Oasis vs. Nirvana

Both bands are different, but the problem is that the people that dont know nirvana's catalogue or b-sides tend to criticise or generalize nirvana's catalogue into just screamy / noisy songs. Sure, there are quite a few of them, but less known compositions such as do-re-mi, old age and the rest of the 93-94 stuff are more acoustic / pop / beatlesque songs.

Say what you wanna say, but nirvana did indeed change the face of music. Rock N Roll cliche's ( sex, drugs, etc ) that once were considered cool are now taken as a joke ( pete doherty , cobain's own wife courtney love, paris hilton, even our own axl ).

And, Nirvana's progressive music evolution is clear. From the raw sound of bleach in the late 80's to the pop side showcased in mtv's unplugged in new york in late 93, i can clearly ( and not to compare with them but, ) make a connection with the beatles, who went from i wanna hold your hand to sgt peppers. As far as a mainstream listener like me knows, oasis has gone downhill in their releases and ( again, for a mainstream listener like me ) the only song that still has regular play is wonderwall, when nirvana's lithium, come as you are and most of the unplugged songs still get air time.

I dont know what band is better, but my favorite is nirvana.