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The biggest rock band of the 1990s (1990-1999)?

Probably either Primus, Collective Soul or Alice in Chains.
sable half-breed
  03/25/18
I saw Primus live at least half a dozen times in their heyda...
lemon mind-boggling native
  03/26/18
pork soda was 1800000
narrow-minded chestnut resort
  03/26/18
"My genetalia, and pectoral muscles, aren't quite what ...
Pearly area masturbator
  03/26/18
the only thing primus is popularly known for is the fucking ...
Gold juggernaut principal's office
  03/26/18
(les claypool tp)
frum step-uncle's house legend
  03/26/18
The Police (JCM)
Razzmatazz gaped idiot
  03/25/18
Lmfao
shaky chartreuse boiling water pervert
  03/26/18
...
frum step-uncle's house legend
  03/26/18
Smashing Pumpkins were huge at one point.
Lake Feces Market
  03/25/18
lol i think the best-selling "rock" album of the 9...
Pink point
  03/25/18
That's wasn't rock, that was postpop-alternative (moron). A...
sable half-breed
  03/25/18
STP
swashbuckling spruce indian lodge jewess
  03/25/18
Nirvana, obviously
frum step-uncle's house legend
  03/25/18
Nirvana only had one popular album (no one actually liked In...
sable half-breed
  03/26/18
(guy who wasnt in high school in the mid 90s right before Ku...
lemon mind-boggling native
  03/26/18
I was literally in high school when Kurdt killt himself and ...
sable half-breed
  03/26/18
1990s (1990-1999)
metal bateful trailer park boltzmann
  03/26/18
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Pale Electric Stag Film
  03/26/18
It’s Pearl Jam or Metallica
narrow-minded chestnut resort
  03/26/18
Metallica released their classic albums in the 80s. The Bla...
sable half-breed
  03/26/18
The albums after the black album were shit but their tours w...
lemon mind-boggling native
  03/26/18
Pearl Jam only had one widely popular album (Ten) but then d...
Spectacular azure rehab deer antler
  03/26/18
Vs was hyped to death and people were expecting it to sound ...
sable half-breed
  03/26/18
and? it was 180. So were No Code, Vitalogy, and Yield
narrow-minded chestnut resort
  03/26/18
Nineties are highly bifurcated. Early on you had GnR who abs...
lemon mind-boggling native
  03/26/18
Agreed. Culturally I always view the 90s as two half-decades
Pearly area masturbator
  03/26/18
lolno. GnR and Metallica were HUGE at the same time as Nirv...
sable half-breed
  03/26/18
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Cowardly crackhouse
  03/26/18
Their popularity did not "quickly fade." Nirvana h...
lemon mind-boggling native
  03/26/18
Grunge killed off the theatrical hair metal bands, but GNR j...
Irradiated Organic Girlfriend
  03/26/18
Pearl Jam easily
Spectacular azure rehab deer antler
  03/26/18
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Bright hairraiser property
  03/26/18
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talking spot kitty cat
  03/26/18
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Glittery bonkers party of the first part
  03/26/18
Maybe. They probably had a bit of an edge on Metallica in te...
Wine unhinged foreskin immigrant
  03/26/18
1st five Metallica albums 3xPlatinum, 6xPlat, 6xPlat, 8xPla...
sable half-breed
  03/26/18
You can't compare album sales between the 80s and the 90s wh...
lemon mind-boggling native
  03/26/18
The Pearl Jam albums cover the years 1991-1998 and are pre-N...
sable half-breed
  03/26/18
Metallica's 90s albums are Black Album, Load, Reload, and S&...
Wine unhinged foreskin immigrant
  03/26/18
Garage Inc. got a lot of airplay
Cowardly crackhouse
  03/26/18
Yeah, I accidentally left that one off.
Wine unhinged foreskin immigrant
  03/26/18
...
doobsian fragrant theater stage
  03/26/18
possibly RHCP but if im being honest Pearl Jam was prob bigg...
Gold juggernaut principal's office
  03/26/18
Btw, what do we mean here by "biggest"? Some po...
Pearly area masturbator
  03/26/18
im taking it as an unquantifiable mix of everything. that's ...
Gold juggernaut principal's office
  03/26/18
combination of popularity, critical reception, production/lo...
Passionate jet son of senegal
  03/26/18
Phish
Plum elastic band voyeur
  03/26/18
...
magical coffee pot sneaky criminal
  03/26/18
Nirvana if you're considering overall cultural impact, and i...
Curious home
  03/26/18
In Utero and Unplugged both sold only 5 million each, hoss, ...
sable half-breed
  03/26/18
Wrong, Unplugged has sold over 19 million and In Utero over ...
Curious home
  03/26/18
Global sales mean shit in an AMERICAN culture thread.
sable half-breed
  03/26/18
Are you seriously claiming that Primus or Collective Soul ha...
Curious home
  03/26/18
is there a thread called "Nirvana Wednesdays"?
Passionate jet son of senegal
  03/26/18
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Coiffed hissy fit box office
  03/26/18
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Cowardly crackhouse
  03/26/18
Sugar Ray
brass stubborn telephone public bath
  03/26/18
...
Irradiated Organic Girlfriend
  03/26/18
RHCP was the biggest band that had consistently decent to go...
vibrant bawdyhouse azn
  03/26/18
Blood Sugar Sex Magick (1991) was huge but then they release...
sable half-breed
  03/26/18
and they were already established in the 80s
Passionate jet son of senegal
  03/26/18
They were sort of underground in the 80s. Their guitarist ha...
lemon mind-boggling native
  03/26/18
I agree. BSSM was definitely a 90s album and it was huge, bu...
narrow-minded chestnut resort
  03/26/18
this is why in the other thread i think they were "bigg...
Pearly area masturbator
  03/26/18
Hootie & the Blowfish dominated the 1990s. Or the Counti...
Floppy institution
  03/26/18
oasis
Ruby House Doctorate
  03/26/18
creed
Useless plaza
  03/26/18
Phish
magical coffee pot sneaky criminal
  03/26/18
Nirvana
lime vengeful set stock car
  03/26/18
Biggest: nirvana Best: tool
hateful factory reset button associate
  03/26/18
Imo one could make a serious argument for pearl jam, metalli...
shaky chartreuse boiling water pervert
  03/26/18
radiohead would be it but they're more like a generation-spa...
Passionate jet son of senegal
  03/26/18
Radiohead were a one-hit wonder in the US until OK Computer ...
sable half-breed
  03/26/18
i remember "Just" was huge as well as "High a...
Passionate jet son of senegal
  03/26/18
Fake Plastic Trees made it into a couple movie soundtracks e...
Gold juggernaut principal's office
  03/26/18
Those got pretty sparse airplay and only on niche alternativ...
frum step-uncle's house legend
  03/26/18
the OK Computer album pretty much changed my life back in 19...
narrow-minded chestnut resort
  03/26/18
Metallica. Huge album sales. Sold out stadiums all over. ...
Wine unhinged foreskin immigrant
  03/26/18
...
Cracking flirting brunch
  03/26/18
They would get my vote for the 90s
Pearly area masturbator
  03/26/18
TITCR Black Album tour alone lasted 3 years. Moscow in 1...
impressive cordovan space
  03/26/18
Load and Reload (of shit) sucked and no one liked then, they...
sable half-breed
  03/26/18
doesn't change the facts.
impressive cordovan space
  03/26/18
Not buying this. Black album was huge but that was the very ...
frum step-uncle's house legend
  03/26/18
Dave Matthews Band
violent balding office rigpig
  03/26/18
the quality of pussy at Dave MAtthews shows in the 90s was p...
narrow-minded chestnut resort
  03/26/18
...
Pale Electric Stag Film
  03/26/18
phish
magical coffee pot sneaky criminal
  03/26/18
Are people who shared all those live Phish concert tapes in ...
lemon mind-boggling native
  03/26/18
Hell no, they're still going to see the band
Floppy institution
  03/26/18
wtf no.
magical coffee pot sneaky criminal
  03/26/18
Phish sucks
shaky chartreuse boiling water pervert
  03/26/18
lol cr, they are truly godawful
Pearly area masturbator
  03/26/18
flame
magical coffee pot sneaky criminal
  03/26/18
...
Free-loading Double Fault Address
  03/26/18
Hard Rock/Metal: Metallica Dad Rock: REM US Mainstream/Alt...
Irradiated Organic Girlfriend
  03/26/18
REM didn't become dad rock until the 2000s and nobody listen...
sable half-breed
  03/26/18
Well, whatever you want to call their radio-friendly stuff i...
Irradiated Organic Girlfriend
  03/26/18
Lol wtf faggit, their moast poppy, commercial album was Out ...
sable half-breed
  03/26/18
I just did ctrl+F "Judas Jones" looks about rig...
purple partner cruise ship
  03/26/18
Whelp, that settles it, The Rolling Stones were the biggest ...
sable half-breed
  03/26/18
"rock" broadly defined would have to include elton...
Pink point
  03/26/18
No and you're gay (like Elton John)
sable half-breed
  03/26/18
...
Spectacular azure rehab deer antler
  03/26/18
...
frum step-uncle's house legend
  03/26/18
Nirvana or RHCP in terms of cultural impact.
Thriller erotic stead wrinkle
  03/26/18
so this thread is just animeboi slapping away legit choices ...
zombie-like prole
  03/26/18
...
narrow-minded chestnut resort
  03/26/18
All my arguments are solid and based on facts with reference...
sable half-breed
  03/26/18
yes, your solid fact based arguments above consisting of &qu...
zombie-like prole
  03/26/18
Hootie and the Blowfish
bronze piazza
  03/26/18


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Date: March 25th, 2018 8:21 PM
Author: sable half-breed

Probably either Primus, Collective Soul or Alice in Chains.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35687103)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:18 AM
Author: lemon mind-boggling native

I saw Primus live at least half a dozen times in their heyday and they were never once the lead act at a major stadium. Always smaller venues and clubs and even universities. I think their biggest selling album was what, pork soda?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690189)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:40 AM
Author: narrow-minded chestnut resort

pork soda was 1800000

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690990)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:47 AM
Author: Pearly area masturbator

"My genetalia, and pectoral muscles, aren't quite what I would like them to be" (xo poa

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691026)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:23 AM
Author: Gold juggernaut principal's office

the only thing primus is popularly known for is the fucking south park theme song

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690211)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:24 AM
Author: frum step-uncle's house legend

(les claypool tp)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690217)



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Date: March 25th, 2018 8:23 PM
Author: Razzmatazz gaped idiot

The Police (JCM)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35687121)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:25 AM
Author: shaky chartreuse boiling water pervert

Lmfao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690226)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:26 AM
Author: frum step-uncle's house legend



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690228)



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Date: March 25th, 2018 8:25 PM
Author: Lake Feces Market

Smashing Pumpkins were huge at one point.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35687139)



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Date: March 25th, 2018 8:30 PM
Author: Pink point

lol i think the best-selling "rock" album of the 90's (and one of the best-sellers ever, actually) was jagged little pill.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35687168)



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Date: March 25th, 2018 8:31 PM
Author: sable half-breed

That's wasn't rock, that was postpop-alternative (moron). And biggest doesn't mean the single biggest selling album.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35687178)



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Date: March 25th, 2018 9:18 PM
Author: swashbuckling spruce indian lodge jewess

STP

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35687556)



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Date: March 25th, 2018 9:24 PM
Author: frum step-uncle's house legend

Nirvana, obviously

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35687607)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:04 AM
Author: sable half-breed

Nirvana only had one popular album (no one actually liked In Utero) and the only reason people remember them is because Kurdt offed himself.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690124)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 1:27 PM
Author: lemon mind-boggling native

(guy who wasnt in high school in the mid 90s right before Kurt killed himself)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691872)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 1:31 PM
Author: sable half-breed

I was literally in high school when Kurdt killt himself and saw Nirvana in concert before he did.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691914)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:04 AM
Author: metal bateful trailer park boltzmann

1990s (1990-1999)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690126)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:05 AM
Author: Pale Electric Stag Film



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690129)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:10 AM
Author: narrow-minded chestnut resort

It’s Pearl Jam or Metallica

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690147)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:18 AM
Author: sable half-breed

Metallica released their classic albums in the 80s. The Black Album (1991) was a huge pop hit but they spend the rest of the decade becoming irrelevant has-beens.

Pearl Jam only had one widely popular album (Ten) but then dropped its anthemic classic-rock style and settled into a smaller fanbase.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690187)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:20 AM
Author: lemon mind-boggling native

The albums after the black album were shit but their tours were ridiculous and they maintained a huge fan base throughout the entire decade. It wasn't until the 2000s the fans finally came to terms with the fact that they suck and will never make another good album.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690198)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:24 AM
Author: Spectacular azure rehab deer antler

Pearl Jam only had one widely popular album (Ten) but then dropped its anthemic classic-rock style and settled into a smaller fanbase.

LJL no

"Upon its release, Vs. set the record for most copies of an album sold in its first week, a record it held for five years. Vs. occupied the number one spot on the Billboard 200 chart for five weeks, the longest duration for a Pearl Jam album. The album has been certified seven times platinum by the RIAA in the United States."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690216)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:50 AM
Author: sable half-breed

Vs was hyped to death and people were expecting it to sound like Ten (it didn't).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690359)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:42 AM
Author: narrow-minded chestnut resort

and?

it was 180. So were No Code, Vitalogy, and Yield

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690997)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:12 AM
Author: lemon mind-boggling native

Nineties are highly bifurcated. Early on you had GnR who absolutely DOMINATED until Pearl Jam and Nirvana pushed their shit in. Metallica was huge too, basically the Led Zeppelin of the era.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690160)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:26 AM
Author: Pearly area masturbator

Agreed. Culturally I always view the 90s as two half-decades

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690229)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:28 AM
Author: sable half-breed

lolno. GnR and Metallica were HUGE at the same time as Nirvana and Pearl Jam were popular. Kids into rock music listened to all kinds of rock music and didn't ghetto themselves into "metal" or "alternative" or "grunge". The reason GnR and Metallica aren't the biggest bands of the 90s is 1) Their classic stuff was released in the 80s 2) Their popularity peaked around 1992 then quickly faded because they released nothing/shit after that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690244)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 12:01 PM
Author: Cowardly crackhouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691118)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 1:18 PM
Author: lemon mind-boggling native

Their popularity did not "quickly fade." Nirvana has a half dozen tracks that still get steady rotation. People still freak out over anything Kurt Cobain-related.

Metallica is an odd duck. Yes their best music was from the 80s, but they didn't become a rock institution until the 90s. I'm sure most people who have bought Master of puppets over the years bought it after the black album was released.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691789)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 6:29 PM
Author: Irradiated Organic Girlfriend

Grunge killed off the theatrical hair metal bands, but GNR just kind of imploded on their own.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35694524)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:13 AM
Author: Spectacular azure rehab deer antler

Pearl Jam easily

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690163)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:23 AM
Author: Bright hairraiser property



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690210)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:24 AM
Author: talking spot kitty cat



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690219)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:12 AM
Author: Glittery bonkers party of the first part



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690838)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 12:26 PM
Author: Wine unhinged foreskin immigrant

Maybe. They probably had a bit of an edge on Metallica in terms of album sales.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691331)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 12:33 PM
Author: sable half-breed

1st five Metallica albums

3xPlatinum, 6xPlat, 6xPlat, 8xPlat, 16xPlat

1st five Pearl Jam albums

13xPlatinum, 7xPlat, 5xPlat, 1xPlat, 1xPlat

Not even close. Pearl Jam's success really was just "Ten" + coasting off that for a few years.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691385)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 1:23 PM
Author: lemon mind-boggling native

You can't compare album sales between the 80s and the 90s when people started downloading shit. Black album was pre-napster but Pearl Jam released several albums in the Napster era that got pirated to fuck.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691830)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 1:30 PM
Author: sable half-breed

The Pearl Jam albums cover the years 1991-1998 and are pre-Napster and the general collapse of album sales which begun in the mid-2000's

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691903)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 3:28 PM
Author: Wine unhinged foreskin immigrant

Metallica's 90s albums are Black Album, Load, Reload, and S&M (and S&M was Nov. 1999).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35693003)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 3:31 PM
Author: Cowardly crackhouse

Garage Inc. got a lot of airplay

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35693015)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 4:11 PM
Author: Wine unhinged foreskin immigrant

Yeah, I accidentally left that one off.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35693338)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 6:12 PM
Author: doobsian fragrant theater stage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35694415)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:27 AM
Author: Gold juggernaut principal's office

possibly RHCP but if im being honest Pearl Jam was prob bigger

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690238)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:38 AM
Author: Pearly area masturbator

Btw, what do we mean here by "biggest"?

Some poasters seem to think it has to include the band's most influential work, whereas others think it's just a band selling out stadiums and selling lots of records and being really famous.

With Metallica for instance, their more highly regarded work was certainly in the 80s, but they were undoubtedly a bigger, more popular band in the 90s.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690293)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:41 AM
Author: Gold juggernaut principal's office

im taking it as an unquantifiable mix of everything. that's what makes it open to debate

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690304)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:43 AM
Author: Passionate jet son of senegal

combination of popularity, critical reception, production/longevity, cultural impact, and musical influence

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690313)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:55 AM
Author: Plum elastic band voyeur

Phish

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690381)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:45 AM
Author: magical coffee pot sneaky criminal



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691013)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 10:32 AM
Author: Curious home

Nirvana if you're considering overall cultural impact, and it isn't close.

Also whoever said above they only had one popular album is a retard, In Utero and Unplugged both sold like 20 million copies.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690587)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 10:50 AM
Author: sable half-breed

In Utero and Unplugged both sold only 5 million each, hoss, and that was largely based on hype from Nevermind and Kurdt suicide.

Nirvana had "cultural impact" but not so much musical impact. People into music didn't care about the Kurdt Kobain death cult.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690699)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 10:57 AM
Author: Curious home

Wrong, Unplugged has sold over 19 million and In Utero over 13 million:

https://www.statisticbrain.com/nirvana-album-sales-statistics/

Also, they had plenty of musical impact, almost every band that hit it big from 1993-1997 was heavily in debt to Nirvana.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690742)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:11 AM
Author: sable half-breed

Global sales mean shit in an AMERICAN culture thread.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690832)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:27 AM
Author: Curious home

Are you seriously claiming that Primus or Collective Soul had a bigger impact on American culture in the 90s than Nirvana??

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690930)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:29 AM
Author: Passionate jet son of senegal

is there a thread called "Nirvana Wednesdays"?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690943)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:46 AM
Author: Coiffed hissy fit box office



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691023)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 12:01 PM
Author: Cowardly crackhouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691120)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 10:34 AM
Author: brass stubborn telephone public bath

Sugar Ray

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690611)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 1:23 PM
Author: Irradiated Organic Girlfriend



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691833)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:04 AM
Author: vibrant bawdyhouse azn

RHCP was the biggest band that had consistently decent to good releases throughout the whole decade. Also possibly Green Day or KoRn.

Foo Fighters is the most "90s" band

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690784)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:11 AM
Author: sable half-breed

Blood Sugar Sex Magick (1991) was huge but then they released One Hot Minute (1995) which sucked and everyone wrote them off for most of the decade. In 1999 they released Californication and they got a second wind as a MOR rock band but that was more of a 2000s phenomena.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690825)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:18 AM
Author: Passionate jet son of senegal

and they were already established in the 80s

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690876)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 1:21 PM
Author: lemon mind-boggling native

They were sort of underground in the 80s. Their guitarist had to die before they picked up the dude on BSSM.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691810)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:44 AM
Author: narrow-minded chestnut resort

I agree. BSSM was definitely a 90s album and it was huge, but they got big "again" in the 2000s

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691006)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:46 AM
Author: Pearly area masturbator

this is why in the other thread i think they were "bigger" in the 2000s. californication was every bit as big as BSSM imo, and stadium arcadium was also a huge album. couple that with the fact that they were so established and had both old and new fans and i think you can easily argue that their biggest decade was 2000-2009

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691019)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:28 AM
Author: Floppy institution

Hootie & the Blowfish dominated the 1990s. Or the Counting Crows.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35690937)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:45 AM
Author: Ruby House Doctorate

oasis

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691009)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:45 AM
Author: Useless plaza

creed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691010)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:45 AM
Author: magical coffee pot sneaky criminal

Phish

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691014)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:49 AM
Author: lime vengeful set stock car

Nirvana

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691041)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:52 AM
Author: hateful factory reset button associate

Biggest: nirvana

Best: tool

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691055)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:52 AM
Author: shaky chartreuse boiling water pervert

Imo one could make a serious argument for pearl jam, metallica, or radiohead. Other bands like aic, nirvana, tool, etc are close but not quite at same level of 'biggest'for various reasons

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691058)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 11:54 AM
Author: Passionate jet son of senegal

radiohead would be it but they're more like a generation-spanning band. they had amazing albums in the 2000s as well. they're a step up.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691072)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 12:19 PM
Author: sable half-breed

Radiohead were a one-hit wonder in the US until OK Computer (1997)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691250)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 12:29 PM
Author: Passionate jet son of senegal

i remember "Just" was huge as well as "High and Dry". there were a bunch of other singles

The Bends looks like it was more successful on charts in the US than OK Computer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiohead_discography#Singles

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691352)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 2:27 PM
Author: Gold juggernaut principal's office

Fake Plastic Trees made it into a couple movie soundtracks etc i think

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35692530)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:35 PM
Author: frum step-uncle's house legend

Those got pretty sparse airplay and only on niche alternative stations, not really 'biggest band' stuff

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35696031)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 12:22 PM
Author: narrow-minded chestnut resort

the OK Computer album pretty much changed my life back in 1998/1999

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691288)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 12:21 PM
Author: Wine unhinged foreskin immigrant

Metallica.

Huge album sales. Sold out stadiums all over. Went on a tour with GNR.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691276)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 12:30 PM
Author: Cracking flirting brunch



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691357)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 12:31 PM
Author: Pearly area masturbator

They would get my vote for the 90s

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691362)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 2:35 PM
Author: impressive cordovan space

TITCR

Black Album tour alone lasted 3 years. Moscow in 1991 in front of 150k+.

All 3 of their 90's studio albums entered the Billboard chart at #1.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35692634)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 2:59 PM
Author: sable half-breed

Load and Reload (of shit) sucked and no one liked then, they were #1 because Metallica was coasting off the popularity of the Black Album.

People really forgot how before the internet destroyed the music industry how bands could sell absurd numbers of subsequent mediocre albums off the success of one good one (look at the sales figures for Ratt)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35692841)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 6:14 PM
Author: impressive cordovan space

doesn't change the facts.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35694427)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:37 PM
Author: frum step-uncle's house legend

Not buying this. Black album was huge but that was the very beginning of the 90s, almost feels like still the 80s. The rest of the decade felt like everyone was just asking what the fuck happened to Metallica like they were a decaying corpse of a band starting with load

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35696046)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 12:22 PM
Author: violent balding office rigpig

Dave Matthews Band

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691291)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 12:33 PM
Author: narrow-minded chestnut resort

the quality of pussy at Dave MAtthews shows in the 90s was positively insane. I probably saw him 5-6 times in the 90s.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691378)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 1:22 PM
Author: Pale Electric Stag Film



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691823)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 1:18 PM
Author: magical coffee pot sneaky criminal

phish

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691792)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 1:29 PM
Author: lemon mind-boggling native

Are people who shared all those live Phish concert tapes in the 90s, and who insisted on playing them at every party, at all embarrassed by that today?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35691897)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 2:05 PM
Author: Floppy institution

Hell no, they're still going to see the band

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35692301)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 4:34 PM
Author: magical coffee pot sneaky criminal

wtf no.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35693551)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 2:13 PM
Author: shaky chartreuse boiling water pervert

Phish sucks

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35692384)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 2:16 PM
Author: Pearly area masturbator

lol cr, they are truly godawful

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35692414)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 4:34 PM
Author: magical coffee pot sneaky criminal

flame

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35693554)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 3:37 PM
Author: Free-loading Double Fault Address



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35693054)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 3:34 PM
Author: Irradiated Organic Girlfriend

Hard Rock/Metal: Metallica

Dad Rock: REM

US Mainstream/Alt Rock: PJ (maybe SP)

UK Mainstream/Alt Rock: Oasis

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35693044)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 4:30 PM
Author: sable half-breed

REM didn't become dad rock until the 2000s and nobody listened when they did.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35693500)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 4:32 PM
Author: Irradiated Organic Girlfriend

Well, whatever you want to call their radio-friendly stuff in the 90s catering to 30yo+ educated white ppl. They took over the U2 spot for a while.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35693538)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 4:37 PM
Author: sable half-breed

Lol wtf faggit, their moast poppy, commercial album was Out of Time (1991), then they released a series of increasingly less commercial albums, especially Monster (1994) which cost them a lot of their fanbase. Only with Reveal (2001) did they go back to shitty MOR alt-pop.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35693595)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:25 PM
Author: purple partner cruise ship

I just did ctrl+F "Judas Jones"

looks about right, and just to cross-reference, I checked on tour revenues -- what say you about these findings?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_concert_tours#1990s

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35695918)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:30 PM
Author: sable half-breed

Whelp, that settles it, The Rolling Stones were the biggest band of the 90s. I withdraw Primus from consideration.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35695964)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 4:26 PM
Author: Pink point

"rock" broadly defined would have to include elton john, who had a bunch of hit singles in the 90's, including the biggest single of the entire decade (the princess diana tribute song) and one of the best-selling albums in US/global history (the lion king soundtrack).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35693469)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 4:30 PM
Author: sable half-breed

No and you're gay (like Elton John)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35693505)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 5:02 PM
Author: Spectacular azure rehab deer antler



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35693794)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:39 PM
Author: frum step-uncle's house legend



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35696069)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 4:30 PM
Author: Thriller erotic stead wrinkle

Nirvana or RHCP in terms of cultural impact.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35693512)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 6:16 PM
Author: zombie-like prole

so this thread is just animeboi slapping away legit choices limp-wristedly so that we can go with fucking primus?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35694434)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 6:27 PM
Author: narrow-minded chestnut resort



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35694501)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:22 PM
Author: sable half-breed

All my arguments are solid and based on facts with references to related wikipedia articles. Your arguments are just profanity-laden ad hominums (that's a logical fallacy btw.) FACT.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35695898)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 9:25 PM
Author: zombie-like prole

yes, your solid fact based arguments above consisting of "lol wtf faggit"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35695922)



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Date: March 26th, 2018 6:16 PM
Author: bronze piazza

Hootie and the Blowfish

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3929047&forum_id=2#35694440)