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Quote: (Originally Posted by jango)

Pearl Jam's "best stuff" is not in the nineties. Their commercial "decline" is due to the fact that they did not sell out to Sony interests. They distributed fewer albums with less fanfare a la the Dead.

Its all opinion, if you ask any critic they will tell you Pearl Jam's best stuff is in the nineties, Ten and Vs.. All in the early 90's.

McCready and Gossard are miles ahead of Thayil. McCready plays an eclectic mix of funk and rock with a blues tinge that finds its home in quiet ballads. Thayil, although magnificent, was much more straightforward and hard-hitting. Where Thayil would lay down a hard rock riff, McCready would play off Gossard's tempo and Vedder's vocals to create an atmosphere not seen (nor appreciated) during the era. Catchy riffs and style do not equal talent. McCready is the shit. Play Nothingman, Yellow Ledbetter, the solo in Alive, Down, the entire Mad Season album, TotD, etc.

The hard hitting term you are looking for is psychedelia and punk, which he magnificancly mixes together. Hell i hate punk, but Thayil manages to pull it off to my liking. IF catchy riffs and style don't equal talent then why do you hold Morello in such high regard?

Pearl Jam stuck to their roots, stayed true to the art and play to their fans and their fans only. No other band on that list does that or did that. They are a dying breed of rock musicians with no commercial interest and only that of providing quality music to those who truly appreciate it while inspiring development and rational thought. Ten and Vs. caught the eye of the public, but the public failed to grow with the band and adopted the Spice Girls and Third Eye Blind as well as numerous other "post-Grunge" bands with no talent. Soundgarden, STP, and to a certain extent, AIC existed in the moment and died with the moment. Nirvana was a product of another revolution and paved the way for grunge. Pearl Jam embodied and continue to embody grunge in their undying angst and style.

That is why they kick ass.

Well if you fail to realize that Soundgarden choose to break up they didn't just break up or fade away, they felt like they were only playing for the fans and and not for themselfves and choose to move on. So analyzing the pont in this way makes no difference, saying a band didn't last longer than the other doesn't make it a better band.

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