me.
 
This is no fun, Dimple isn't falling for my troll. Where's the usual 'Listen Lad, I was listenning to records before they were even invented' response.
 
Dimple said:
No they were too soft.
At that time I was into Slayer, Anthrax, Testament, Metallica & Megadeth and Nirvana were just soft girly music.
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Nirvana, soft girly music? So you only like metal music and don't have a broader range of music? I love nirvana and metal, have done since I can remember.

You seem like the person that would go on a popular metal video on YouTube and comment "Fellow metal heads we should attack Justin Bieber's video and dislike it on blah blah day to show our anger at that watch your language please!."
 
Dimple said:
Maybe for 15 year old girls who buy a Primark Nirvana t-shirt without ever hearing the band.
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buying a band shirt from topshop to me is so commonplace now that I don't really care anymore if people buy a band shirt if they're not a fan of the band.

meh
 
Eames said:
buying a band shirt from topshop to me is so commonplace now that I don't really care anymore if people buy a band shirt if they're not a fan of the band.

meh
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The thing is I have many times got into conversations, especially with young people, when they have been wearing band t-shirts.
The most common band t-shirt worn seems to be The Ramones and depending on the situation I will strike up a conversation (like in a pub or a queuing for food) and I've yet to find somebody who knows anything about them.
A week ago I struck up a conversation with a young man wearing a Black Sabbath t-shirt and he didn't know a single thing about them.
My mate reckons they have started to sell them in Primark.
My youngest daughter (23) wears a Doors t-shirt and has never heard one track by them.
In my day (and now) wearing a band t-shirt means "This is my band and I'm telling the world, come and talk to me about them".
 
A very very important band to me in my teens. I have a load of very rare Nirvana bootlegs from the 90s that I'll never give away.

Favourite album? Probably Nevermind. Though I was in Sister Ray the other day and they were playing Incesticide on vinyl and it sounded amazing. Sounds very impressive, even now.
 
Never really been my type of thing and never will be really, for me it's kind of "my first learning guitar/bass/drums" music - though I find them far from offensive. Infact i've got the unplugged album on an mp3 cd in the car somewhere though i'll rarely listen to more than a few tracks.
 
Never really saw the fuss, though In Utero is good. I think Alice in Chains and Soundgarden were a lot better.

I think people need to get away from the "it's teenage music" attitude, though. I know plenty of people who'd never heard grunge music before they were adults, and love bands like Nirvana.

And I think it's kinda cute that people still think "heaviness" is a competition, that if somebody like Cobain were a more talented musician, he'd have written more songs in drop D and grunted more.
 
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Dimple said:
The thing is I have many times got into conversations, especially with young people, when they have been wearing band t-shirts.
The most common band t-shirt worn seems to be The Ramones and depending on the situation I will strike up a conversation (like in a pub or a queuing for food) and I've yet to find somebody who knows anything about them.
A week ago I struck up a conversation with a young man wearing a Black Sabbath t-shirt and he didn't know a single thing about them.
My mate reckons they have started to sell them in Primark.
My youngest daughter (23) wears a Doors t-shirt and has never heard one track by them.
In my day (and now) wearing a band t-shirt means "This is my band and I'm telling the world, come and talk to me about them".
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This! So much! I hate how people advertise for bands and teams they've never heard of or no nothing about! My other hate is people wearing baseball caps, like they're a fan of the team. I remember it well - I had only been in the UK for a month (back in 2004), and went to a pub in Camden. The bartender was wearing an LA Dodgers cap, so I tried talking to him about baseball, and he didn't even know he was wearing a cap for a team. Before that, I'd never seen someone wearing a shirt or cap for someone they no nothing about. It'd be like me wearing a Little Mix shirt or something...why would I want to do that?
 
PaddyMC89 said:
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And I think it's kinda cute that people still think "heaviness" is a competition, that if somebody like Cobain were a more talented musician, he'd have written more songs in drop D and grunted more.
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Know what you mean about this - I can appreciate any technically gifted guitarist but I can't stand the really heavy stuff that seems to be particularly popular now (I appreciate it always was around to an extent).

It's true that level of musical (technical) talent doesn't neccesarily go hand in hand with liking/playing/writing a specific style of music.
 
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