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Better MTV Unplugged: Alice in Chains or Nirvana

Posted on 1/24/26 at 12:56 pm
Posted by boomjosh
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Posted on 1/24/26 at 12:56 pm
Posted by samson73103
Krypton
Member since Nov 2008
9208 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 1:29 pm to
Alice In Chains







They were a better band than Nirvana as well. By a significant margin.
Posted by beauxgy
LA
Member since Feb 2007
3937 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 1:30 pm to
AIC. No contest.
Posted by TFTC
Chicago, Il
Member since May 2010
23421 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 2:51 pm to
This is an easy one... Nirvana..
Posted by A Menace to Sobriety
Member since Jun 2018
32231 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 3:31 pm to
quote:

Alice In Chains







They were a better band than Nirvana as well. By a significant margin.


I echo this same answer.
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
95046 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 4:56 pm to
Alice in Chains and it isn't particularly close. Even with Staley dope sick and under the weather (and he fixed, reportedly "just enough" to function, right before they came on.)

Posted by A12 Oxcart
On the float out in the Belt
Member since Dec 2022
1114 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 5:33 pm to
Alice in Chains (and about 15 other ones).

I just don't get the overabundance of love that Unplugged In New York gets. It's really not that good. Kurt's voice is barely in tune and they added extra musicians, but still managed to sound lame.
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
71414 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 6:14 pm to
I was never a major fan of Nirvana, even in the moment, so my vote is AIC.
Posted by Alyosha
Member since Nov 2020
11133 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 6:54 pm to
Nirvana no question
Posted by The Seaward
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2006
11520 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 6:58 pm to
Nirvana

I do like the AIC one too though.
Posted by FredBear
Georgia
Member since Aug 2017
17187 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 7:23 pm to
For me it's AIC, that was a really good performance
Posted by LSUDVM1999
North Carolina
Member since Aug 2010
2415 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 8:03 pm to
I like and appreciate them both. I'm more of an AIC fan in general over Nirvana, and it was AWESOME how AIC started their set with Nutshell and each of the members gradually walked on to the set as the song evolved. However, I also REALLY liked Nirvana's covers (The Man Who Sold The World and Where Did You Sleep Last Night stand out).
Posted by 14&Counting
Dallas, TX
Member since Jul 2012
41778 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 9:30 pm to
AIC was great but the Nirvana performance seemed more iconic
Posted by Hetfield
Dallas
Member since Jun 2013
9473 posts
Posted on 1/24/26 at 9:36 pm to
Alice in Chains. Always.
Posted by MikeinHoover
Hoover, AL
Member since Jun 2014
77 posts
Posted on 1/25/26 at 6:24 am to
AIC overall for me.

However Nirvana closing with Where Did You Sleep Last Night was haunting and always stuck with me.
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
Member since Jan 2007
170102 posts
Posted on 1/25/26 at 9:56 am to
AIC, and I really liked both.

AIC just felt different. Hauntingly beautiful show.

Jerry glancing at Lane every few seconds to make sure he was good.
Posted by Big Scrub TX
Member since Dec 2013
39091 posts
Posted on 1/25/26 at 11:23 am to
Nirvana. Because it WASN'T actually unplugged.

The entire Unplugged movement is/was trash.

I don't need to hear AIC pretending to be an acoustic band.
Posted by VaeVictus
Member since Feb 2017
1845 posts
Posted on 1/25/26 at 11:48 am to
AIC by a large margin. Just a better band, and it isn't close.
Posted by Alyosha
Member since Nov 2020
11133 posts
Posted on 1/25/26 at 1:51 pm to
Truly genuine question here and will get DVed but I’ve been curious for years about this. I wish someone can explain to me the obsession over AIC. Is this more of a southern thing?

I grew up during the grunge era on the west coast and immersed in the grunge/Seattle scene. AIC was a respected band, but I never encountered a conversation where they were mentioned as the best or among the top. Sort of faded from my memory until encountering this board and they’re often brought up.
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
43979 posts
Posted on 1/25/26 at 2:28 pm to
Honestly, both were good performances. I like AIC better as a band and I liked their unplugged performance better. One of the things about it for me is that it was more surprising how well they pulled that off because the instrumental portions of AIC's music seemed less suited for that transition, though I guess their harmonies were always going to be there regardless of the instruments, and they were the icing on that musical cake.

That's from a guy who is really close to clueless about music other than what I like so take it with a grain of salt
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