Guns N' Roses Slash On Kurt Cobain & Layne Staley, Axl Rose vs Kurt Feud!

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[@daveblackburn5857]

Alice In Chains DIRT is a masterpiece

[@philsurtees]

True that.

[@martinspud8325]

lmao Masterpiece? Fuck off

[@masterzimny]

Martin Spud what would You call the album then, CRAP? If You seriously can not hear ANY of the almost endless aspects within the music of that entire album that makes it a LITERAL MASTERPIECE, & that’s really Your opinion of Alice In Chains, & Their sophomore Album DIRT then You seriously need to get Your ears checked out, & I really hope that You are NOT A MUSICIAN!!!!!!!!!!

[@guitarlessonswithbillythek8753]

Agreed. Definitely a masterpiece

[@grindcoreninja6527]

Alice in Chains is still making good music.

[@veiledrecalcitrance4314]

Also, Slash is so laid back and down to earth, he really doesn’t care about stuff like a conflict with Nirvana. When you hear Slash interviews he’s constantly saying what he thinks about the question but it always ends with “but honestly I don’t really care, I wasn’t really involved with that”. Both Slash and Duff are kinda great guys

[@johnkelly9809]

Layne was an absolute beast. That unplugged is legendary.

[@3313-c2j]

Yes they were great but Chris Cornell beats them all out a little bit

[@michelleboyd1258]

​@@3313-c2jLayne and Chris

[@3313-c2j]

@@michelleboyd1258 I totally agree with that

[@christopherjefferson3561]

As a former vocalist in my 20's with a 3.5 octave range i cannsay that the vocals on "would" is one of the hardest vocals I've ever tried to sing. Guy was talented.

[@Alive1073]

www.reverbnation.com/mrmaz

[@MRSludgedude]

Man in the box chorus is even harder. Nobody can do it with that rasp like layne.

[@russell_szabados]

@Christopher Jefferson I agree about the vocals on “Would?”, they’re really difficult to emulate well. I’ve heard cover band singers nail the vocal range, but that’s only half the battle. They usually miss the passion and intensity that Layne brought to a vocal, he made you believe that HE believed every word he was singing and if it was about something negative, he made you feel like he was coming after you. He was like an actor. In a parallel dimension, Layne is probably still alive and a very successful actor in Broadway musicals. On “Would?”, he ramps up the intensity on the second chorus and it’s their best song because of that, IMHO.

[@webb-hill1610]

I totally agree man, it’s crazy… even hearing other legendary vocalist cover would? Or man in the box and they just can’t hit it, they struggle if anything. Other insanely hard song to sing would be love hate love or “got me wrong” the unplugged version. Laynes range, control, and vibrato are just insane.

[@warweaponx6629]

Alice In Chains is/was the most underrated band of the 90’s. Layne Staley was one of the best frontmen in history. Amazing range and overall talent.

[@warweaponx6629]

Your daddy failed to pull out of that bar skank and save the rest of us from your miserable smarmy ramblings. Clown

[@warweaponx6629]

@Anderson Cooper Lets meet up and we can work out our differences. You have big internet balls bet they aren’t so big in person little man.

[@xviphoenix69]

I don't think you know what underrated means. Alice are well recognized as major game changers... Many bands modeled themselves to be like Alice, especially the late 90's bands like Godsmack. I'll give you a better band that that was very underrated in the 90's... Kyuss.

[@tristencoon8198]

@@xviphoenix69 Kyuss isn't better than Alice In Chains

[@donniewynn3277]

I actually think Soundgarden were the most underrated because Alice get alot of praise and they deserve it. But Soundgarden never get the props they deserve imo

[@guitarded5198]

Well.... looks like we all agree. AIC is in a league if there own.

[@110beever3]

There all great bands compared to today's shit.

[@brianwilliams5662]

Ya THINK lol

[@Betrayerslayer]

Their 20 yrs old, but Ill take Nashville Pussy or New Bomb Turks to any of these dinosaurs and yes, im a fan of all. But its ancient

[@davidjanecoaker2974]

Definitely

[@seandent8807]

Not all today’s music is bad

[@keeleyduty1185]

Furreal. Lol.

[@cynthiahutchinson459]

Layne was the most underrated vocalist of all time. He was in my opinion the greatest vocalist of his time and to this day.

[@nicholaskruger9460]

Dumbest comment this month. He’s not underrated. Look up the definition

[@MontagZoso]

Layne and Chris Cornell have to tie it for me. They are both epically talented. RIP to both of them.

[@WornDownSaint]

Yup. I think he’s also had more copycats than anyone too. SOOO many 90’s and early 00’s bands tried to either sound like Staley or AIC. Sully Erna and Godsmack are great examples.

[@tristencoon8198]

@@WornDownSaint I'm an AIC fan my favorite band but Sully Erna never has sounded like Layne and it certainly didn't sound like he tried sounding like him

[@michelleboyd1258]

Layne sang with all of his soul

[@elisefincher4478]

Man Layne Staley was underrated af. His vocals were freaking amazing.

[@jamesmcaffie]

Still are, way ahead of his time!!

[@jamesvancam]

@@jamesmcaffie R.I.P to him. Kurt Cobain, Chester Bennington, Chris Cornell, etc..

[@RockyH.]

I beat drug addiction, and I can't imagine how hard it was for these guys....money and availability just make beating it soooo fucking hard. RIP Kurt and Layne I promise to stay clean and to never let my life be ruled by anything but, me!

[@zackharrop5106]

Best singer of the grunge era

[@darnellpistachio2991]

@@RockyH. Christ > all.

[@juanitabrient826]

Staley is the greatest singer I've ever heard. I can't see anyone topping him either.

[@brigwood7658]

'tiny tim' doing 'tip toes through the tulips? check it out and 'then' tell me in all seriousness if you can still make this claim.

[@donniewynn3277]

He was absolutely great, but I would have to say Chris Cornell was the best singer of all the Seattle bands but Layne was number 2, just my opinion. Even though nirvana were my favorite. Hell, even Kurt said Layne was a much better singer than he was. I just appreciate all these bands, and let the drama die.

[@joetaylor5113]

@@donniewynn3277 Layne and Chris were 1a and 1b to me and I give the edge to Staley. Cornell may have had the edge ever so slightly on range but NOBODY transfers emotion to a song like Layne Staley and that’s why he’s the best to ever do it imo.

[@donniewynn3277]

@@joetaylor5113 don't get me wrong, Layne was absolutely incredible. Cobain even said Layne was a much better singer than he was. I just think people kinda dismiss Cornell sometimes, which is a shame. I love all 3 of those bands. Soundgarden did pre date nirvana and Alice. People who don't know, kinda forget about soundgarden. But as for Layne, listening to nutshell unplugged almost brings me to tears. R.I.P. Kurt, Layne and Chris.

[@joetaylor5113]

@@donniewynn3277 I hear ya man they were both my favorites with the edge to Staley but man do I love me some Cornell and you are correct SG did predate them but AIC was the first band out of that era to go gold and platinum so they were all pretty close. We were lucky to live in that era.

[@dfmn8650]

Dirt is one of the best albums of the 90’s.

[@carlogambino924]

Hell yeah🤘

[@ghostwalk2446]

One of the best albums ever

[@scottadams8561]

saw Alice in Chains live in 93 lollapalooza tour. They were So Powerful Live and LOUD

[@mh18744]

I love grunge . Alice in chains is my favorite .

[@brentyawn2914]

Melvins are fucking TREMENDOUS! But personally, Alice in Chains have always hit really close to home for me. You know a band is special when they can bring you to a specific time and place through their music and lyrics. The songs "Hate to Feel," and "Angry Chair" are some EXTREMELY vivid depictions of drug addiction. Personally, they are a little bit too accurate and are hard to listen to now that I am off the junk.

[@billybee3423]

I’ve never considered Alice “Grunge”. They weren’t shoe gazing cry babies. They were straight up Rock & Roll! Being junkies was about as Grunge as they got to me.

[@TheMeridian808]

I think you're full of shit...

[@duncan3998]

Never will be better than Nirvana

[@SN2903]

AIC are better imo

[@oliverkalamata2753]

If Kurt were alive today and witnessed the state of music, him and Axl would be best friends. 😂

[@krisfrederick5001]

@ Have you heard the song "Nobody knows I'm new wave"?

[@Beamboy555]

wildcatter63 I’ve never understood why Kurt hated Gnr they were so similar

[@robRKR]

@@Beamboy555 EASY to understand. Kurt equated GnR to the whole L.A. Hair Band scene, which GnR were only associated with cuz they were playing and coming up in the same Sunset Strip clubs that Motley Crue, Poison, and Cinderella, Faster Pussycat, etc,etc (Rainbow, Gazzarri's, and The Whiskey A GoGo) were at. They represented the decadent, glam, make up, cross-dressing, sell-out be famous, vapid, misogynistic, selfish attitude. GnR only briefly flirted with that because that's what going on. Axl only had the 'big hair' in their first 2 videos and it was a more dirty, gritty look, along with the rest of GnR. With some punk rock attitude thrown in. They were the more denim and leather, skulls, ripped Levi's & leather biker look/attitude. Motley Crue did the same thing. Flirted with Glam on 'Theater of Pain' ( Glam cover, clothes, hair) then did the more dirtbag, biker look for 'Girls, Girls, Girls' (just watch the 'Girls' video). GnR soared miles above that whole local scene into the stratosphere with 'Appetite'. Hair metal was already dying out by 1988-1989 and GnR were at their peak creatively and success wise with 'Use Your Illusion' in 1991. Sold out shows, etc. Nirvana didn't effect them. Many other older rock acts were having a creative spurt too. AC/DC put out their first good album with hits (Thunderstruck) since 1981's 'Back In Black'. Ozzy had put out his best album 'No More Tears' with radio hits, since his last success in the early 1980's with his first two albums with Randy Roads.Even John Cougar Mellencamp put out his hardest guitar driven Rock album 'Whenever We Wanted' that ad a few radio hits. In general the whole 'Grunge Scene' of 1991-1994 was bigger than just Seattle Bands.It was more than music too. It effected culture in general and art, film and literature. So Kurt had an issue with Axl and what he perceived GNR to represent. And he 'had' to hold up that 'punk rock ' front by dismissing them. Pretty easy to understand. Young, idealistic and naive.

[@Beamboy555]

Rob Riker I mean great explanation but i was more meaning I don’t understand why he didn’t like them because the reasons given were hardly true. guns weren’t metal, they were piss poor and made it big, fuck everyone band first attitude they were basically Nirvana but on coke instead of heroin. (Even though everyone seemed to love that shit)

[@ryansmith8]

@@robRKR Back In Black wasn't AC/DC's last big record before their mid 80s decline. That would be 1983's "For Those About To Rock", which was their first album to top the Billboard charts in America and had a couple of massive singles still played on classic rock radio today. And the album the song "Thunderstruck" was on is called "The Razors Edge".

[@blackheartcollective7779]

I was a bigger Nirvana fan..but as I got older Alice took the number one slot..but I also loved GnR as a kid

[@xviphoenix69]

Same here.

[@heatherrose7568]

AIC is my favorite by far Layne Staley is the best singer of all time imo I miss him desperately

[@vol.9543]

I’m obsessed with Layne Stanley

[@TheAndreluizcarneiro]

If you really were, you'd know that his name is Staley, not Stanley.

[@vol.9543]

elninjalaranja maybe it’s spell check and hopefully your right because I have better things to worship

[@Jacen13]

I am more obsessed with Layne Staley that you. 🙂

[@christytrim291]

Me too!

[@nihaalmander803]

Same

[@Ludeguy83]

I'm a huge nirvana fan... still like AIC and Soundgarden... but Nirvana changed my life back in the day!

[@TheLordCrows]

pat melanson nirvana beats it all

[@donniewynn3277]

Agree

[@duncan3998]

Nirvana is always number 1 of grunge

[@robg4472]

It’s the melodies !

[@KRkidz]

kind of an insult, they never considered themselves grunge, kurt saw Nirvana as Pop rock while AiC considered themselves metal. calling them grunge insults both

[@marissabassette8298]

Alice Chains always been my fave too :) Layne Staley and his voice...goosebumps.

[@clearlycaribbeanreb7176]

Marissa you’re hot AF :)

[@Kevin111ist]

Alice in Chains wasn't underrated. They were just in a league of their own.

[@jimmyfabs78]

I never considered or included GnR in with the hair metal glam bands that got toasted when grunge took over. And those bands like Poison, Motley Crue, Warrant, etc, they could still pack the house, they still had faithful fans to sell out shows to. The only way grunge hurt those bands was by their music rarely if ever got radio air play or their videos never got played on MTV. GnR were still played a lot.

[@ZiggyTrippzMusic]

Long live Layne Thomas Staley!

[@aerlial360]

I lived for Alice and Chains back int he 90s and even got to hang out with Layne and Jerry over a couple of days in 1993. They were by far the most talented, although Soundgarden are a close 2nd for me. Nirvana to me was way, way overblown to a ridiculous point even though I liked their music. Alice by far #1.

[@inutero10]

Listen to a song like Polly and then try to tell mer Kurt Cobain wasn’t a fantastic songwriter.

[@aerlial360]

@debashish kachari Dude it's simply an opinion and I come from a different era, so don't get your panties in a bunch.

[@michaelpatterson9119]

slash is the real deal as a musician and a man I’ve heard nothing but good from everyone except you know who slash is the type of guy to take in a total stranger if the need a place to crash I’ve just heard over and over how humble and genuine this guy is that’s impressive for a guitar god

[@nelliesilvers1210]

Layne, Kurt and Slash😍!! I nearly broke my phone from clicking so fast!! Three of the greatest musicians there'll ever be and two of them are the reasons I play guitar 👌🏻. I LOVE Kurt like crazy but Layne will always be my God 💜

[@ScottDreyfus]

It's amazing that slash is still alive. Most of my favorite singers are dead now. It's unreal how some artists can just keep going and others end up drt.

[@knutelindstrom3716]

Layne Staley had that darkness that added way more than just vocals, & Jerry Cantrell was & always will be the driving force behind Alice In Chains. Together, that whole lineup captured a certain vibe that couldn't really be done individually. I think eventually, years later if they (Layne & Kurt) were still around, that they would have been more mature & likely would work together on some project or come together for charity events, even with Guns & Roses. Despite the early drama of Axl, he really seemed to like Kurt, but Axl was probably really bummed out that it wasn't reciprocated, & so he acted out at the awards show backstage. There's tons of interviews where Guns & Roses talked about how they liked them, but Kurt had avoided them (GnR) because he allegedly thought they were a "big corporate rock band", or something along those lines. (Allegedly, because I don't know what was really said!). The point is, I think they would have eventually gotten over that lame beef stuff & maybe at least started talking to each other, even if they never worked together. Axl has done a lot of growing up over the years, & Kurt never had the chance, (killed by greedy wife & accomplices), & Layne needed a lot of help, but it was too late. Eventually, they would have ran into each other somewhere! We'll never know now though.

[@deerslayer2916]

Well said! I believe what you said! I bet you that's what would of happened! 🤘

[@dolantho]

Old comment but just like how duff had already ran into Kurt and was friends with Alice he’s kinda the ultimate bridge

[@TYSON99999]

AIC had a huge impact. I was 20 at the time trying to do something in music, everybody's demo changed from Skid Row, GNR, etc., to sounding to AIC style vocals. I think this style scared a lot of girls away from rock. I love AIC, but in 1992 I wanted to be in some kind of metal band like LA Guns or Skid Row, and all of the sudden the scene just died. It would have been better if I'd been born 5 years earlier. Pantera had a huge impact also, as well as Bodycount, NIN, Chilipeppers, Faith No More, etc.. A lot of singers started going skin head style like Phil Anselmo. 1991 - 95 was a weird time for rock music. It's so Easy and Mr. Brownstone with Axl's low voice sound a lot like grunge, Scott from STP and Layne's voice. Looking back now it was all very stupid because it was all just rock music, the end result being rock died and now we have Hip Hop. Record companies should have supported all genres, but they didn't.

[@FrostedSeagull]

Best review here. Ministry's great album - Psalm 69 - also helped the musical landscape. Bands like NiN, KMFDM, Skinny Puppy, Rob Zombie and the English Indie/Alternative bands like the Pixies and my favourite's the Jesus and Mary Chain made it a great time. Outside the U. S. Guns were first loved by the Indie and Alternative audience. Guns were real until the Use Your Illusion farce. . .

[@TYSON99999]

@@FrostedSeagull I also like a lot of those bands, yes Psalm 69 is the best as well as Zombie. I like Use Your Illusion, maybe not every song, there was some cheese on it. Some of the original raw versions of those songs were better. I had a bootleg copied tape with dont cry, november rain, etc before Illusion came out.

[@sesaeo-the-games-we-play]

Alice in Chains were amazing

[@stargatevideoproductionspr9659]

AlIce In Chains was the BEST grunge band!

[@rtdsbg1]

Nirvana, Pearl jam, and Soundgarden> Alice in chains

[@duncan3998]

@V2 Magna the irony

[@LAYENSTANLEY]

I think alice in chains wasn't fully grunge. I think it was a mesh between groove metal and grunge.

[@PunkHippie1971]

Slash seems to have it exactly right. Even Alice in Chains started out in cheesy hair metal bands. They evolved out of it. At least something good came of hair metal

[@VicM-xc9zb]

Had Alice in Chains carried on as a hair metal band, they would have never got huge at all. They would still be opening for Extreme to this day.

[@xviphoenix69]

There producer made them switch genre. If it weren't for their peers they'd be singing about fast cars and motorcycles.

[@skippyhandleman1625]

I got to see Alice in Chains 6 times and Nirvana 10 or 11 times. I thought both were great. I didn't really compare them. they felt different live. I got to see Nirvana with Chad, Dale Crover and Dave Grohl on drums. Dale was exceptional too! Layne Staleys vocals were near pitch perfect every single show. I literally ran into Layne coming out of the bathroom at the Rainbow Room in Seattle in U district. There were a few squeegee punks hanging out at his table. It was 1999 and he looked quite terrible. I think it was during bumbershoot and i was staying near The Ave.

[@Kylersinjin]

Alice in Chains was always my favorite Seattle band

[@simonbackwash]

Way much much more Alice in chains fan

[@danielbrown1724]

AIC and Layne Staley all the way. Jerry's and Layne's harmonizing alone set them apart from everyone else. Nirvana were popular but remained a simple 3-4 chord progression post-punk band that connected to disenfranchised teens. AIC were actually musicians and damn good ones as well. They're heavy, they're melodic and they harmonize like no one else since the Beatles!!

[@jeffalbillar7625]

I like Alice in chain's, but the last sentence you wrote is inaccurate.

[@danielbrown1724]

@@jeffalbillar7625 18 people disagree 😳 Nah, honestly mate, it's just my opinion. You don't have to think it's accurate 😉

[@jeffalbillar7625]

@@danielbrown1724 I don't agree because I listen to tons of different types of music, but I feel you. Alice rocked even after Staley's passing.

[@danielbrown1724]

@@jeffalbillar7625 again, that's fine if you disagree. Show me a rock band that harmonized like AIC and The Beatles. I can't think of a song from either band that did NOT have harmonies though. Verse, Chorus, they both harmonized on every part of the song

[@jeffalbillar7625]

@@danielbrown1724 well, I agree that they are a harmonious group of guys, but my take on it is that there are many many bands or duo's or whatever that are just as or more harmonious than either the Beatles or AIC. You'd have to listen to different types of music tho. I listen to everything from bluegrass to country to blues to classical to hip hop to funk to rock to top forty to Spanish music to Tito Puente. Selena. Butthole Surfers. The new wave of the 80's. Please don't get me wrong, I love both the Beatles and Alice.

[@seangiuliani4585]

U shouldn't compare but Alice really move me. I miss Layne like a friend.

[@cindyfitzgerald4500]

sean giuliani me too!

[@shaneturch3943]

Alice In Chains is waaaay underrated. No offence to Nirvana but AIC has/had way more talent. Nobody could hold a candle to Layne. His voice was one of a kind.

[@faceless2056]

It's kind of hard to call a band like AIC underrated when they've sold over 30 million records. If that's considered underrated, then I'll take being underrated any day of the week.

[@nickrudnicki6497]

chris cornell

[@donniewynn3277]

Nirvana is my favourite. But i agree, Alice is underrated. My personal 2nd favorite. Kurt and Layne for ever.

[@rtdsbg1]

And Cobain's voice isn't?

[@VicM-xc9zb]

If Alice is waaaaaay underrated, then where does that put Screaming Trees? Underrated.. they are not. Then they wouldn't be on the radio or even talked about the way we still talk about them today.

[@menotyou4678]

Alice In Chains was definitely underrated

[@naturallawman2965]

AIC was/is my favorite. But pound-for-pound, Soundgarden were the true underrated titans of Seattle. They should've had Pearl Jam's career.

[@aschule5684]

very droll Matt Cameron's a fantastic drummer and Soundgarden a great band very sad we lost Chris & Lane them and Alice were definitely the most talented important bands to come out of that era!

[@aschule5684]

"Layne" my bad......

[@primeDecomposition]

NaturalLaw isTheSolution Yeah, but after Pearl Jam’s Ten, they actually HIDE from the mainstream, totally retreated, stopped making music videos, fighting Ticketmaster and whatnot. Just as Soundgarden had a HUGE hit with Superunknown, Black Hole Sun was a massive single, it was played CONSTANTLY on radio and MTV. Soundgarden were actually the bigger band from ‘94-‘96 in terms of popularity. Then they broke up. I’m guessing you weren’t actually around back then, you would certainly of remembered this.

[@mikeobrien6704]

All those bands from Seattle were great in their own unique ways. That's what made them so great.

[@tammyrogne1471]

Im with ya bro, bigger Alice fan right here!

[@bretviola6871]

AiC was definitely the best Seattle band, though I really like Nirvana too and would put them as my second favorite then Soundgarden who I really like, and last of the big four, Pearl Jam I really never got into.

[@kevinmaund9515]

Alice all the way

[@805BLAZING]

I loved Guns and when grunge hit the scene I fell in love with it Alice in Chains, Nirvana and Soundgarden. I can say today that Alice in Chains are one of my all time favorite bands right up there with Slayer and Metallica

[@A-Aron118]

AIC for the win I hated in utero. I also don't consider AIC a grunge band, they were a metal band.

[@waltertrexell7557]

Kurt WANTED you to hate it.

[@VicM-xc9zb]

Anyone who hated in utero would have put a cynical smile on Kurt's face.

[@tree1637]

@@VicM-xc9zb How would you know have you met him?

[@VicM-xc9zb]

@@tree1637 yep.. remember this is the internet.. asked stupid questions and you get a stupid answer.

[@justpassingthrough76]

Thank you for this, I learned a lot of new info. Alice in Chains are the voice of Grunge for me. Peal Jam, Soundgarden, STP, all brilliant. I got very bored with Nirvana, very quickly. They were a victim of their own success. Mad Season was absolute favourite Grunge album. Eddie Vedder is the only Front-man left from the bigger Grunge bands. So sad.

[@sillyskeleton]

Dirt from AIC and Appetite from GN'R are two of my favourite albums of all time.

[@jtwilliams8895]

What musician would hate Slash? Seems like one of the chillest, nicest rock stars ever. Guns apparently tried to reach out to all the “grunge” bands in the early 90s. Granted, the culture around late 80s LA bands vs early 90s Seattle bands clashed, naturally. Axl was a diva- no doubt about that. But I loved GnR, just as I loved Nirvana a couple years later.

[@brentschmoeckel1420]

Alice In Chains was awesome layne Staley was unbelievable

[@sunnys3325]

I was in high school 88-92...what an awesome in music and to be young!

[@deathmetalmvs5924]

Like it or not but Layne and AIC made Nirvana and Kurt Cobain look like a high school band.... AIC were on their own league

[@fkillah]

no

[@ryanhale1654]

Kurt was always saying "No" to ppl. Managers & Axl: "Hey wanna tour with Guns n Roses/Metallica?"...Kurt: "Nahh" Managers & Courtney: "Wanna do Lollapalooza?! We could make a shit ton of moneyyyy!"...Kurt: "No" Managers & Cameron Crowe: "Hey, Wanna be featured in this new movie project called 'Singles' Everyone from Seattle's doing it"...Kurt: "No thanks"

[@mateocabj]

Layne es posiblemente de las voces mas poderosas en la historia de la musica. Es una pena que muchos no lo conozcan.

[@aaroncross5228]

When I think about how Layne Staley went out just a recluse heart broken playing video games shooting heroin and smoking crack all day till he died man... That shit creeps me out. Both these guys (Staley and Cobain) went out so lonely and heart broken it's so fckn sad man. It's really some creepy shit to think about. They're very loved and missed RIP Guys. Y'all don't have to feel that horrible pain anymore 🖤❣️🖤

[@yashathebelgianmalinois348]

Different styles of music can coexist at the same time as long as it good, timeless music. GnR had its own sound outside of glam rock and Crue. To me, they combined blues, grunge, rock, metal, and even rap.

[@rEdf196]

I saw Alice in Chains live at Vancouver's Lollapalooza 93 show at front row. It was unforgettable.

[@testa9622]

Rock is dying because fans from different bands like to argue with each other

[@christopherjames5471]

Bang on Alice in Chains better and way underrated

[@krisfrederick5001]

I love Alice and Nirvana, you can't compare them. It's just different in two beautifully sometimes dark ways

[@norcaltimcaldwell3325]

When I was in school (jr high in the mid 90s) we had groups of kids called grungers. Preppies, grungers, gangsters and skaters were the groups when I was a kid

[@carloslember5945]

Alice in Chains were in a league of their own

[@haledakabani1843]

AIC is underrated

[@VicM-xc9zb]

No they're not. Screaming Trees were underrated. You must be from a third world country if you think Alice in Chains were underrated. Stop that shit.

[@yjjeeper1]

Choosing between these guys is like choosing between my kids, but Staley era AIC still gets played pretty much everyday so...

[@seekthetruth824]

you did a great job documenting this.

[@veiledrecalcitrance4314]

I loved both bands, liked Nirvana more back in the day, but I’ve learned to love and appreciate Laynes voice over the years (not that I didn’t like it in the 90s, just have learned to like it more now) Kurt was so good right away, you couldn’t deny Nirvanas music , but Alice was so different that, maybe just for me, it took time for me to recognize Laynes talent and genius.

[@66Bunn]

Was never a huge GNR fan (LOVED Nirvana), but the beef always seemed to be between Nirvana and Axl, not GNR as a group. I love Slash's attitude, "whatever" "I didn't care". Axl took it personally that Nirvana didn't like their music. Slash's interviews on Stern are always awesome.

[@RAZBRY]

Layne Staley, Jeff Buckley, Mike Patton. My top 3 voices of the 90's

[@richardmills8401]

It is so unreal each time I see the older Axle Rose. Did anyone imagine Axle to look nothing like he used to in his younger days? Just blows me away.

[@lonercowboy2820]

Axl & kurt are my fav rockstar / GNR & NIRVANA are my fav band i dont care about their feud i just like them both?🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@Bluezkat1]

I loved both bands, but I probably lean a little more towards Alice In Chains - such a great band!

[@Charlieboy2680]

Alice n Chains are understand they have a unique sound with Laynes voice and Jerry's drop tuning .

[@markdubois3614]

Nirvana AIC Guns and Roses were all on different level than anything being made today no question!

[@fmills1583]

Things that say "fuck up the roof of your mouth": Captain Crunch, Grape Nuts, Cookie Crisps, Kashi Nuggets, Cracklin' Oat Bran and Kurt's shotgun.

[@rtdsbg1]

Huge nirvana fan, but I liked Alice in chains too.

[@crazeyjoe]

AIC, no contest!

[@webb-hill1610]

I love both but Alice In Chains is my favorite by far. They just had it all, insane musicianship, beautiful vocals, just everything. Also hearing Layne on Madseason.. his project band, you hear how much Alice vibes Layne naturally had. He was such a huge part of Alice, just as much as jerry.

[@Metalbass10000]

Pearl Jam has always just been a rock band, while Alice in Chains was some mix of rock and metal, and my favorite of those Seattle bands, where Soundgarden was my second favorite, and had a great blend of very eclectic influences. The loss of these two vocalists, songwriters, makes me sad more than about the loss, but how misunderstood what they where saying was, and still is in many cases.

[@inutero10]

What a great time for music. 91-97 !

[@thevaananimates999]

Back then Kurt and Staley were great today not all music is bad in fact most are great but we live in a fucking world where lil pump is considered talented

[@jimmyconner9562]

slash, one of the greatest guitarist if not the best of my generation.

[@REDKLOK_-_The_Original]

Alice in Chains was ripped off by multiple acts after they came out to the mainstream. Everyone and their mother tries to sing like Layne Staley ever since Dirt and Facelift.

[@erin122123]

I agree, AiC is awesome!! I enjoy Nirvana but definitely not as much as AiC

[@MrErock7]

AiC in their prime are one of the greatest bands EVER

[@jamesmccormick875]

Alice In Chains for sure! Them and Soundgarden are the best bands from that era.

[@ladyjenny1746]

I don't think Grunge did anything to diminish Guns Appetite album. Unfortunately for Guns, Appetite was the first and best album, the only competition was for Guns to make a better album than Appetite... As far as the rest of the hair metal bands, Grunge was a nail in their coffins. Only because you really couldn't tell the difference between one and another. They all sounded the same, they all used the same formula. Guns, on the other hand, was much more real, more daring and far more talented.

[@nickrudnicki6497]

they didn't all sound the same. A lot of the bands that came out of seattle were extremely diverse.

[@runechuckie]

Lol serious question, have you ever given the use your illusion's an actual chance? Even if you have do it again, you'd be surprised...yes they have the most hits off of AFD but a true guns fan finds a lot of hidden gems on the illusions that are just as good if not better. They have the types of songs on there that are the type that are way better than just radio play songs....I tend to wonder when someone says AFD is the only good album if they have actually listened to their other albums fully....

[@ericpirillo7260]

Lies and illusion 2 were great but yeah appetite was their peak

[@joehaught688]

Alice In Chains and soundgarden were definitely the top two grunge bands

[@SN2903]

AIC and Pearl Jam in my opinion.

[@CristianLopez-hf2us]

Thank you for the video and comments

[@holythumbs5163]

I loved Nirvana when I was a young teenager. However, as I grew and my taste in music matured, AIC became my favorite band and still is today.

[@danniehenriksen1116]

ALC are the best and heaviest grungeband and Layne more cool than ice 🤘. I thought ALC never would recover from the loss of Layne BUT they still sound great and has a new great frontman 👍

[@wethepeople3340]

I love both bands but I love how Kurt stick to his guns

[@BCMoney1995]

Alice In Chains is so much ahead of not just other Grunge bands but any band. They literally don’t have a bad song. Not to mention they went thru hell and still made amazing music.

[@Spaceman1968]

I liked Pearl Jam.

[@ericpirillo7260]

Metal fans were inclined to like aic and Soundgarden while punk minded fans preferred nirvana I think. Truth too that the early 90s was an epic time for music. When I grew up and why our generation is music snobs now. Was a whole different scene then that we all miss

[@chadlavoie4217]

alice was favorite by far

[@chrisridenhour]

Kurt was a totally unique artist in that world. I wonder if he self destructed, partially because he found that he became what he was against. Slash was always all about just the music, saw him at the recent Hollywood Bowl and he pretty much single handily carried that show. As for Layne - he was always my favorite, a combination of vulnerability and strength, which very few artists possess.

[@Ksu_]

so basically Axl was a big fan of Kurt but bitter that Kurt wouldn't reciprocate

[@Lgp606]

I love both bands. But Alice In Chains and Soundgarden are in a league of their own compared to Nirvana and Pearl Jam. Layne and Jerry harmonizing is what I imagine it sounds like as you enter the pearly gates lol

[@rtdsbg1]

Pearl jam has better songs than aic

[@bigbillhaywood1415]

@@rtdsbg1 they have catchier songs than AIC. That don't mean much.

[@zimonslot]

I was a guns n roses fan at the time, but then came Nirvana... I still like guns once in a while.

[@Jane.Doe.]

Just subscribed! Great channel bro thanks! 💋

[@jeffcotton2120]

I liked the way Kurt brought in a new original dynamic that also blended previous sounds, styles & musical establishments, in the face of monotonous style copying that had become embedded into 80s Rock and Roll. We could feel that something had to break off with that to open the door to make Rock n Roll Creative again, like anything that gets caught up in monotonous repetition & boring aspects of what has been done before. When Nirvana came out we all knew that was it the first time we listened to it! Dude got a bit more sarcastic about living issues in places than some but showed where his heart was with it in the then current developing relations of Eternal Beings. Which also helped move past negative aspects by facing what some of the Element Issue developments were in Goddess, God, Feminine, Masculine Eternal Being relations at that time. Layne went a lot deeper in Spiritual Matters that pertain to all of us in living with the negative aspects of Tyrannical typed Eternal Being strategy Relations versus Freedom of choice in self Creating & empowering ourselves of Children given to be by our Eternal Mother Goddesses. The choices of either proceeding in being in inIStance through self creation, empowerment & Endless Growth & enrichment, or ending to be in inistance as a copy aspect living under the rule & theft of some older, temporarily stronger, more negative than positive, stupid thieverous Eternal Being, was made clear & affirmed to us by Layne. In what we are, were or may feel about those kinds of beings, or being like them or that any, even though we have made a lot of bad choices also. As we all have to face these issues & know why it is better & necessary to be positive, Endless enriching & growing as we choose to and help enforce that for all of from ourselves or any other. Instead of becoming the dead end rutt slave of another leading to the collapse of both slave & attempted false master, self formed slave to nothingism by theft, lying Eternal Everwas Being pretending to be our Everwas Eternal Mother Goddess, and giving us a hard time about finding the truth of ourselves & in establishing Endless Eternal Prosperity & Unity for All who agree, Enforced through the knowledge of what is required to make it so, forever!!!

[@LuisHernandez-hw7dj]

After Nirvana decline Axl asked Soundgarden to open up for them and they agreed because Chris Cornell wanted to reach to a larger audience and knew that they could with a band like GnR.

[@mikel7417]

So in 3 separate interviews, over the coarse of 17 years, Howard was asking Slash the same exact questions. Sounds about right!. Oh yeah, Nirvana dosent even belong in the conversation with Alice In Chains.

[@RockNRollTrueStories2]

yup howard asks the same questions of the guests who come again and again

[@rtdsbg1]

Lol, are you serious 😂🤣😂🤣 Nirvana changed the music landscape, while Alice in chains just played in it.