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Conference napalm::heavy_metal

Title:HEAVY_METAL - Talent Round-Up DayDay
Notice:Rules-2.*,Directory-7.*,Roster-3.*,Garbage-99.*
Moderator:BUSY::SLABB
Created:Wed May 04 1988
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1238
Total number of notes:65616

962.0. "Grunge Sales" by BINKLY::DUVARNEY () Wed Jul 21 1993 13:36

    What Seattle bases band has sold the most albums (cds)?
    Does anybody have the #'s to support an answer?
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962.1GOES11::G_HOUSESon of SpamWed Jul 21 1993 15:436
    Probably Heart.  Oh you wanted "grunge", not "Seattle based", right?
    
    I'd guess either Nirvana or Pearl Jam, probably the latter, but I don't
    have any numbers.
     
    gh
962.2?CSC32::W_ALEXANDERThu Jul 22 1993 11:541
    Possibly Soundgarden, since they were popular before Nirvana was born.
962.3BUSY::SLABOUNTYSomeoneLeftTheCakeOutInTheRainThu Jul 22 1993 13:117
    
    	Soundgarden was around first, but they apparently didn't get
    	the exposure that Nirvana got.
    
    	I'd say Nirvana all the way.
    
    							GTI
962.4My best guess would be Pearl Jam, several hitsGOES11::G_HOUSESon of SpamThu Jul 22 1993 22:395
    I'd seriously doubt it's Soundgarden.  Yeah, they were around for quite
    awhile, but they didn't sell hardly any records until BadMotorFinger
    and I don't think it did as well as Nevermind did for Nirvana.
    
    gh
962.5darn ;-)FRETZ::HEISERlight without heatFri Jul 23 1993 00:491
    You mean Heart has outsold Quarterflash?!
962.6Don't forget...QueensrycheDNEAST::MARDEN_ROBERFri Jul 23 1993 01:089
    
    Heart must be number 1.
    
    #2 Not Pearl Jam, or Soundgarden, or Nirvana
    
    It must be Queensryche!!!
    
    Rob
    
962.7QRYCHE::STARRTimes They Are A-Changin' BackFri Jul 23 1993 15:143
Actually, I would say the #1 selling artist from Seattle is Jimi Hendrix....

alan