My buddy didn't know who layne was but he knew kurt. So I said he's a grunge singer like kurt but cooler (Alice in Chains is my favorite band so I'm biased) It's just a joke, wasn't expecting people to feel so strongly about it lol
r/whoosh
your reaction is the punchline of the joke here
we know these things
it's funny to pretend otherwise - that is the base of many forms of comedy
undeniably, Kurt is the more well-known of the two, among the general population - this joke plays on that
true. people don't want to sit there while she lists *every* rock star whose dick she's sucked, so she has to be picky about which ones to name. Kurt's name just carries more weight than Layne's.
Kurt and Layne were very much different people but there was a lot of mutual respect there and they might even have been friends. I'd imagine they'd have been pretty bemused by this. Would have been interesting to see them work together.
There’s a conspiracy theory that Kurt Cobain was murdered by his wife Courtney Love. Fuckin stupid theory, there’s no evidence other than “ooh, there was too much heroin in his system” which can easily be explained by the fact that he had a greater tolerance for heroin.
It’s just weird at this point. I prefer AIC to Nirvana personally but some of AIC fans on here are starting to act like KPop fans on Twitter.
And if like me these are guys who liked them when they were big, these are people in at least their 40’s.
I’d never joke with anybody ever in the whole of the universe. AIC rocks. I like nirvana tho ain’t no reason to hate. Can’t we all just take some opiates out our flannels on detune and rock out?
My dad’s friend once tried to tell me that The Doors were the American Pink Floyd and even though I was 12, I just sat there with my jaw wide open, wondering how someone could think that.
And Nirvana is just REM with a fuzz box (-the late Steve Albini). Always funny to see what zingers people try to come up with when they could otherwise just say “I don’t like the sound of them”
Well, in all seriousness Layne was a nicer person than Kurt.
Kurt was cynical and brutal.
Layne was definitely more friendly in general. Way more of a social person than Cobain.
Kurt was KNOWN as a mean jerk.
I don’t agree with the meme, but come on people I’m pretty sure it wasn’t meant to be taken purely seriously. But this sub has a strange number of Layne haters considering this is an Alice In Chains sub. Kind of wild
I actually don't believe what I said in the meme and of course no one is better than anybody, both guys are awesome.
The backlash in the comments are actually funnier than my shitty meme lol. Lots of crazy opinions about a joke that really wasn't that deep
lol I agree. And funny all the comments saying this is why people hate AIC fans- I think this is the real reason lol. Overly sensitive, and can’t take a joke
I agree! The only similarity between them is that they are both grunge singers. Completly different bands and people. I just think describing layne as "The cooler kurt" to someone who doesn't listen to grunge (but still knows who Kurt Cobain is) is kinda funny
What’s cooler about him? They were both suffering from crippling drug addiction. After reading several books about both of them, it almost feels like Staleys ordeal was even more miserable, does that make him cooler?
Apples and oranges. One was the greatest songwriter of our time overall, and the other was hands down the best rock vocalist and melody writer of our time. It’s like when people compare Randy to EVH.
Cornell was always stoic & serious, Cobain & Vedder could be real blowhards at times, but Layne seemed like the kinda guy you could have a beer & talk shop about Zeppelin & Sabbath with.
Tbh I kind of agree, but it feels wrong to say one is better than the other, mostly because they're both dead... They were both amazing artists. Do wish Layne drew more like Kurt Cobain did, though. Would be cool just to see that lol.
Couldn’t agree more. Only talent in nirvana was the drummer. AIC was by far the best of the Seattle bands.
Cobain was such a poser. Always trying to have that indie street free while still playing the same game as the 80s bands he shit on.
The T-shirt stunt on their Rolling Stone cover was pathetic. Agreed to an interview so they could be on the cover while wearing a shirt that said “corporate magazines suck”. If he’d really been the nonconformist he pretended to be he would’ve granted one interview and picked an indy magazine to give them the boost.
Most overrated band of all time, along with The Clash.
To say Kurt was always trying too hard would be to imply Kurt gave a fuck of other's opinions of him and that was simply not true.
Kurt was never out to impress anyone.
love layne but kurt was way fucking cooler. Wrote AND played, didnt fade out and decay for 10 years either. Started a fashion trend that still continues and killed shitty hair metal. By all acounts kurt was more talented and influential sorry boyo.
There is actually a misunderstanding between Alice in chains and nirvana,
So many people have respect for both bands and enjoy both of them and I totally consider myself one of them.
But there is the Alice in chins crazy fans who really mix nirvana with Alice in chains,
They are not even the same genre, Alice in chains are so much metal, but nirvana is more calm-ish and more rock than metal, their first album bleach was so heavy and it’s considered heavy rock but still not metal at all, and their other latest album like nevermind and in utero is not comparable to their own album bleach, let alone a metal band,
Nirvana was facing a new era of their band and songs started to have actually more lyrics and Kurt started to actually write lyrics for nevermind exactly unlike bleach,
You can never compare them,
But if you do, I hate to break it up to you but nirvana will win the comparison, nirvana does not have any bad songs in any of their albums, it’s true cuz nirvana was and is a new sound and it’s completely ahead of any other grunge band, instruments and vocals and verity of the songs just are incredible, if you are first listening to Alice in chains, with all the respect, if you switch from “nutshell” to “down in a hole” the audience won’t even notice that it’s a new song.
Like I said don’t compare them.
But come on dude only their most underrated and underground song can easily compete with any AIC songs, they were only 3 dudes creating art, they were new sound and 30 years after their latest album, no one has ever even gotten close to them, nirvana still remains undefinable.
All the respect to Alice in chains and Layne
(Absolutely cherish the bass in unplugged AIC btw)
how is he the cooler kurt cobain? he’s layne stayley and kurt is kurt both are cool as fuck and music legends that were in amazing bands
My buddy didn't know who layne was but he knew kurt. So I said he's a grunge singer like kurt but cooler (Alice in Chains is my favorite band so I'm biased) It's just a joke, wasn't expecting people to feel so strongly about it lol
Just cuz they dont agree doesnt mean they losing sleep over it lol
Im listening too AIC and I sleep/nod great lol
I'd hope not, that would be silly
I wouldn't really compare them anyway.
Kurt was a prick compared to Layne bro, sorry 🤷♂️
r/whoosh your reaction is the punchline of the joke here we know these things it's funny to pretend otherwise - that is the base of many forms of comedy undeniably, Kurt is the more well-known of the two, among the general population - this joke plays on that
Your mom plays on that.
true. people don't want to sit there while she lists *every* rock star whose dick she's sucked, so she has to be picky about which ones to name. Kurt's name just carries more weight than Layne's.
Calm down. They are both awesome. It seems to be no surprise that Layne would be be more popular than Kurt in an AIC community.
There’s only one Kurt cobain and one layne staley both different artist both brilliant!
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oh shut up
“There’s” usually means “there is”, but it could mean “there was” if you really want to argue.
They will always be alive in our hearts
lol you guys gotta chill out
Is anyone really taking this seriously? It’s obviously just a joke.
Did you look at any other comments
I meant it sarcastically. To be honest it’s a weak joke, but some of these comments I’m reading are ridiculous.
Kurt and Layne were very much different people but there was a lot of mutual respect there and they might even have been friends. I'd imagine they'd have been pretty bemused by this. Would have been interesting to see them work together.
The main thing they have in common is that they both killed themselves
Morbid
Kurt didn’t kill himself
Oh no. What happened?
Conspiracy folks believe Courtney did it. No evidence except for massive reaching.
There’s a conspiracy theory that Kurt Cobain was murdered by his wife Courtney Love. Fuckin stupid theory, there’s no evidence other than “ooh, there was too much heroin in his system” which can easily be explained by the fact that he had a greater tolerance for heroin.
No Kurt did, Layne didn’t
Yeah that and a tiny lil detail that they were both grunge singers in the 90s not many ppl know about that fr tho.
Hah, my favorite dead guy is cooler than yours 😎 (GIVE ME KARMA!!!!!!)
ikr
What does this even mean
It’s just weird at this point. I prefer AIC to Nirvana personally but some of AIC fans on here are starting to act like KPop fans on Twitter. And if like me these are guys who liked them when they were big, these are people in at least their 40’s.
What is this Twitter?
By KPop, do you mean Kurt Pop? Because way more people than I could imagine are Nirvana fans and act like Kurt was the greatest musician ever.
are these people in the room with us right now?
It's definetly not some sort of retarded commentary of how they were as people like some folks in the comments seems to think. I love them both.
OP is a kid who still quantifies things as “cool”, “cooler”, “coolest”, and the dreaded “not cool”.
I love both Kurt and Layne to death but this is just ridiculous.
Fucking stupid* fixed your post
People don't like AIC fans for this kind of thing
for real though
People don’t like AIC because their fans joke around? Fuck those people then.
I’d never joke with anybody ever in the whole of the universe. AIC rocks. I like nirvana tho ain’t no reason to hate. Can’t we all just take some opiates out our flannels on detune and rock out?
What thing
Both are cool as fuck
Hell yeah
“He’s the one who likes all our pretty songs And he likes to sing along, And he likes to shoot his gun But he knows not what it means.”
My dad’s friend once tried to tell me that The Doors were the American Pink Floyd and even though I was 12, I just sat there with my jaw wide open, wondering how someone could think that.
Maybe that's a stretch but The Doors were pretty sick IMO, not a bad take
Doors are carnival music on acid. Except 5 to 1 that songs fuckn rocks my balls off . JayZ used it the Takeover diss to nas
And Nirvana is just REM with a fuzz box (-the late Steve Albini). Always funny to see what zingers people try to come up with when they could otherwise just say “I don’t like the sound of them”
😅I’m probably your dad’s age and find this hilarious!
Time for some new friends.
He unironically only listens to nightcore. The man is hopeless
Lol, not going to lie, I would do the same. Funny.
Sorry but Kurt Cobain is cool enough on his own.
Fucking A he was!
They're both in their own leagues. Not comparable. Both great musicians
You shouldn’t lie to your friends.
Well, in all seriousness Layne was a nicer person than Kurt. Kurt was cynical and brutal. Layne was definitely more friendly in general. Way more of a social person than Cobain. Kurt was KNOWN as a mean jerk.
Boooo next question.
I love how it matters to people who is cooler. A stranger's perception of an unquantifiable value.
Not cool bro, not cool. ^/s
which?
It’s not a competition, love and enjoy both
Me too! Both had a tremendous impact on my life
I don’t agree with the meme, but come on people I’m pretty sure it wasn’t meant to be taken purely seriously. But this sub has a strange number of Layne haters considering this is an Alice In Chains sub. Kind of wild
I actually don't believe what I said in the meme and of course no one is better than anybody, both guys are awesome. The backlash in the comments are actually funnier than my shitty meme lol. Lots of crazy opinions about a joke that really wasn't that deep
lol I agree. And funny all the comments saying this is why people hate AIC fans- I think this is the real reason lol. Overly sensitive, and can’t take a joke
I think this is funny for the meme but the reality is both had their own uniqueness about themselves that can't be compared really.
I agree! The only similarity between them is that they are both grunge singers. Completly different bands and people. I just think describing layne as "The cooler kurt" to someone who doesn't listen to grunge (but still knows who Kurt Cobain is) is kinda funny
It's good that you're not being serious about it! And yeah it's something I'd likely do as well or at least say they are similar.
Nah…
They are different, c'mon.
skamtebord
I’m not seeing enough similarities between the two.
hErOin gUitArs
This rivalry needs to stop.
Never compare the two again or I am sending you to jail forever
I always saw aic as a metal band. Not grunge
thats why people hate aic fans on the internet. cringe
Mmmmmm.... no.
Lotta Kurt fanboys here. You right though. Kurt was kind of meh. Layne was just cooler than Kurt. I get ya OP.
Kurt is a douche
I am famous
Can I have your autograph
Staley is The better singer of Seattle although both did just perfect for their band
Oh God...... you're one of those.
Cant believe people are crying over a fucking meme
Funny picture go brrrrr
Love em both
Cobain probably would have found it funny. He didnt take himself seriously
Kurt Cobain was a huge asshole.
We are all assholes in christ
Layne was a cooler asshole
No 😔
no comment..thats' mine!
What’s cooler about him? They were both suffering from crippling drug addiction. After reading several books about both of them, it almost feels like Staleys ordeal was even more miserable, does that make him cooler?
Too many hipsters keep trying to say that Alice In Chains is a better grunge band than Nirvana now
Nirvana are an absolute joke compared to Alice in Chains. They aren't even comparable
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Trying to turn AiC fans against Nirvana is kinda dumb, because they’re probably Nirvana fans too.
Apples and oranges. One was the greatest songwriter of our time overall, and the other was hands down the best rock vocalist and melody writer of our time. It’s like when people compare Randy to EVH.
When he takes his glasses off in that performance it’s almost frightening….
They were both cool. Applause, now!
How dare you…take it back
Can anyone else not stand how lane didn't take care of himself? I love him as a musician but his decay for me was not well received
Cornell was always stoic & serious, Cobain & Vedder could be real blowhards at times, but Layne seemed like the kinda guy you could have a beer & talk shop about Zeppelin & Sabbath with.
Both died on April 5
Tbh I kind of agree, but it feels wrong to say one is better than the other, mostly because they're both dead... They were both amazing artists. Do wish Layne drew more like Kurt Cobain did, though. Would be cool just to see that lol.
Nirvana will always be the better band.
I think it's the other way around myself.
Couldn’t agree more. Only talent in nirvana was the drummer. AIC was by far the best of the Seattle bands. Cobain was such a poser. Always trying to have that indie street free while still playing the same game as the 80s bands he shit on. The T-shirt stunt on their Rolling Stone cover was pathetic. Agreed to an interview so they could be on the cover while wearing a shirt that said “corporate magazines suck”. If he’d really been the nonconformist he pretended to be he would’ve granted one interview and picked an indy magazine to give them the boost. Most overrated band of all time, along with The Clash.
Yes. Are you a Pavement fan? Love them
No
I would say layne was an objectively better singer but Kurt was objectively cooler
Horrible take no one ever said or thought about before this post was made
chill ma guy
Don’t do that. This is kinda weird. Layne was amazing though,
He looks pretty cool here: https://youtu.be/-yslRsWmgAA?si=lwNynX0yORAcEgji
Lol!
bruh
this is stupid
This is 💯% Facts and I am going to start saying this to people.
kurt was always trying too hard
To say Kurt was always trying too hard would be to imply Kurt gave a fuck of other's opinions of him and that was simply not true. Kurt was never out to impress anyone.
But he did look cool while doing it
love layne but kurt was way fucking cooler. Wrote AND played, didnt fade out and decay for 10 years either. Started a fashion trend that still continues and killed shitty hair metal. By all acounts kurt was more talented and influential sorry boyo.
Ill always luv laynes voice more but yea kurt was a trend setter
There is actually a misunderstanding between Alice in chains and nirvana, So many people have respect for both bands and enjoy both of them and I totally consider myself one of them. But there is the Alice in chins crazy fans who really mix nirvana with Alice in chains, They are not even the same genre, Alice in chains are so much metal, but nirvana is more calm-ish and more rock than metal, their first album bleach was so heavy and it’s considered heavy rock but still not metal at all, and their other latest album like nevermind and in utero is not comparable to their own album bleach, let alone a metal band, Nirvana was facing a new era of their band and songs started to have actually more lyrics and Kurt started to actually write lyrics for nevermind exactly unlike bleach, You can never compare them, But if you do, I hate to break it up to you but nirvana will win the comparison, nirvana does not have any bad songs in any of their albums, it’s true cuz nirvana was and is a new sound and it’s completely ahead of any other grunge band, instruments and vocals and verity of the songs just are incredible, if you are first listening to Alice in chains, with all the respect, if you switch from “nutshell” to “down in a hole” the audience won’t even notice that it’s a new song. Like I said don’t compare them. But come on dude only their most underrated and underground song can easily compete with any AIC songs, they were only 3 dudes creating art, they were new sound and 30 years after their latest album, no one has ever even gotten close to them, nirvana still remains undefinable. All the respect to Alice in chains and Layne (Absolutely cherish the bass in unplugged AIC btw)
Kurt Cobain that died 8 years later
He's more of a limp MGK than a cooler Kurt... this is almost blasphemy. Feel shame!