>Kurt Cobain kills himself after Nirvana becomes too big for him to handle
>following Alice In Chains' rise to being one of the biggest rock bands on the planet, Layne Staley becomes a shut-in and spends 8 years isolated in his apartment, obliterating himself with drugs before finally dying
>Soundgarden break up at their creative and commercial peak; they eventually reunite and release a couple of lukewarm albums before Chris Cornell kills himself as well
>Pearl Jam freak out about being too popular and go on an autistic boycott against music videos and Ticketmaster, fucking up their career in the process
Why were grunge bands so shit at handling success?
>>74096800
>Why were grunge bands so shit?
ftfy
>>74096800
pearl jam was never grunge. posers did hair metal and surf rock prior.
>>74096800
>Alice In Chains' rise to being one of the biggest rock bands on the planet
lol
>>74096820
Oh boy, do I have some disappointing news for you...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-gx957MEO4
Maybe they just wanted to have fun/make money making music and didn't realize all the uncomfortable consequences of being talented musicians until it was too late
>>74096856
That's not the same band as Alice In Chains. After Alice 'N Chains broke up, Layne and Jerry formed a new band and Layne modified the name from his previous band to use with the new band
>>74096800
>Alice In Chains' rise to being one of the biggest rock bands on the planet
>biggest rock bands on the planet
Uh...wut?
they were never very big:
AiC ...10 albums/EP's/compilations = 11,270,000 units
Not exactly
U2 ...13 albums = 170,000,000 units
or
Nirvana ... 3 albums = 47,000,000 units
>>74096820
You do realize that's how grunge was born right? Through hair metal?
>>74096800
Grunge was never supposed to be so popular. These dudes were just a bunch of autistic junkies from Seattle, not built for mainstream exposure.
>>74096800
They're nu-males
>>74097186
they're not THAT big, but they do have the highest selling EP of all time, Jar of Flies