Classic album face-off 4

[trackaghost]

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers beat The Boss in the last round.
Next up Guns N Roses vs Nirvana.
Once again please vote and post who you voted for and why.

[Black_Moon]

I voted for Nevermind. It's one of those albums where each of the songs are consistently brilliant.

[daniellaaarisen]

I'm kind of against Nirvana in principle..... so Guns & Roses it is.

[FMlex]

Am I really supposed to choose between those two? I'd rather not.

I picked the lesser of the two evils (in my opinion... I don't like either album... or band, for that matter): G&R's AFD.

[ILoveFM]

Originally Posted by FMlex

Am I really supposed to choose between those two? I'd rather not.

I picked the lesser of the two evils (in my opinion... I don't like either album... or band, for that matter): G&R's AFD.

Dittodittoditto.

[mylittledemon]

This is tough for me because I dislike both bands/albums.

[WildHeart69]

GnR...

never was into Nirvana that much

[trackaghost]

I'm surprised at the reaction because these are two albums pretty much everyone I know, regardless of their musical tastes, own. I've been choosing albums from Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time list. I guess I should do one with more poppy albums too.

Originally Posted by daniellaaarisen

I'm kind of against Nirvana in principle..... so Guns & Roses it is.

How come?

[jannieC]

Guns n Roses, all the way. I remember when AFD came out- I saw them play just before they hit it big with Welcome to the Jungle, at a very small bar out on Long Island- and then again (after they were more well known) at The Ritz in NYC.

[GoldDustBoy]

GNR all the way!

[trackaghost]

Originally Posted by jannieC

Guns n Roses, all the way. I remember when AFD came out- I saw them play just before they hit it big with Welcome to the Jungle, at a very small bar out on Long Island- and then again (after they were more well known) at The Ritz in NYC.

Oh wow! What was it like seeing them back then? I saw them after they became successful in the early 90s, but it was so huge. It's one of only two stadium shows I've ever been to.

[daniellaaarisen]

Originally Posted by trackaghost

How come?

I've never liked their music, ever. I don't know what it is.... just one of those bands that I don't understand. :/

[trackaghost]

Originally Posted by daniellaaarisen

I've never liked their music, ever. I don't know what it is.... just one of those bands that I don't understand. :/

They were always my least favourite grunge band but it's worth giving their Unplugged CD a listen. The songs are surprisingly strong stripped of all the distortion and a lot of people become converts through that. That said their cover of Where Did You Sleep Last Night pales in comparison to Mark Lanegan's version.

[Zombie]

ARGH!

I remember a couple of months ago, I was listening to a local classic rock station, and they played "Smells Like Teen Spirit," and I was all, "WTF!"

The fact that bands that were new/popular when I was a young'un are now referred to as classic rock freaks me out, man.

That said, both albums are great, and while I've always been a fan of Nirvana, Appetite era Axl Rose was all sorts of bat**** insane, so GNR it is. If Cobain had insisted on wearing tiny bike shorts, made a regular habit of leaping into the crowd at shows to knock the crap out of fans, and threw tantrums of epic proportions, then it'd be tougher to choose.

Also, Slash is my small son's idol:

[markolas]

They're both equally awful. Sorry, I can't pick.