AIC has always been and will always be my favorite band. I love nirvana too, but with Alice in Chains they honestly have a song for every mood I'm in. I just can't picture Nirvana doing something like jar of flies and being able to pull it off. Pearl jam i liked, but after a few cds they started to all blend together, even when they were trying to take things in a different direction with barely listenable cds like 'Yield'. I mean when I'm pissed off, there's an AIC song, when I'm in a bad mood, there's an AIC song, when I'm just chillin I can pop in Jar of Flies and listen to No Excuses...I mean honestly, my mom MY MOM even liked some of jar of flies.