I'm not a Nirvana fan

"AestheticsInMotion" (aestheticsinmotion) 04/23/2019 at 21:35 • Filed to: None

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But that intro was one of the funniest things I’ve seen in ages

.the rest of the performance sounded terrible even by Grunge standards.

*w ith the exception of Dave Grohl on drums.

DipodomysDeserti > AestheticsInMotion 04/23/2019 at 21:54

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If you think Dave’s drums are the exception here, well...

The aim was to have sloppy sounding lyrics and guitars with simplistic, yet sharp percussions holding it all together.

Otherwise it would just sound like seventies rock. Which isn’t a bad thing, but that’s not grunge.

AestheticsInMotion > DipodomysDeserti 04/23/2019 at 22:00

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I grew up in Seattle, believe me I know the gist.

P eak 90's Grunge and a poor live p erformance don't HAVE to go hand-in-hand

DipodomysDeserti > AestheticsInMotion 04/23/2019 at 22:12

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Being born in Seattle causes you to immediately lose credibility points with me, but I like you, so I’ll award you them back.

But I just fucking hate Alice in Chains. They are the epitome of Seattleite culture, white, whiney, and unaware.

AestheticsInMotion > DipodomysDeserti 04/23/2019 at 22:23

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Eh, we’re pretty Chinese nowadays....

I wasn’t the biggest fan of Alice in Chains either (o r any of the big 90's Seattle groups to be honest ) but the above performance and a few other live performances.... God damn. Dude can sing. I don’t really li ke Sound garden either but again.... Watching a few live performances I was blown away by the vocal power. I was starting to think that Grunge just magically g ot 10x better live. Then I went to Nirvana as the next logical step and.... Meh

DipodomysDeserti > AestheticsInMotion 04/23/2019 at 22:31

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I grew up going to hardcore punk shows, and always saw Nirvana as a much more commercialized version of what I liked. Anything beyond that was way too much for me

Seattle was always Chinese, whether it looked the part or not.

AestheticsInMotion > DipodomysDeserti 04/23/2019 at 22:47

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Turn on any local radio station and there’s a good chance teen spirit or heart shaped box will be playing. It’s been like that for as long as I can remember, and is the main reason I avoid radio...

One of these days I’ll listen to some real punk, seeing as so many of my favorite metal groups were inspired by the genre. Lamb of God did a recent cover album that got me curious

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > AestheticsInMotion 04/23/2019 at 22:51

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So Kirk cobain was the only one who can play guitar? I saw Pearl Jam in ‘93 and they were pretty damn good live.

AestheticsInMotion > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/23/2019 at 22:55

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Eddie Vedder has some serious pipes. I'd like all these bands a lot more if I hadn't heard the same handful of hits played nonstop for the past 25 years on the radio, local commercials, parks, etc. 

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > AestheticsInMotion 04/23/2019 at 22:59

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My wife used to play Jeff Amets fender  P Base in a blue grass band like 20 years ago. Those guys are pretty cool. Jeff still lives in Missoula.

DipodomysDeserti > AestheticsInMotion 04/23/2019 at 23:04

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I have to wash my eyes out with bleach after reading “Lamb of God”, but definitely go listen to some Cro Mags. “The Age of Quarrel” is my go “drive the kids to school” album . They show up to class ready to teach. 

wafflesnfalafel > AestheticsInMotion 04/23/2019 at 23:32

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Grohl was up at the market busking a couple days ago...

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dave-grohl-brandi-carlile-seattle-buskers-825193/

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > DipodomysDeserti 04/24/2019 at 00:15

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[picks nose]

Una-what, now?

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > AestheticsInMotion 04/24/2019 at 00:17

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Nirvana? Never heard of them every five minutes on the radio my entire life or anything.

AestheticsInMotion > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 04/24/2019 at 00:58

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There's this Jimi Hendrix guy you should look into. I think he'll be the next big thing 

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > AestheticsInMotion 04/24/2019 at 01:03

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No, but my friend told me about this one band... Ivory Jelly? Nono... "Pearled Yams." Anyway, you've probably never heard of them.

AestheticsInMotion > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 04/24/2019 at 01:08

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Ah yes, Knurled H ams. I see you’re a man of culturé

GLiddy > AestheticsInMotion 04/24/2019 at 01:10

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I understand that people were ragging on Cobain for the guitar riff of Teen Spirit being a ripoff of Boston’s “More Than a Feeling”, so they goofed around with it at Rea d ing. Some time later, someone asked Tom Scholz about what he thought, whether he thought that Nirvana stole his riff. Turns out that Tom Scholz had never really listened to Nirvana, or most any other band’s music for that matter, so he didn’t know and didn’t care.

I’ve seen this several times, and I get a kick out of it especially since I do like Boston.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > AestheticsInMotion 04/24/2019 at 08:09

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A great crash course in punk - it’s 101 punk bands playing 30(ish) second songs. Although this more more late 90's/early 2000's stuff (Bad Religion, NoFX, stuff liek that) it’s still got some great sutff on it.  

Snuze: Needs another Swede > DipodomysDeserti 04/24/2019 at 08:10

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Whats wrong with LoG? I mean if you’re just not into metal it’s fine, but they definitely have a lot of punk influence that shines through.

Also, CroMags kick ass.  

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > wafflesnfalafel 04/24/2019 at 09:20

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Love that guy. 

AestheticsInMotion > GLiddy 04/24/2019 at 22:29

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I hadn't made the connection until the video, but as a fan of Boston too, yeah... Pretty hilarious!