Personally I edge towards the pumpkins... they destroy people live. Radiohead do too, but in a different way... actually Muse too. I heard a group from NYC that sounds kidn of like a blend of them - the morning code. probably not as good live but some kickass shit...

thoughts?

tom

Radiohead by miles.

I never thought I'd say that on here.

well the pumpkins did end up having a death at one of their shows this week so maybe you aren't wrong in saying they destroy people. then again from the clips i've seen of their recent live stuff maybe the dude died of boredom

radiohead by a transatlantic crossing

Yeah, I love the Pumpkins' work from their prime, but this is a pretty easy win for Radiohead. And I agree with pan that the Pumpkins look about as interesting live as watching grass grow, at least these days, haven't seen any footage from the early 90s.

corgan actually used to have a bit of fire if you can believe it

radiohead

I would take any of The SP's first few albums - especially Gish and Siamese Dream, and even the B-sides Piceses Iscariot - over most of Radiohead. I really don't like most of Radiohead, especially the so-called masterpieces Kid A and OK Computer. I just don't like that sound. There's far more energy and raw music in early Pumpkins than in most of any Radiohead.

The first two Pumpkins albums > Radiohead's entire discography to me, although I have softened my stance on the band and I have warmed up to some of their later material (and the Thom Yorke solo album). There are some random SP songs I like as well, generally the cheesy ones (like "1979"). I just could never get into Radiohead. Maybe if I hadn't already heard music that far surpassed their "experimentation" it would have been a different situation. Ejecting Disco Volante for OK Computer probably wasn't the best idea

Ultimate compromise: Pumpkins w/ Radiohead: If There Is a God. Go torrents!

WOW that must have hurt

i won't say radiohead is without flaw even though i prefer them. it seems to me like they almost got sucked into the 'axl rose super ego trap' after OK computer. to me it seems like Kid A and Amnesiac are their equivalent to the use your illusions albums but RH didn't make the mistake of releasing both at the same time. but just like the illusions there's a bunch of filler on both discs. the 'IDM experimentations' sounded contrived when the discs were new and have not aged well to my ears. having said that though, there are still enough quality tracks on those two albums that they could have released something on par with OK Computer had they wanted to. then again IDM and broken drum machine beats were the super hipster wet dream back in the late 90s.