Wow, I totally agree with his sentiments on Pearl Jam and Foo Fighters. I still listen to 90's punk, grunge and alternative primarily, with some modern hip hop and alternative thrown in for good measure.
It has always baffled me that Pearl Jam was/is so popular. With the exception of a handful of songs I really like by them, they are otherwise a pretty generic, boring band IMO.
As for Foo Fighters - I love Nirvana and Dave Grohl as a dude is totally awesome, but again with the exception of a few very good songs, they are loud, generic, annoying noise. Amateurish lyrics, too.
As for Smashing Pumpkins, I'd kind of lump them in with Foo Fighters and Pearl Jam. They probably have 10 outstanding songs, but the rest are just boring noise. It's a giant stretch for Corgan to put himself in the same league as Cobain. Nirvana didn't make a single bad song. It was all killer, no filler.
Blind Melon was better than Pumpkins on most of their songs; but Pumpkins definitely had more songs that hit it out of the park. It's still a wonder to me that Blind Melon was just forgotten. That's a great band.
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