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I was thinking about this earlier when comparing musicianship. Like who were the 4 best drummers, bassists, guitarists and singers still on the list since this is mostly a band survivor. I wasn’t sure what to do with either Trent Reznor or Damon Albarn
Singers I came up with Bjork, Chris Cornell, Layne Staley (though I think Cantrell’s voice is cleaner) and couldn’t decide between PJ, Maynard and Scott Weiland.
Bass has to be Flea, Krist Novocelic, Justin Chancellor and Ben Shepherd - maybe Reznor here due to the deep industrial synth-bass shit he did when he was the only main recording member.
Drums I got Tom Cameron (plays for Soundgarden and Pearl Jam), Danny Carey, Brad Wilk and Dave Grohl.
Guitar I’m giving Kim Thayil, Tom Morello, Jerry Cantrell and Adam Jones though Dean DeLeo is up there even though people are hating on Stone Temple.
Matt Cameron is a phenomenal drummer, but Danny Carey is otherworldly. I’d go him, Cameron, and Grohl in that order.
On guitar, don’t sleep on Mike McCready. He’s incredible, especially ever since he got off the sauce. I’d probably rank him ahead of everybody on the list except Kim Thayil and mayyyybe Tom Morello.
I think talent-wise, Tool is probably the most loaded band here.
agree on mike mccready. he can wail. dean deleo from STP plays a lot of jazz chords and voicings which was pretty cool for a "grunge" guitarist and his solos are really techinically good too. Frusciante is both techinically really, really good, but he can manipulate his tone so well. His guitar always just sounds good. And so many of his solos are very simple but he has great phrasing.
as for bass, flea, robert de leo, tony kanal from no doubt, justin chancellor are probably my favorites. I think Jeff Ament from PJ is probably the best from the seattle 4 - krist novelasic is great for what nirvana needed but I wouldn't put him near the top really.
I'd put jimmy chamberlin above everyone but danny carey on drums. dude is a beast.
Jane's more of an 80s band. Lolla was supposed to be their farewell tour, I think?
Nothings Shocking was late 80’s and their prime work. But I don’t know a lot of people who knew any of it until later. I saw them back then on that tour at Tipitinas which is pretty small of a venue.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
Is it late enough in the rounds for me to start talking shit about Nirvana yet?
Not at all?
Nirvana were culturally important but musically meh. This may be influenced by the fact that my older brother wanted to be Kurt when he was in high school and basically learned the guitar parts on most Nirvana songs in like 3-4 months and played them over and over and over again until I hated Nirvana. But for real though Kurt wrote some good songs but he wasn't a great musician IMO.
They did. They also aren't as great as so many people make them out to be. They are only the like 4th or 5th best Seattle Grunge Band. They just captured the zeitgeist with Smells Like Teen Spirit and rode that wave.
