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The biggest rock band of the 1990s (1990-1999)?

Probably either Primus, Collective Soul or Alice in Chains.
bateful thirsty love of her life church
  03/25/18
I saw Primus live at least half a dozen times in their heyda...
Flushed Ticket Booth
  03/26/18
pork soda was 1800000
Curious Red Hissy Fit Trump Supporter
  03/26/18
"My genetalia, and pectoral muscles, aren't quite what ...
kink-friendly giraffe
  03/26/18
the only thing primus is popularly known for is the fucking ...
Ultramarine potus kitty
  03/26/18
(les claypool tp)
mint out-of-control hospital factory reset button
  03/26/18
The Police (JCM)
mustard coffee pot
  03/25/18
Lmfao
talented market digit ratio
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mint out-of-control hospital factory reset button
  03/26/18
Smashing Pumpkins were huge at one point.
self-centered primrose becky electric furnace
  03/25/18
lol i think the best-selling "rock" album of the 9...
Beady-eyed Opaque Doctorate
  03/25/18
That's wasn't rock, that was postpop-alternative (moron). A...
bateful thirsty love of her life church
  03/25/18
STP
Floppy misunderstood rehab international law enforcement agency
  03/25/18
Nirvana, obviously
mint out-of-control hospital factory reset button
  03/25/18
Nirvana only had one popular album (no one actually liked In...
bateful thirsty love of her life church
  03/26/18
(guy who wasnt in high school in the mid 90s right before Ku...
Flushed Ticket Booth
  03/26/18
I was literally in high school when Kurdt killt himself and ...
bateful thirsty love of her life church
  03/26/18
1990s (1990-1999)
silver piazza stock car
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Big den karate
  03/26/18
It’s Pearl Jam or Metallica
Curious Red Hissy Fit Trump Supporter
  03/26/18
Metallica released their classic albums in the 80s. The Bla...
bateful thirsty love of her life church
  03/26/18
The albums after the black album were shit but their tours w...
Flushed Ticket Booth
  03/26/18
Pearl Jam only had one widely popular album (Ten) but then d...
pearly liquid oxygen
  03/26/18
Vs was hyped to death and people were expecting it to sound ...
bateful thirsty love of her life church
  03/26/18
and? it was 180. So were No Code, Vitalogy, and Yield
Curious Red Hissy Fit Trump Supporter
  03/26/18
Nineties are highly bifurcated. Early on you had GnR who abs...
Flushed Ticket Booth
  03/26/18
Agreed. Culturally I always view the 90s as two half-decades
kink-friendly giraffe
  03/26/18
lolno. GnR and Metallica were HUGE at the same time as Nirv...
bateful thirsty love of her life church
  03/26/18
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Laughsome Maroon Mood
  03/26/18
Their popularity did not "quickly fade." Nirvana h...
Flushed Ticket Booth
  03/26/18
Grunge killed off the theatrical hair metal bands, but GNR j...
Filthy party of the first part parlor
  03/26/18
Pearl Jam easily
pearly liquid oxygen
  03/26/18
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disgusting son of senegal
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Maybe. They probably had a bit of an edge on Metallica in te...
appetizing blathering spot round eye
  03/26/18
1st five Metallica albums 3xPlatinum, 6xPlat, 6xPlat, 8xPla...
bateful thirsty love of her life church
  03/26/18
You can't compare album sales between the 80s and the 90s wh...
Flushed Ticket Booth
  03/26/18
The Pearl Jam albums cover the years 1991-1998 and are pre-N...
bateful thirsty love of her life church
  03/26/18
Metallica's 90s albums are Black Album, Load, Reload, and S&...
appetizing blathering spot round eye
  03/26/18
Garage Inc. got a lot of airplay
Laughsome Maroon Mood
  03/26/18
Yeah, I accidentally left that one off.
appetizing blathering spot round eye
  03/26/18
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Lavender fiercely-loyal pit brethren
  03/26/18
possibly RHCP but if im being honest Pearl Jam was prob bigg...
Ultramarine potus kitty
  03/26/18
Btw, what do we mean here by "biggest"? Some po...
kink-friendly giraffe
  03/26/18
im taking it as an unquantifiable mix of everything. that's ...
Ultramarine potus kitty
  03/26/18
combination of popularity, critical reception, production/lo...
Supple infuriating elastic band library
  03/26/18
Phish
Marvelous Kitchen
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Abusive cracking theater stage
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Nirvana if you're considering overall cultural impact, and i...
Scarlet exciting bawdyhouse tattoo
  03/26/18
In Utero and Unplugged both sold only 5 million each, hoss, ...
bateful thirsty love of her life church
  03/26/18
Wrong, Unplugged has sold over 19 million and In Utero over ...
Scarlet exciting bawdyhouse tattoo
  03/26/18
Global sales mean shit in an AMERICAN culture thread.
bateful thirsty love of her life church
  03/26/18
Are you seriously claiming that Primus or Collective Soul ha...
Scarlet exciting bawdyhouse tattoo
  03/26/18
is there a thread called "Nirvana Wednesdays"?
Supple infuriating elastic band library
  03/26/18
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Laughsome Maroon Mood
  03/26/18
Sugar Ray
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...
Filthy party of the first part parlor
  03/26/18
RHCP was the biggest band that had consistently decent to go...
Coiffed spectacular persian home
  03/26/18
Blood Sugar Sex Magick (1991) was huge but then they release...
bateful thirsty love of her life church
  03/26/18
and they were already established in the 80s
Supple infuriating elastic band library
  03/26/18
They were sort of underground in the 80s. Their guitarist ha...
Flushed Ticket Booth
  03/26/18
I agree. BSSM was definitely a 90s album and it was huge, bu...
Curious Red Hissy Fit Trump Supporter
  03/26/18
this is why in the other thread i think they were "bigg...
kink-friendly giraffe
  03/26/18
Hootie & the Blowfish dominated the 1990s. Or the Counti...
Olive goyim institution
  03/26/18
oasis
Racy locale chad
  03/26/18
creed
Godawful Amber Principal's Office Mother
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Phish
Abusive cracking theater stage
  03/26/18
Nirvana
concupiscible pink casino
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Biggest: nirvana Best: tool
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Imo one could make a serious argument for pearl jam, metalli...
talented market digit ratio
  03/26/18
radiohead would be it but they're more like a generation-spa...
Supple infuriating elastic band library
  03/26/18
Radiohead were a one-hit wonder in the US until OK Computer ...
bateful thirsty love of her life church
  03/26/18
i remember "Just" was huge as well as "High a...
Supple infuriating elastic band library
  03/26/18
Fake Plastic Trees made it into a couple movie soundtracks e...
Ultramarine potus kitty
  03/26/18
Those got pretty sparse airplay and only on niche alternativ...
mint out-of-control hospital factory reset button
  03/26/18
the OK Computer album pretty much changed my life back in 19...
Curious Red Hissy Fit Trump Supporter
  03/26/18
Metallica. Huge album sales. Sold out stadiums all over. ...
appetizing blathering spot round eye
  03/26/18
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buff fanboi
  03/26/18
They would get my vote for the 90s
kink-friendly giraffe
  03/26/18
TITCR Black Album tour alone lasted 3 years. Moscow in 1...
mewling judgmental turdskin tanning salon
  03/26/18
Load and Reload (of shit) sucked and no one liked then, they...
bateful thirsty love of her life church
  03/26/18
doesn't change the facts.
mewling judgmental turdskin tanning salon
  03/26/18
Not buying this. Black album was huge but that was the very ...
mint out-of-control hospital factory reset button
  03/26/18
Dave Matthews Band
arousing cruise ship gunner
  03/26/18
the quality of pussy at Dave MAtthews shows in the 90s was p...
Curious Red Hissy Fit Trump Supporter
  03/26/18
...
Big den karate
  03/26/18
phish
Abusive cracking theater stage
  03/26/18
Are people who shared all those live Phish concert tapes in ...
Flushed Ticket Booth
  03/26/18
Hell no, they're still going to see the band
Olive goyim institution
  03/26/18
wtf no.
Abusive cracking theater stage
  03/26/18
Phish sucks
talented market digit ratio
  03/26/18
lol cr, they are truly godawful
kink-friendly giraffe
  03/26/18
flame
Abusive cracking theater stage
  03/26/18
...
provocative knife theatre
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Hard Rock/Metal: Metallica Dad Rock: REM US Mainstream/Alt...
Filthy party of the first part parlor
  03/26/18
REM didn't become dad rock until the 2000s and nobody listen...
bateful thirsty love of her life church
  03/26/18
Well, whatever you want to call their radio-friendly stuff i...
Filthy party of the first part parlor
  03/26/18
Lol wtf faggit, their moast poppy, commercial album was Out ...
bateful thirsty love of her life church
  03/26/18
I just did ctrl+F "Judas Jones" looks about rig...
passionate chestnut death wish stage
  03/26/18
Whelp, that settles it, The Rolling Stones were the biggest ...
bateful thirsty love of her life church
  03/26/18
"rock" broadly defined would have to include elton...
Beady-eyed Opaque Doctorate
  03/26/18
No and you're gay (like Elton John)
bateful thirsty love of her life church
  03/26/18
...
pearly liquid oxygen
  03/26/18
...
mint out-of-control hospital factory reset button
  03/26/18
Nirvana or RHCP in terms of cultural impact.
Greedy garrison
  03/26/18
so this thread is just animeboi slapping away legit choices ...
federal rough-skinned voyeur property
  03/26/18
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Curious Red Hissy Fit Trump Supporter
  03/26/18
All my arguments are solid and based on facts with reference...
bateful thirsty love of her life church
  03/26/18
yes, your solid fact based arguments above consisting of &qu...
federal rough-skinned voyeur property
  03/26/18
Hootie and the Blowfish
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  03/26/18


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Date: March 25th, 2018 8:21 PM
Author: bateful thirsty love of her life church

Probably either Primus, Collective Soul or Alice in Chains.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35687103)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:18 AM
Author: Flushed Ticket Booth

I saw Primus live at least half a dozen times in their heyday and they were never once the lead act at a major stadium. Always smaller venues and clubs and even universities. I think their biggest selling album was what, pork soda?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690189)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:40 AM
Author: Curious Red Hissy Fit Trump Supporter

pork soda was 1800000

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690990)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:47 AM
Author: kink-friendly giraffe

"My genetalia, and pectoral muscles, aren't quite what I would like them to be" (xo poa

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691026)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:23 AM
Author: Ultramarine potus kitty

the only thing primus is popularly known for is the fucking south park theme song

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690211)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:24 AM
Author: mint out-of-control hospital factory reset button

(les claypool tp)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690217)



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Date: March 25th, 2018 8:23 PM
Author: mustard coffee pot

The Police (JCM)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35687121)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:25 AM
Author: talented market digit ratio

Lmfao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690226)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:26 AM
Author: mint out-of-control hospital factory reset button



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690228)



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Date: March 25th, 2018 8:25 PM
Author: self-centered primrose becky electric furnace

Smashing Pumpkins were huge at one point.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35687139)



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Date: March 25th, 2018 8:30 PM
Author: Beady-eyed Opaque Doctorate

lol i think the best-selling "rock" album of the 90's (and one of the best-sellers ever, actually) was jagged little pill.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35687168)



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Date: March 25th, 2018 8:31 PM
Author: bateful thirsty love of her life church

That's wasn't rock, that was postpop-alternative (moron). And biggest doesn't mean the single biggest selling album.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35687178)



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Date: March 25th, 2018 9:18 PM
Author: Floppy misunderstood rehab international law enforcement agency

STP

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35687556)



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Date: March 25th, 2018 9:24 PM
Author: mint out-of-control hospital factory reset button

Nirvana, obviously

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35687607)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:04 AM
Author: bateful thirsty love of her life church

Nirvana only had one popular album (no one actually liked In Utero) and the only reason people remember them is because Kurdt offed himself.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690124)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 1:27 PM
Author: Flushed Ticket Booth

(guy who wasnt in high school in the mid 90s right before Kurt killed himself)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691872)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 1:31 PM
Author: bateful thirsty love of her life church

I was literally in high school when Kurdt killt himself and saw Nirvana in concert before he did.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691914)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:04 AM
Author: silver piazza stock car

1990s (1990-1999)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690126)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:05 AM
Author: Big den karate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690129)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:10 AM
Author: Curious Red Hissy Fit Trump Supporter

It’s Pearl Jam or Metallica

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690147)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:18 AM
Author: bateful thirsty love of her life church

Metallica released their classic albums in the 80s. The Black Album (1991) was a huge pop hit but they spend the rest of the decade becoming irrelevant has-beens.

Pearl Jam only had one widely popular album (Ten) but then dropped its anthemic classic-rock style and settled into a smaller fanbase.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690187)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:20 AM
Author: Flushed Ticket Booth

The albums after the black album were shit but their tours were ridiculous and they maintained a huge fan base throughout the entire decade. It wasn't until the 2000s the fans finally came to terms with the fact that they suck and will never make another good album.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690198)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:24 AM
Author: pearly liquid oxygen

Pearl Jam only had one widely popular album (Ten) but then dropped its anthemic classic-rock style and settled into a smaller fanbase.

LJL no

"Upon its release, Vs. set the record for most copies of an album sold in its first week, a record it held for five years. Vs. occupied the number one spot on the Billboard 200 chart for five weeks, the longest duration for a Pearl Jam album. The album has been certified seven times platinum by the RIAA in the United States."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690216)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:50 AM
Author: bateful thirsty love of her life church

Vs was hyped to death and people were expecting it to sound like Ten (it didn't).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690359)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:42 AM
Author: Curious Red Hissy Fit Trump Supporter

and?

it was 180. So were No Code, Vitalogy, and Yield

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690997)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:12 AM
Author: Flushed Ticket Booth

Nineties are highly bifurcated. Early on you had GnR who absolutely DOMINATED until Pearl Jam and Nirvana pushed their shit in. Metallica was huge too, basically the Led Zeppelin of the era.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690160)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:26 AM
Author: kink-friendly giraffe

Agreed. Culturally I always view the 90s as two half-decades

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690229)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:28 AM
Author: bateful thirsty love of her life church

lolno. GnR and Metallica were HUGE at the same time as Nirvana and Pearl Jam were popular. Kids into rock music listened to all kinds of rock music and didn't ghetto themselves into "metal" or "alternative" or "grunge". The reason GnR and Metallica aren't the biggest bands of the 90s is 1) Their classic stuff was released in the 80s 2) Their popularity peaked around 1992 then quickly faded because they released nothing/shit after that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690244)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 12:01 PM
Author: Laughsome Maroon Mood



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691118)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 1:18 PM
Author: Flushed Ticket Booth

Their popularity did not "quickly fade." Nirvana has a half dozen tracks that still get steady rotation. People still freak out over anything Kurt Cobain-related.

Metallica is an odd duck. Yes their best music was from the 80s, but they didn't become a rock institution until the 90s. I'm sure most people who have bought Master of puppets over the years bought it after the black album was released.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691789)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 6:29 PM
Author: Filthy party of the first part parlor

Grunge killed off the theatrical hair metal bands, but GNR just kind of imploded on their own.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35694524)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:13 AM
Author: pearly liquid oxygen

Pearl Jam easily

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690163)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:23 AM
Author: vibrant maniacal church building yarmulke



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690210)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:24 AM
Author: Walnut house



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690219)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:12 AM
Author: disgusting son of senegal



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690838)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 12:26 PM
Author: appetizing blathering spot round eye

Maybe. They probably had a bit of an edge on Metallica in terms of album sales.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691331)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 12:33 PM
Author: bateful thirsty love of her life church

1st five Metallica albums

3xPlatinum, 6xPlat, 6xPlat, 8xPlat, 16xPlat

1st five Pearl Jam albums

13xPlatinum, 7xPlat, 5xPlat, 1xPlat, 1xPlat

Not even close. Pearl Jam's success really was just "Ten" + coasting off that for a few years.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691385)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 1:23 PM
Author: Flushed Ticket Booth

You can't compare album sales between the 80s and the 90s when people started downloading shit. Black album was pre-napster but Pearl Jam released several albums in the Napster era that got pirated to fuck.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691830)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 1:30 PM
Author: bateful thirsty love of her life church

The Pearl Jam albums cover the years 1991-1998 and are pre-Napster and the general collapse of album sales which begun in the mid-2000's

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691903)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 3:28 PM
Author: appetizing blathering spot round eye

Metallica's 90s albums are Black Album, Load, Reload, and S&M (and S&M was Nov. 1999).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35693003)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 3:31 PM
Author: Laughsome Maroon Mood

Garage Inc. got a lot of airplay

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35693015)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 4:11 PM
Author: appetizing blathering spot round eye

Yeah, I accidentally left that one off.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35693338)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 6:12 PM
Author: Lavender fiercely-loyal pit brethren



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:27 AM
Author: Ultramarine potus kitty

possibly RHCP but if im being honest Pearl Jam was prob bigger

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690238)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:38 AM
Author: kink-friendly giraffe

Btw, what do we mean here by "biggest"?

Some poasters seem to think it has to include the band's most influential work, whereas others think it's just a band selling out stadiums and selling lots of records and being really famous.

With Metallica for instance, their more highly regarded work was certainly in the 80s, but they were undoubtedly a bigger, more popular band in the 90s.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690293)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:41 AM
Author: Ultramarine potus kitty

im taking it as an unquantifiable mix of everything. that's what makes it open to debate

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690304)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:43 AM
Author: Supple infuriating elastic band library

combination of popularity, critical reception, production/longevity, cultural impact, and musical influence

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690313)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:55 AM
Author: Marvelous Kitchen

Phish

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690381)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:45 AM
Author: Abusive cracking theater stage



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Date: March 26th, 2018 10:32 AM
Author: Scarlet exciting bawdyhouse tattoo

Nirvana if you're considering overall cultural impact, and it isn't close.

Also whoever said above they only had one popular album is a retard, In Utero and Unplugged both sold like 20 million copies.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690587)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 10:50 AM
Author: bateful thirsty love of her life church

In Utero and Unplugged both sold only 5 million each, hoss, and that was largely based on hype from Nevermind and Kurdt suicide.

Nirvana had "cultural impact" but not so much musical impact. People into music didn't care about the Kurdt Kobain death cult.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690699)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 10:57 AM
Author: Scarlet exciting bawdyhouse tattoo

Wrong, Unplugged has sold over 19 million and In Utero over 13 million:

https://www.statisticbrain.com/nirvana-album-sales-statistics/

Also, they had plenty of musical impact, almost every band that hit it big from 1993-1997 was heavily in debt to Nirvana.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690742)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:11 AM
Author: bateful thirsty love of her life church

Global sales mean shit in an AMERICAN culture thread.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690832)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:27 AM
Author: Scarlet exciting bawdyhouse tattoo

Are you seriously claiming that Primus or Collective Soul had a bigger impact on American culture in the 90s than Nirvana??

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690930)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:29 AM
Author: Supple infuriating elastic band library

is there a thread called "Nirvana Wednesdays"?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690943)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:46 AM
Author: Brindle genital piercing



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691023)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 12:01 PM
Author: Laughsome Maroon Mood



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691120)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 10:34 AM
Author: Umber school cafeteria

Sugar Ray

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690611)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 1:23 PM
Author: Filthy party of the first part parlor



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691833)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:04 AM
Author: Coiffed spectacular persian home

RHCP was the biggest band that had consistently decent to good releases throughout the whole decade. Also possibly Green Day or KoRn.

Foo Fighters is the most "90s" band

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690784)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:11 AM
Author: bateful thirsty love of her life church

Blood Sugar Sex Magick (1991) was huge but then they released One Hot Minute (1995) which sucked and everyone wrote them off for most of the decade. In 1999 they released Californication and they got a second wind as a MOR rock band but that was more of a 2000s phenomena.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690825)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:18 AM
Author: Supple infuriating elastic band library

and they were already established in the 80s

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690876)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 1:21 PM
Author: Flushed Ticket Booth

They were sort of underground in the 80s. Their guitarist had to die before they picked up the dude on BSSM.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691810)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:44 AM
Author: Curious Red Hissy Fit Trump Supporter

I agree. BSSM was definitely a 90s album and it was huge, but they got big "again" in the 2000s

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691006)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:46 AM
Author: kink-friendly giraffe

this is why in the other thread i think they were "bigger" in the 2000s. californication was every bit as big as BSSM imo, and stadium arcadium was also a huge album. couple that with the fact that they were so established and had both old and new fans and i think you can easily argue that their biggest decade was 2000-2009

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691019)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:28 AM
Author: Olive goyim institution

Hootie & the Blowfish dominated the 1990s. Or the Counting Crows.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690937)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:45 AM
Author: Racy locale chad

oasis

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691009)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:45 AM
Author: Godawful Amber Principal's Office Mother

creed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691010)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:45 AM
Author: Abusive cracking theater stage

Phish

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691014)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:49 AM
Author: concupiscible pink casino

Nirvana

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691041)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:52 AM
Author: Saffron shrine pocket flask

Biggest: nirvana

Best: tool

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691055)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:52 AM
Author: talented market digit ratio

Imo one could make a serious argument for pearl jam, metallica, or radiohead. Other bands like aic, nirvana, tool, etc are close but not quite at same level of 'biggest'for various reasons

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691058)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:54 AM
Author: Supple infuriating elastic band library

radiohead would be it but they're more like a generation-spanning band. they had amazing albums in the 2000s as well. they're a step up.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691072)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 12:19 PM
Author: bateful thirsty love of her life church

Radiohead were a one-hit wonder in the US until OK Computer (1997)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691250)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 12:29 PM
Author: Supple infuriating elastic band library

i remember "Just" was huge as well as "High and Dry". there were a bunch of other singles

The Bends looks like it was more successful on charts in the US than OK Computer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiohead_discography#Singles

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691352)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 2:27 PM
Author: Ultramarine potus kitty

Fake Plastic Trees made it into a couple movie soundtracks etc i think

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35692530)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:35 PM
Author: mint out-of-control hospital factory reset button

Those got pretty sparse airplay and only on niche alternative stations, not really 'biggest band' stuff

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35696031)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 12:22 PM
Author: Curious Red Hissy Fit Trump Supporter

the OK Computer album pretty much changed my life back in 1998/1999

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691288)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 12:21 PM
Author: appetizing blathering spot round eye

Metallica.

Huge album sales. Sold out stadiums all over. Went on a tour with GNR.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691276)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 12:30 PM
Author: buff fanboi



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691357)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 12:31 PM
Author: kink-friendly giraffe

They would get my vote for the 90s

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691362)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 2:35 PM
Author: mewling judgmental turdskin tanning salon

TITCR

Black Album tour alone lasted 3 years. Moscow in 1991 in front of 150k+.

All 3 of their 90's studio albums entered the Billboard chart at #1.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35692634)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 2:59 PM
Author: bateful thirsty love of her life church

Load and Reload (of shit) sucked and no one liked then, they were #1 because Metallica was coasting off the popularity of the Black Album.

People really forgot how before the internet destroyed the music industry how bands could sell absurd numbers of subsequent mediocre albums off the success of one good one (look at the sales figures for Ratt)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35692841)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 6:14 PM
Author: mewling judgmental turdskin tanning salon

doesn't change the facts.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35694427)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:37 PM
Author: mint out-of-control hospital factory reset button

Not buying this. Black album was huge but that was the very beginning of the 90s, almost feels like still the 80s. The rest of the decade felt like everyone was just asking what the fuck happened to Metallica like they were a decaying corpse of a band starting with load

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35696046)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 12:22 PM
Author: arousing cruise ship gunner

Dave Matthews Band

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691291)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 12:33 PM
Author: Curious Red Hissy Fit Trump Supporter

the quality of pussy at Dave MAtthews shows in the 90s was positively insane. I probably saw him 5-6 times in the 90s.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691378)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 1:22 PM
Author: Big den karate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691823)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 1:18 PM
Author: Abusive cracking theater stage

phish

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691792)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 1:29 PM
Author: Flushed Ticket Booth

Are people who shared all those live Phish concert tapes in the 90s, and who insisted on playing them at every party, at all embarrassed by that today?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691897)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 2:05 PM
Author: Olive goyim institution

Hell no, they're still going to see the band

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35692301)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 4:34 PM
Author: Abusive cracking theater stage

wtf no.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35693551)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 2:13 PM
Author: talented market digit ratio

Phish sucks

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35692384)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 2:16 PM
Author: kink-friendly giraffe

lol cr, they are truly godawful

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35692414)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 4:34 PM
Author: Abusive cracking theater stage

flame

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35693554)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 3:37 PM
Author: provocative knife theatre



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35693054)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 3:34 PM
Author: Filthy party of the first part parlor

Hard Rock/Metal: Metallica

Dad Rock: REM

US Mainstream/Alt Rock: PJ (maybe SP)

UK Mainstream/Alt Rock: Oasis

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35693044)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 4:30 PM
Author: bateful thirsty love of her life church

REM didn't become dad rock until the 2000s and nobody listened when they did.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35693500)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 4:32 PM
Author: Filthy party of the first part parlor

Well, whatever you want to call their radio-friendly stuff in the 90s catering to 30yo+ educated white ppl. They took over the U2 spot for a while.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35693538)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 4:37 PM
Author: bateful thirsty love of her life church

Lol wtf faggit, their moast poppy, commercial album was Out of Time (1991), then they released a series of increasingly less commercial albums, especially Monster (1994) which cost them a lot of their fanbase. Only with Reveal (2001) did they go back to shitty MOR alt-pop.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35693595)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:25 PM
Author: passionate chestnut death wish stage

I just did ctrl+F "Judas Jones"

looks about right, and just to cross-reference, I checked on tour revenues -- what say you about these findings?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_concert_tours#1990s

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35695918)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:30 PM
Author: bateful thirsty love of her life church

Whelp, that settles it, The Rolling Stones were the biggest band of the 90s. I withdraw Primus from consideration.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35695964)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 4:26 PM
Author: Beady-eyed Opaque Doctorate

"rock" broadly defined would have to include elton john, who had a bunch of hit singles in the 90's, including the biggest single of the entire decade (the princess diana tribute song) and one of the best-selling albums in US/global history (the lion king soundtrack).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35693469)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 4:30 PM
Author: bateful thirsty love of her life church

No and you're gay (like Elton John)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35693505)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 5:02 PM
Author: pearly liquid oxygen



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35693794)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:39 PM
Author: mint out-of-control hospital factory reset button



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35696069)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 4:30 PM
Author: Greedy garrison

Nirvana or RHCP in terms of cultural impact.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35693512)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 6:16 PM
Author: federal rough-skinned voyeur property

so this thread is just animeboi slapping away legit choices limp-wristedly so that we can go with fucking primus?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35694434)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 6:27 PM
Author: Curious Red Hissy Fit Trump Supporter



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35694501)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:22 PM
Author: bateful thirsty love of her life church

All my arguments are solid and based on facts with references to related wikipedia articles. Your arguments are just profanity-laden ad hominums (that's a logical fallacy btw.) FACT.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35695898)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:25 PM
Author: federal rough-skinned voyeur property

yes, your solid fact based arguments above consisting of "lol wtf faggit"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35695922)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 6:16 PM
Author: High-end brunch philosopher-king

Hootie and the Blowfish

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35694440)