re: Kurt Cobain - Montage of Heck

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Who cares about the first week?

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Because it is a better indicator of the band's popularity at the time than sales 20 years later.

At the time of Kurt's death, Pearl Jam was more popular. That's why he called them sell outs. In 1992, Ten outsold Nevermind by almost 1,000,000 copies.

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If they do go head to head, radio programmers are pretty definite about whom they'd put on the air first: Pearl Jam.

"Based on everything that we measure with--research and the vibe on the street--the anticipation for the Pearl Jam is probably bigger than the Nirvana," says Kevin Weatherly, program director of L.A.'s KROQ-FM.

That's the consensus of rock and alternative programmers around the country surveyed by Pop Eye. Of a dozen, only one said he would play Nirvana first (another copped out by saying he'd play one in the left stereo channel and the other on the right side).

The same view is reflected by record store suppliers, who expect initial demand for the Pearl Jam release to be at least 33% higher than for Nirvana.

"Pearl Jam's buzz right now is huge," says Ginelle Vicary, sales manager of the Pacific Coast One-Stop record distribution service in Chatsworth. "They've been in the spotlight all the time since 'Ten' came out, while Nirvana kind of dropped out of sight."

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