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Old 05-08-2007, 04:22 PM  
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Originally Posted by badmunchkin View Post
yup - I think they are so overrated - sorry to all the Chris Cornell haters but Cobain doesn't hold a candle to him in terms of talent or "rock star" mojo - Smells like Teen Spirit was a good catchy song - I'll give them that - but so was Hit Me Baby One More Time but those guys weren't shit without Dave Grohl and Cobain wasn't any great singer or songwriter or anything else - the only reason he became the "voice of a generation" is because he offed himself - their follow-up to Nevermind, In Utero wasn't even selling well - they were destined to be nothing more then a footnote in rock history
not a good song writer? You cant be serious is one of the best song writers of all time. In Utero sold more records than Soundgarden did in all their disks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundgarden_discography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_discography

soundgardens follow up only sold 2 million

and PS Nirvana formed in the 80s
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