The GN'R vs Nirvana thread

[smithandheston]

 : ok:fuck the kurt cobain signature fender --- I wanna see the Kurt Cobain signature Winchester 

[KIKO2K6]

: ok:fuck the kurt cobain signature fender --- I wanna see the Kurt Cobain signature Winchester?

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Good one.

[smithandheston]

It would be a truly mind-blowing product

[Bona]

Former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl talks about the Kurt Cobain vs. Axl Rose brawl in this quick Q&A with Esquire magazine.

Esquire: What's your onstage philosophy?

Dave Grohl: Imagine having a keg party and inviting eight thousand of your best friends. You have to make sure everything is right--the grill's hot, the tap is working. No foam. And as the host, you have to do shots with everyone in the room. It's your responsibility to make sure everyone goes home throwing up chicken all over their fucking bathrooms. That's basically the story of my life.

Esquire: Could you do this job sober?

Dave Grohl: You can. I do interviews sober. Everything else is better wasted.

Esquire: At last year's Esky Awards, Slash told us his most memorable awards show was the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards, when Nirvana and Guns N' Roses squared off backstage.

Dave Grohl: I remember that when Nevermind first came out, Axl Rose was a really big fan of us. Guns N' Roses was about to do this massive stadium tour with Metallica, and they wanted us to open. So Axl had been calling Kurt nonstop. One day we're walking through an airport and Kurt says, "Fuck. Axl Rose won't stop calling me." I think it represented something bigger. Nirvana didn't want to turn into Guns N' Roses. So Kurt started talking shit in interviews, and then Axl started talking back. It went back and forth like tenth-grade bullshit. Then we got to the awards and our trailers were all in the same one hundred yards. And Courtney was there, which never makes anything easier. So it didn't take much to blow up into a full-fiedged showdown. Kurt and Courtney were screaming at Axl. Axl screamed back. It was all just soap-opera bullshit. Krist, our bass player, almost got in a fistfight. I was just the drummer, so I shouted some loud, funny shit and hit the bar.

Source: http://www.gnrdaily.com/news_detail.asp?id=654

[Wooody]

hmmm interesting; it almost makes it sound like kurt was the prick; and this coming from his own drummer.

[ChrisPittman]

nice to see dave didnt resort to tenth grade bullshit, I have to say, Axl seemed to be a huge nirvana fan as maybe kurt should have just kept his mouth shut

[Grouse]

that last line really cracked me up 

[Bartlet]

hmmm interesting; it almost makes it sound like kurt was the prick; and this coming from his own drummer.

He was a prick. He had far more to him than the little boy lost shit people wanted to see, and the media wanted to show. Even courtney has said that. Axl n Kurt were more alike than they, and their fans, like(d) to admit.

"Said some funny shit n hit the bar"! Haha!

[MJ23]

Nirvana didn't want to turn into Guns N' Roses.

Wow, they didn't want to write good music and to be famous. 

If Kurt hadn't blew up his brain, they wouldn't have been half as successful as they were back in the 90s.
I personally like "Bleach" and "Nevermind" (I would rate it 6,5/10), but the band really sucked as far as their behaviour in interviews and on stage was. I'm sorry but that band lead by a crack junkie did not have much future anyway.

[Bodhi]

nirvana was a cool band..but they werent this earth shattering thing like people make them out to be...if kurt never killed himself they would have been forgotten already...

[MarioGunner]

nirvana was a cool band..but they werent this earth shattering thing like people make them out to be...if kurt never killed himself they would have been forgotten already...

I absolutely agree with this

[Carlos_f_Rose]

nirvana was a cool band..but they werent this earth shattering thing like people make them out to be...if kurt never killed himself they would have been forgotten already...

I absolutely agree with this

I think NIRVANA was a very important band cause they changed the perception of music, I dont like most of their music but I think they were transgressors.. on the other hand the fact that kurt killed himself well that helped but do you remember the guy of INXS as much as kurt?

[Giant_Robot]

Former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl talks about the Kurt Cobain vs. Axl Rose brawl in this quick Q&A with Esquire magazine.

Esquire: What's your onstage philosophy?

Dave Grohl: Imagine having a keg party and inviting eight thousand of your best friends. You have to make sure everything is right--the grill's hot, the tap is working. No foam. And as the host, you have to do shots with everyone in the room. It's your responsibility to make sure everyone goes home throwing up chicken all over their fucking bathrooms. That's basically the story of my life.

Esquire: Could you do this job sober?

Dave Grohl: You can. I do interviews sober. Everything else is better wasted.

Esquire: At last year's Esky Awards, Slash told us his most memorable awards show was the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards, when Nirvana and Guns N' Roses squared off backstage.

Dave Grohl: I remember that when Nevermind first came out, Axl Rose was a really big fan of us. Guns N' Roses was about to do this massive stadium tour with Metallica, and they wanted us to open. So Axl had been calling Kurt nonstop. One day we're walking through an airport and Kurt says, "Fuck. Axl Rose won't stop calling me." I think it represented something bigger. Nirvana didn't want to turn into Guns N' Roses. So Kurt started talking shit in interviews, and then Axl started talking back. It went back and forth like tenth-grade bullshit. Then we got to the awards and our trailers were all in the same one hundred yards. And Courtney was there, which never makes anything easier. So it didn't take much to blow up into a full-fiedged showdown. Kurt and Courtney were screaming at Axl. Axl screamed back. It was all just soap-opera bullshit. Krist, our bass player, almost got in a fistfight. I was just the drummer, so I shouted some loud, funny shit and hit the bar.

Source: http://www.gnrdaily.com/news_detail.asp?id=654

Courtney fault ! lol

Why cant both set of fans just get over what happened in 1992 ?
Kurt couldnt deal with fame at that time etc, Axl was.... well like Axl, that why it all kicked off in 1992 but both bands are great so like them both or just respect them ! Also there a interview with nirvana in 1993 or 94 where kurt seems fine with GN'R.

 

[Bodhi]

nirvana was a cool band..but they werent this earth shattering thing like people make them out to be...if kurt never killed himself they would have been forgotten already...

I absolutely agree with this

I think NIRVANA was a very important band cause they changed the perception of music, I dont like most of their music but I think they were transgressors.. on the other hand the fact that kurt killed himself well that helped but do you remember the guy of INXS as much as kurt?

the dude from INXS died WAY after their prime....Kurt died when Nirvana was still huge...

[duga]

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/11/20/nirvanas-novoselic-relives-failed-1992-vma-bass-toss/

Don't really understand why he blames Axl.

[mrlee]

the real reason is cause he sucks ass.

sorted.

[Carlos_f_Rose]

Today when I got on the internet I was presented with a remembrance of the late Kurt Cobain. I guess it has been 10 years since Kurt was found on April 5, 1994. Spin magazine has also come out with their latest addition dedicated to Kurt and Nirvana. Funny to read Spin because it talks about what Kurt might have done if he had stayed around.

Made me think of what Axl is doing now.

It is funny how both bands kind of ended in 1994. Now both have about the same number of albums in catalog. With many similarities worthy of mention:



Guns N? Roses                   Nirvana

Appetite for Destruction  (#1)   -Debut Album-      Bleach (#89)
Use Your Illusion 1 (#2)      -Released 1991-      Nevermind (#1)
Use Your Illusion 2 (#1)      -Second big Release-   In Utero (#1)
The Spaghetti Incident (#4)   -Covers Album-      Insecticide (#39)
Lies (#2)         -Acoustic/Live-      MTV Unplugged (#1)
LiveERA 87-93 (#42)      -Live album-      From the Muddy Banks (#1)
Greatest Hits (#3)         -Greatest Hits      Nirvana (#3)


Both Greatest Hits have 14 Tracks:

1. You Know Your Right         1. Welcome to the Jungle      
2. About a Girl               2. Sweet Child O? Mine            
3. Been a Son               3. Patience
4. Sliver               4. Paradise City
5. Smells Like Teen Spirit         5. Knockin? on Heaven Door
6. Come as You Are            6. Civil War
7. Lithium               7. You Could Be Mine
8. In Bloom               8. Don?t Cry
9. Heart Shaped Box            9. November Rain
10. Pennyroyal Tea            10. Live and Let Die
11. Rape Me               11. Yesterdays
12. Dumb               12. Ain?t It Fun
13. All Apologies            13. Since I Don?t Have You
14. The Man Who Sold the World         14. Sympathy for the Devil


Axl vs. Kurt

Then again some would say there is no competition here. I have always wondered whether a line was drawn in the sand back in 1992.

Whatever the game is ?.it is still interesting to absorb the above information.

I think that if you start searching this similarites in other bands you will sooner or later find they have a lot, especially if you wanna create them like now.