been thinking about it recently. im not the biggest nirvana fan (ill take pearl jams debut over any nirvana record) but by most conceivable metrics it all comes down to them. flawless discography in terms of presentation, hits, actual music, production, ideas. came from an incredible bubbling scene, as organic as they can get. insane sales, insane story of the group for better or worse. directly kickstarted the entirety of music mainstream for the next decade plus while not being active for a better half of it

do we agree though? for uk its obviously beatles btw

They're my favourite band along with Sonic Youth but yeah Nirvana made so much great music in such a short time frame, it's hard to argue with OP based on the thread premise

yea

yeah

velvet underground

No way

Facts

F*** all you pretentious niggas

RIP to the GOAT Kurt Cobain he was cooler than all of you “I can name 50 bands better than Nirvana” ass niggas

velvet underground and the beach boys
nirvana 🐐 tho

your name is what i had in mind too but honestly its just glenn danzig being some sort of an alien or a cia agent like jim morrison was

also beach boys? nah. VU? theyre great but nah. and beach boys are amazing!

Sonic Youth so good man

One of the most overrated bands ever

F*** you!!!

Are we including metal bands in that conversation?

Fugazi too niche

yes and i was considering metallica if thats what you had in mind. had them as the closest second in terms of relevance

Okay yeah I was gonna say Metallica deserves that more. 6 classic albums back to back ( yes that includes Load).

Nirvana is allowed to be in the GOAT band conversation, but when we're discussing All Time, I feel the Chilli Peppers stand up a bit more stronger to that discussion then Nirvana.

i dont wanna sound dismissive but theyre a couple tracks band for me. theyre still going strong though i gotta give it to them

I never understood this perspective

classic albums and they have a very very unusual approach to songwriting. to me it always was like what kids imagine their rock band would sound like. and lars is on record saying thats how he always played his drums, how he imagined drumming in his childhood. theyre not technically proficient but it still works

I think All Time band discussions are so complex, because you have to think about how they perform live, every member in the group and what they contribute, then the music. RHCP have classic singles, a few classic albums, a bunch of classic performances and iconic members(flea, Kiedis).

Nirvana is on that level too, and we'll never know how long they would've actually lasted in the mainstream(since Kurt hated the music industry)but dudes like Grohl and Krist stand on there own in their own right. So the legacy lives on

Hahaha no

Alice, Soundgarden, and Pearl Jam were all better.

Faith no more were better.

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