Nirvana is quite possibly the most overrated band on earth. Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam are nothing to praise either, but I would listen to them. Nirvana (actually, just Kurt) is a useless piece of crap that we all could have done without. He should have pulled the trigger before the rest of the world saw him...what an attention whore (and crappy songwriter)! The grunge age still would have happened my friends - that Seattle boom was destiny...
quote: "Nirvana is quite possibly the most overrated band on earth. Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam are nothing to praise either, but I would listen to them. Nirvana (actually, just Kurt) is a useless piece of crap that we all could have done without. He should have pulled the trigger before the rest of the world saw him...what an attention whore (and crappy songwriter)! The grunge age still would have happened my friends - that Seattle boom was destiny..."
this is but stuck up bullshitting, OK Cobain was an attention whore, but for one he didnt dissafirm that, its only a personal goal that he achiefed, 2nd in no way does that - or the fact coming with that a large part of his fans being morons - enfeeble the artistic skills he had and shared
Both bands started out as decent, though not amazing bands. Nirvana never got to grow, however, and Pearl Jam stuck around to expand their place in the great aural universe. For those first three records, it's close. I prefer Pearl Jam, even then, but not by much. Since 1994, though, Pearl Jam has continued to make good records.
I vote Pearl Jam, if for no reason other than that for each good Nirvana record, there are two good Pearl Jam discs. You leave the party early, you miss out. Sorry.