Originally posted by ScarletSpider
Alice in Chains not important to music history?They had the first EP to hit number one on the charts, and blended haunting, low-keyed acoustic works with their previous, more blistering affair, this move and melding of styles has influenced a great many artists. So what if some of the members roadied for Kyuss? If you listen to early, early AIC, there's no Kyuss connection at all, they sound like GN'R mixed with some Bowie.
Early Nirvana sounds like Melvins, and the songs that don't (such as Love Buzz) are covers, which doesn't give them any originality points. Kurt spoke to angst and reached a wide audience, then shot himself in the face and gained excessive notoriety, but in my opinion, his greatest accomplishment was getting the Seattle scene noticed, and letting bands like Alice in Chains, Soundgarden and others be exposed to the public.
Very good post.
Originally posted by who?-kid
Nobody said that AIC isn't important. Not even me lol.But they are just not as big, known, popular or important as Nirvana (was). That's a FACT people.
I like Nirvana, but I am not that big a fan. But it was Nirvana who put Seattle (and all the bands in it) on the musical world map.
Oh, ScarletSpider, why do you speak of covers ? Kurt Cobain wrote the vast majority of his music/hits himself.
AIC was bigger and better known for a while than Nirvana, after the last of Nirvana's fad followers stopped caring that Kobain killed himself, but before the tragic event that occured to AIC.
As of today, AIC has far more followers than Nirvana, and it will continue to be so far longer than Nirvana's legacy could have ever hoped to last.
As for influence, it's impossible not to be influenced.