My choice: Nivana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, & STP.  8)

I voted for Nirvana & Soundgarden...I also think Adam Sandler had Eddie Vedders voice down perfect a few years back though... ;D

I voted for Nirvana & Soundgarden...I also think Adam Sandler had Eddie Vedders voice down perfect a few years back though... ;D
I chose Nirvana and Soundgarden--I like STP but they're not in the same league as these other bands, and I got burned out on Pearl Jam quite a while ago.

Pearl Jam and Nirvana 

Stone Temple Pilots!!!

All of the Above!!! I was a big fan of all of them,especially in the 90's.

in order:

Pearl Jam
Soundgarden
STP
Nirvana

Nirvana! Then STP, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden.

None of the Above  :o

I chose Nirvana and Soundgarden--I like STP but they're not in the same league as these other bands, and I got burned out on Pearl Jam quite a while ago.
I agree absolutely!!

It goes like this for me:

Alice In Chains
Soundgarden
Pearl Jam
STP

Soundgarden and Pearl Jam. Two of the best rock and roll bands in te past 25 years. Great frontmen!!!!

Soundgarden & STP.  But Alice In Chains beats them all  ;)

None Of The Above!!!

You know, you left out one of the best bands of that era, one that is as good as if not better than all of the aforementioned groups:

ALICE IN CHAINS!!!

All of the above!

Seriously, the grunge Big Four are Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and ALICE IN CHAINS.  STP just don't enter into it; not only are they not part of the Seattle Four, they were also nowhere near as good a band. 

Now I, being the cliche I am, will have to cast my vote for Nirvana.

STP, followed by  Soundgarden...especially Louder Than Love and Badmotorfinger.

Seriously, the grunge Big Four are Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and ALICE IN CHAINS.  STP just don't enter into it; not only are they not part of the Seattle Four, they were also nowhere near as good a band. 


Are you kidding me? ???  Yeah, STP had their own style & sound and were even borderline glam at one point, but they were a HUGE part of the grunge movement.

STP was my favorite band around 1995-1996 and then lead singer Scott Weiland fell on hard times with drug adiction. They were a great band from 1992-1996 looking backing on it. I think Pearl Jam and Soundgarden were maybe better bands than STP but STP is my favorite band of the 90's. STP in the 90's did what Hall and Oates did in the 80's: they weren't labeled as great but like Hall and Oates did in the 80's STP had alot of hit singles in the 90's. I know comparing STP to Hall and Oates is weird but I just had to put the comparison out there.

I liked them all. However, my order would be

STP
Pearl Jam
Nirvana
Soundgarden (my dad freaked out when he saw "Black Hole Sun" for the first time)

Tanya

1. Pearl Jam
2. Nirvana
3. STP
4. Soundgarden

Pearl Jam is like the best band ever! Alive, Jeremy, Betterman, Even Flow.. so many great songs, some of the best ever. But nothing beats Black.. if you havent heard that song, omg you've gotta! It is so powerful. I love it

All of the Above!!!

1. Soundgarden
2. STP
3. Nirvana
4. Pearl Jam
5. Alice In Chains

Chris Cornell is my favorite male vocalist of all time! 🖤 Scott, Kurt and Layne all had great voices and Eddie does too but Chris will always be my favorite vocalist.

as an ignorant 2010s kid STP FTW I have tired listening to the others bands mentioned in the poll but they were meh, IDK STP seems more accessible  to me and also I discovered them back in 2019 (when I was starting to get into rock/heavier sh!t) at the thrift store after seeing the album "core" on CD there. I then tired No.4 was the sh!t I loved the song "Sex and Violence" and I instantly feel in love with the band until...... I listed to their 2018 album (but were not going to talk about that)

oh and Chris Cornell was better in audioslave, IMO

SET THIS FU**KER OFF- Chris Cornell- 2002

If I am honest, all those bands I feel are overrated.  Back in the 90s grunge era, all those bands sort of sounded the same:  a deep voiced singer who sounds like he's on suicide row.  I did like Pearl Jam's version of Last Kiss.  That's a song that no one can really get wrong

If I am honest, all those bands I feel are overrated.  Back in the 90s grunge era, all those bands sort of sounded the same:  a deep voiced singer who sounds like he's on suicide row.  I did like Pearl Jam's version of Last Kiss.  That's a song that no one can really get wrong


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj8FIUGLgDM

If I am honest, all those bands I feel are overrated.  Back in the 90s grunge era, all those bands sort of sounded the same:  a deep voiced singer who sounds like he's on suicide row.  I did like Pearl Jam's version of Last Kiss.  That's a song that no one can really get wrong


I must respectfully disagree. Although these bands may have all came from the Seattle area (and I still have to take OP to task for his glaring omission of Alice In Chains from this poll, not to mention that Stone Temple Pilots came from California), I found them to be vastly different from each other. Nirvana was a punk band, Soundgarden, AIC, and STP were more metal-influenced, and Pearl Jam had more of a hippie/stoner vibe to them. Really, the main thing these bands had in common was that they had more gravitas than the hair-metal bands that preceded them.

In addition, I believe that 1992's Dirt by Alice In Chains was one of the greatest albums of the 1990's and that Layne Staley was one of the best rock vocalists of the last 30 years, and that's a hill I'm willing to die on.  8)

I must respectfully disagree. Although these bands may have all came from the Seattle area (and I still have to take OP to task for his glaring omission of Alice In Chains from this poll, not to mention that Stone Temple Pilots came from California), I found them to be vastly different from each other. Nirvana was a punk band, Soundgarden, AIC, and STP were more metal-influenced, and Pearl Jam had more of a hippie/stoner vibe to them. Really, the main thing these bands had in common was that they had more gravitas than the hair-metal bands that preceded them.

In addition, I believe that 1992's Dirt by Alice In Chains was one of the greatest albums of the 1990's and that Layne Staley was one of the best rock vocalists of the last 30 years, and that's a hill I'm willing to die on.  8)


This is exactly right.