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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
As for Vedder I totally disagree. For every single person that thinks he was great there's ten people that find his vocals annoying. There's simply no way their music is going to be looked back on as influentially than GnR. The fact you hear more GnR replayed today than Pearl Jam is supports this as you rarely ever hear a Pearl Jam song on mainstream radio. To be the in the talk of greatest you have to transcend your genre and GnR did that while Pearl Jam has not. Their music as a band was okay but as a lead singer Vedder had yodel shtick but zero range as he's not even remotely in the league of a guy like Chris Cornell or even Axle who can pull off more than one trick. Hell I look at guys like Scott Weiland as more talented as he did a lot of different ranges and styles compared to Vedder's one trick which IMO isn't even a great one.
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You are vastly underestimating the impetus that Cobaine and Vedder created together. And Vedder while annoying sometimes has a vast range and is still active, winning Golden Globes and getting nominated for Grammy awards while Axl has tarnished his legacy.
Your opinion about their singing is subjective remember, I'm not fan of Pearl Jam but can recognize how strong of an influence he played with Nirvana in the early 90's. They completely changed nearly everything rock and roll related for a long time. Guns n Roses was flash in the pan, a momentary collection of musicians while Pearl Jam and Nirvana changed the way every band looked and behaved, including bands like Guns n' Roses. The entire industry went from this
to this (same band)
because of 2 bands and the sound changed as well.