Alternative Rock Band Face-Offs
Radiohead. They managed to progress beyond their big hit single and achieve creative control (a rare feat in the last 30 years). Also, they're still making great music today.
Radiohead is great but I like Nirvana better.
Radiohead.
Radiohead
If you'd asked me at 15, I probably would have said U2, but nowadays I would go for R.E.M.
I have to go with R.E.M.
I've gotten more familiar with both recently, and I'm gonna go with Pearl Jam. Their music, to me, has more pathos.
I love both too much.
No disrespect to the late great Chris Cornell but I'm going with AIC. (Another late great in Layne Staley.)
Soundgarden, but both are among my top 5 alternative bands
Alice in Chains.
Pixies. I love them because I realized that Black Francis can write a song with a great structure without making it too lengthy for its own good.
I love the Pixies but of course, I got to go with my favorite band, Sonic Youth.
Sonic Youth, Pixies sounds just like anything I regularly hear
Sonic Youth.
Pixies are more fun to listen to though.
It used to be the Smiths, but a few months back, I bought Unknown Pleasures and I fell in love with it. So now, I'm going for Joy Division.
I'm not that interested in Post-Punk, but I'll go for the Smiths.
The Smiths, definitely.
I love the Pumpkins but I'm going with The Cure.
Jane's Addiction are cool but I'm going with the Chili Peppers
Jane's Addiction.
The people who prefer Oasis over Blur are complete dumbasses. You are choosing a band that does nothing but plagiarize and rip off the Beatles and makes music for retarded dads. Blur however, they evolved over time and are much more original than Oasis, not to mention the band members of Blur are way more tolerable than the band members of Oasis. The people who say the "Battle of Britpop" was already over when it first started are right, Oasis could never stand a chance against Blur.
Again, 15 year old me would have definitely said Oasis, but nowadays I like Blur more, particularly because they evolved more over time and because they're better instrumentalists (particularly Graham and Alex). I think the main reason why Oasis took off is because Noel Gallagher is good at writing catchy hits. Otherwise, they probably wouldn't go anywhere.
Definitely Blur! No offense to any Oasis fans, but I hate Oasis.
Blur, without a doubt. I never liked Oasis.
I'm going for The White Stripes because their music, to me, feels more fresh. The Black Keys are good too, though; I will admit that.
Black Keys are good but I'm going for White Stripes because I grew up with them.
Probably My Bloody Valentine.
(reminder: ignore the n thread. I was testing if this thing worked)
Ween. (But I also like the Butthole Surfers.)
Oasis, merely because I can't bear Arctic Monkeys's sleepy uninterested vocals
Arctic Monkeys
It used to be The Cure, but now I think I like both of them equally.
I'm going with the Melvins.
Suede. Their original guitar player, Bernard Butler, was a whiz at writing guitar parts that were more interesting than just strumming the chords.
I don't care for Pulp very much, but I think Suede is pretty good, so I'll go with them
Since I don't know who The Libertines are, I'm going with The Strokes.