Iron MikeyJ Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Aic and Nirvana are the best of that lot by a country mile but Ten is the best album. Curious, why would you for example rate RATM over Faith No More?We all have different opinions, which is cool, I just feel rage were far better than faith no more. I grew up with this era, so its close to me. Faith no more were pretty much a one hit wonder, sure they have other good songs, but only one gets radio play. At least thats how it was in the 90's. While Rage were "it" band. They were not as big as gnr were at their peak, but Rage were damn big. Everyone in my high school that liked hard rock liked Rage, well except for Limp Bizkit hooray for tolerance!s. I got into many debates about who was bigger or better Rage or Limp. Even though AIC made good music through out most of the 90's, I would never say they were huge. They were more of a cult band. They probably gained a lot of their fans and following after Layne's death. Same with Sublime, Brad's death completly expanded their audience. Pearl Jam were heading towards "huge" their first 3 albums are great imo, but then they released the turd known as no code. It completly killed their momentum. Yeild help bring them back, but they were pretty much a cult band after that also. Truth be told, Nirvana was and will always be the biggest band of the 90's. While I do love them, Nevermind stayed in my cd disk changer for years it felt like. But at this point in my life I am just sick to death of them. I heard all of their songs so many times that I just can't do it anymore. Hell everyone that picked up guitar from 91' on can play some sort of Nirvana. They just are completly over exposed, and their library isn't big enough to keep me interested. By 94' on (which was when I really became aware of a lot of music) Kurt was dead, pearl jam were working on no code, gnr were breaking up, so it was sort of a transistion time again for music. As great as the whole grunge scene was, it really only lasted for a few years. By 1996, grunge was already dead. Rap/rock and NUmetal is really what took over most of the 90's. And Rage, Tool, and Korn were the 3 kings of that era. I don't mind some of Korn's stuff, but I hate their tunings they use. I hated that about that whole era, everyone tuned way down, and nobody played solos. So bands like Korn and Limp Bizkit never really did much for me. Tool and Marilyn Manson were both good bands, but they were kings of that whole "goth" thing that was going on back then. While I really do like Tool a lot (seen them in concert twice) I hated that whole goth scene. It was just retarded imo.So that leaves Rage. Morello's riffs reminded me of zeppelin, which I loved. He played solo's (even though they were different, at least they were solos.) Zach felt like 2pac and Axl rolled into one. I really liked his lyrics a lot. And beyond all that, the first time I heard their first album, I had never heard anything like that at all before. It was so heavy and so powerful. It really blew me away. Honestly that was the last time I've felt that way about a new band. I guess you had to be there to see and feel the things I felt. It's just my opinion and my observations. But I was a white boy in high school in the USA during this era, so it was something that I shared with a lot of people. I viewed it as a microcosim of what the rest of the country must of been like also. I think europeans viewed this scene and this era differently than us Americans did. It wasn't contrived, it felt very real. Rage were every bit as real as gnr were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Truth be told, Nirvana was and will always be the biggest band of the 90's. While I do love them, Nevermind stayed in my cd disk changer for years it felt like. But at this point in my life I am just sick to death of them. I heard all of their songs so many times that I just can't do it anymore. Same here. Love em to bits mind you, just can't fuckin' hack it anymore though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turn_It_Up Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Incredible band. Of course you can't take most of Zach's lyrics seriously, but who cares when they are kicking so much ass? BTW, Morello has always said in interviews that Van Halen and the debut album is what changed his life. He talks about hearing it in high school and being blown away. Just Google "Morello Van Halen" and you'll find the interviews... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake-Pit Posted November 23, 2013 Author Share Posted November 23, 2013 They sound awesome live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Rage seemed like the last band before Oasis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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