RIP Chris Cornell

[George]

Late to the Cornell talk but I was a huge Soundgarden fan. I agree with Downes about Superunknown. Just a fantastic album with no bad songs. That whole grunge period will never be duplicated. It was more than the music. It was the time, the culture, your age at the time. I loved all those bands but AIC and PJ are still my faves. FWIW, the besg concert I ever saw was STP at Louisville Gardens. I was never a huge Nirvana fan. Nevermind was great but I liked them less and less after that. But I do agree about the Unplugged album. FREAKING FANTASTIC and it still gets regular rotation as does the AIC Unplugged which was their last performance. Give Mad Season a try if you like AIC. Their only album Above is an underrated masterpiece.

Mad Season's only album is pretty great. I don't love every song, but there are a few real standouts. Interesting story behind it, too (which obviously failed).

And FWIW, I think Lateralus is one of the best albums ever made. Period.

[Blue Heaven]

Mad Season's only album is pretty great. I don't love every song, but there are a few real standouts. Interesting story behind it, too (which obviously failed).

And FWIW, I think Lateralus is one of the best albums ever made. Period.

Oh I agree. Tool is just a fantastic band. Is there a better drummer than Danny Carey?

[George]

Oh I agree. Tool is just a fantastic band. Is there a better drummer than Danny Carey?

Nope.

[DA#23]

Is there a better drummer than Danny Carey?

[Blue Heaven]

I don't even have to click on that. John Bonham WAS the best drummer of all time. Neil Pert was pretty damn good as well. Danny Carey currently is the best alive. Don't confuse that statement because Led Zeppelin is my #1 band of all time. A distant second is PJ, then AIC, then Tool.

[DA#23]

Yeah I was thinking that might have been the ever important qualifier, but just wanted to make certain

[Joneslab]

Speaking of Pearl Jam...

We went to a camp in high school at a placed called Jabez. If you were from southeast/southcentral Kentucky, you spent a lot of time at Jabez in high school. It was the best way to get out of school for a few days and meet girls.

One time we went, probably my sophomore year, we had sort of a goofy friend with us. There was a band there that had actually played at our high school's auditorium. They were named "Racket" when they played high schools, but their real name was Cowboys from Hell.

Well, Cowboys from Hell gathers round the fire one night and starts doing acoustic versions of popular songs, mostly grunge. They kick into "Jeremy" at one point, but it's just the guitars. They don't have a singer because their lead singer had recently left the band. So it's just the instruments. Here comes this goofy friend of ours stepping into the circle and nailing "Jeremy." Then they moved to "Porch" and "Black" and THE ENTIRE FRIGGIN' TEN ALBUM. This guy somehow knew every lyric, and he crushed it. We just sat there in stupefied awe.

Nobody in our group knew the guy could even sing.

He's an independent country/rock artist now and makes a living on the road.

[George]

Cowboys From Hell was a Pantera album.

[Blue Heaven]

For some reason I never got into Stone Temple Pilots, and I was in high school right at the peak of their popularity. One of the only big bands of that era whose albums I never owned.

Had a Tool record. Liked it but I never had much angst as a kid so I don't think I quite got what they were doing entirely.

In college my tastes moved toward pop/café rock. Listened to a lot of Toad the Wet Sprocket, which I still say was a great band. Collective Soul's third record was a staple. Counting Crows, etc. I love that scene in Clueless where Paul Rudd is driving and Alicia Silverstone keeps ragging him about how depressing his music is.

Good movie Clueless is. The song that was playing was Fake Plastic Trees by Radiohead. Love me some Radiohead. OK Computer is a great album. Evryone says Kid A is their best, but give me OK Computer. Toad was good. I loved the Counting Crows debut album. I remember the first time I heard 'Round Here. That was a great song. STP was a great band. That Core album still gets regular play from me, but I loved their Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop. STP changed their sound every album.

[Blue Heaven]

Cowboys From Hell was a Pantera album.

Never got into Pantera. I remember when Dimebag Daryll died. It seemed to really mess with the three people I knew who liked them.
I am liking this thread. Brings back some good memories of bands I love and still listen to to this day. Man, the 90's was a GREAT time to be a twentysomething. I liked the 80's, but the 90's molded me.

[Joneslab]

Good movie Clueless is. The song that was playing was Fake Plastic Trees by Radiohead. Love me some Radiohead. OK Computer is a great album. Evryone says Kid A is their best, but give me OK Computer. Toad was good. I loved the Counting Crows debut album. I remember the first time I heard 'Round Here. That was a great song. STP was a great band. That Core album still gets regular play from me, but I loved their Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop. STP changed their sound every album.

That first Counting Crows album remains one of the few I know of where every song is solid.

The only thing about them: their songs tend to be sad. And not just "Round Here," but even their upbeat songs have this lonely, desperate quality to them.

And the lead singer shouldn't have been too down at the world. IIRC he dated Jennifer Anniston and Courtney Cox.

[George]

Never got into Pantera. I remember when Dimebag Daryll died. It seemed to really mess with the three people I knew who liked them.
I am liking this thread. Brings back some good memories of bands I love and still listen to to this day. Man, the 90's was a GREAT time to be a twentysomething. I liked the 80's, but the 90's molded me.

I like Pantera, but I have to be in the mood for them - and these days, that mood is rare. Still, if you want pure metal, Pantera's hard to beat. Some friends and I used to watch that old Pantera III video about once or twice a month. Those guys - especially Dimebag - were like thirteen-year-olds trapped in thirty-year-old bodies. Fun to watch.

This was always an unpopular opinion among some of my buddies, but I always preferred Down to Pantera - especially Down's first two albums. Everything after Down II is pretty derivative, but those first two albums ROCK: it's like Skynard met Sabbath, then got real stoned.

Having said all that, I have a hard time listening to either band anymore because Phil Anselmo's such an arrogant, racist prick. Tough guy to support.

[George]

That first Counting Crows album remains one of the few I know of where every song is solid.

The only thing about them: their songs tend to be sad. And not just "Round Here," but even their upbeat songs have this lonely, desperate quality to them.

And the lead singer shouldn't have been too down at the world. IIRC he dated Jennifer Anniston and Courtney Cox.

That guy's track record with gorgeous women is both legendary and inexplicable.