The GN'R vs Nirvana thread

[mr_BROWNSTONE]

 Well I think that NIRVANA sucks. I don't like their music. I never did. It's not because the things with Kurt and Axl. However, I was very happy when Axl kicked Kurt's ass in the MTV awards. I think that Kurt can't sing. His voice is annoying and the cover of Velvet Revolver will sound better than the original.
 
 That's my opinion about it.

[hynzie]

didn't Axl slag spin in get in the ring?

[Dave_Rose]

Axl to me is a god I respect all music for what it is I do respect Kurt but killing ur self is the easy way out, Kurt wrote some interesting music and GN'R and Nirvana fued was just great go Axl!!!

[AdZ]

These kind of topics make me want to

That's great, but we don't need to know.  People are contributing to this topic and you're just being aggrivating, if you want to talk like that, take it somewhere else.

[RichardNixon]

If Kurt wanted to be a hero in the indie/Alterna crowd, he had to slag GN'R, the biggest rock dinosour in the land.

[Gunner80]

I removed that message. 

[Jizzo]

Those numbers give kurt an edge, but he loses it because he hasn't palyed a show in 10 years.

[ShotgunBlues1978]

Axl is a million times more talented than Kurt in every aspect but songwriting.  Kurt was a great songwriter but musically he wasn't that great.  Axl on the other hand is one of the greatest vocal performers of all time, and a killer piano player to boot.

[Lord Kayoss]

Axl wins, hands down.

[Vegar]

I bought "Nevermind" some months ago, and I must say I was really dissapointed!!
Nevermind has alot of boring riffs, and alot of them is almost the same!

Axl wins, hands down!!

[ShotgunBlues1978]

Here's a Cobain interview where he mentions Guns N Roses multiple times, saying something negative about them in each case.

http://www.freewebs.com/marrik/interview3.htm

Kurt had a big time problem with GnR.  He went so far as to call them a talentless band ::

Cobain comes off as one of those ultra-egotistical nonconformists, who tries to act as though he is the ultimate open minded person but hates anyone whose beliefs differ from his. 

[Dayle1066]

Agreed. Whats his problem with Axl? Cos Axl likes to spend money and have fun and be popular he is untalented? I wish Kurt was alive today just so he realised how stupid he sounded

[madagas]

1. Gnr has sold more records-facts are facts. AFD more than Nevermind and both UYI'S more than In Utero. Gnr is more popular on a world wide basis as well. 2. There catalogs are very similar as far as total amount of recorded original material released-the number of original songs written and formally released is very similar. 3. Much to the critics chagrin, Nirvana, while influential for a six year period, really has little appreciable influence on today's music scene. Really, no more of an influence than Gnr. Someone please show me a great band who came out recently who sounds like Nirvana. Much like Gnr, they had a lot of imitators during their time, but very poor imitators who paled in comparison to the original. 4. Critically, Nirvana is more accepted because they were politically correct. Gnr were the complete opposite of politically correct. The media is simply liberal and more prone to Kurt's tastes than Axl's. All in all, both bands rock in their own way. I don't think either band is better than the other-just different personalties involved.

[MadmanDan]

Axl is a million times more talented than Kurt in every aspect but songwriting.? Kurt was a great songwriter

WHAT???!!  How can you compare the lirycs???

[Dave_Rose]

Kurt was the anti rock star and Axl was living the rock star style and people shifted to Nirvana and that hurt guns a lot I think but its Guns For me Axl the best

[RichardNixon]

I'd go with Axl.

[Dave_Rose]

I would go with Axl to people seem to be getting into guns n' roses and there was that Nirvana phase in 2002/2003 but 2004 is Axl's year if only he'd drop the cd

[girlincarwithgnr]

I would go with Axl to people seem to be getting into guns n' roses and there was that Nirvana phase in 2002/2003 but 2004 is Axl's year if only he'd drop the cd

I'm going with Axl but you cant compare the 2, two different styles of music. Back then it was okay to  like both...but I love Axl and always will.

 

[Gunner80]

I'd have to say Axl.

[Wheres Izzy]

I think with Axl it's more of an underground thing. Kurts bigger in the mainstream. Around the NY/NJ area we hear alot of nirvana on the radio still and not much GnR. They were so different it's odd comparing them. Axl was much more of a performer especially onstage. A showman I guess is the term and their song writing and singing styles were very different.