[The Beatsmith]

Originally Posted by Bravin Neff

Sorry to dig up an old thread... but this quote (and subsequent ones) stirred in me the feeling that the Extreme Porno and III Sides comparison is unfair. While I agree completely that bands can (and do) overlook what a good producer is able to bring (in fact I just did it this past summer)...

...doesn't the III Sides example -- taken as a less successful followup to Porno -- have just as much to do (if not more) with the radical change that took place in popular rock during the interim (aka grunge), than it did with the fact Nuno produced the latter? For some reason I find that as obvious today as I did back in '93, but maybe I'm missing something.

Exactly.