TheTallOne Posted June 12, 2006 Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 Just was thinking about this and wanted to see how many people thought certain bands "copied" or are greatly influenced by others. I had a few. Dave Matthews Band: O.A.R, Dispatch Something Corporate: Jack's Mannequin (that's a joke ) Ok maybe not as many as I thought but hopefully others will have more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 Led Zeppelin : Def Leppard , White Snake Pearl Jam : STP, Nixons, Crash Test Dummies Alice in Chains : Godsmack, STP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 Slade: Quiet Riot AC/DC: Jackyl Bruce Springsteen: John Cafferty & Beaver Brown Garbage trucks mating: GWAR Doors: Tea Party Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 Garbage trucks mating: GWAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 GWAR: Lordi IF you can believe it...... ! GWAR Lordi Spawned by.......? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 A lot of people say that Interpol are Joy Division copycats. I would say that Interpol's singer is very obviously trying to mimic Ian, but other than that, to me, Interpol just sounds like they're influenced by Joy Division. She Wants Revenge is a funny band, because their singer is copying Interpol, who is copying Joy Division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible_r Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 I agree, i think interpol are quite clearly influenced by joy division, but i wouldn't call them copycats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 Also, Interpol's lyrics aren't quite so depressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible_r Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 well, not exacly cheerful though, are they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 Joy Division : New Order Nazareth : AC/DC, Guns N' Roses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 I've always thought a pretty obvious progression has been... The Rolling Stones: Aerosmith, The Black Crowes Both in music and image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible_r Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 Joy Division : New Order huh? new order where generated from "the ashes" of joy division, i don't see how they are a copycat band! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jman14141414 Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 Black Sabbath: Wolfmother Dream Theater: Nevermore Metallica: Pantera Chuck Berry: Paul Butterfield(to an extent) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 well, not exacly cheerful though, are they? I suppose not. Some people think Muse are Radiohead rip-offs. I don't think so. They sound like they are influence by Radiohead, but I see more Queen influence in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible_r Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 there are similarities in the way they sing, the lyrical mater etc, but muse are alot rockier than radiohead (i don't see the queen thing though), so i wouldn't call them rip- offs or copycats. in fact, i really don't like this term in this setting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 Well, maybe not Queen specifically...more just glam rock in general. Especially that new song Supermassive Black Hole. It sounds like it could have been written by Marc Bolan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 The Beatles > every other band since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTallOne Posted June 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 Funny you should mention the Beatles. In my original post, I had said "let's not put the Beatles: everyone," but I decided to erase it. Great minds... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 The Beatles > every other band since. That's true for most popular music, but not really for electronica if you ask me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted June 15, 2006 Report Share Posted June 15, 2006 I don't know if you can call it Copycatting, because every band has influences. A real copycat band has to be more obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted June 15, 2006 Report Share Posted June 15, 2006 huh? new order where generated from "the ashes" of joy division, i don't see how they are a copycat band! New Order is more of a spin-off band, rather than copy-cat; however Ian Curtis would be rolling in his grave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted June 15, 2006 Report Share Posted June 15, 2006 New Order is more of a spin-off band, rather than copy-cat; however Ian Curtis would be rolling in his grave. Why? (Incidentally, Curtis is actually dead: topped himself, you know. Maybe he could see which way the musical wind was blowing? Either way, there's no need to use the conditional tense here. I suggest "Curtis must be (or even is) turning in his grave..." Alternatively, I suggest that Curtis, being stone dead, maintains a fairly neutral stance on the fate of his former band-mates. Indeed, he arguably relinquishes any right to comment.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 Yeah I'll admit, it was pretty early when I wrote that rubbish tripe. I didn't mean to offend anyone on a personal note, just blogging & jotting spontaneously. The original alternative scene from the 80's (J.D./N.O., Depeche Mode, Cure, Siouxie & the Banshees, Bauhaus, etc.) Music that was overlooked & never received the credit it should have. The pioneers of the alternative / punk / garage, etc scene established the moderate underground indie label genre, by maintaining a cult following with modest pub-club-gigs & transversal hype without the aid of media overexposure (MTV, Radio, Billboard, etc.) commercializing their material through the mainstream. Nirvana received a mass amount of critical acclaim upon their sophomore release of Nevermind, pioneered through the editing skills of Butch Vig (Garbage). They weren't the first Grunge band to burst out of Seattle. Mother-Love-Bone (Pearl Jam), Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Mudhoney, Melvins, & the Screaming Trees had all received recording contracts with minor labels during the Autumn of 1988-89. They just happened to get lucky with the help of producers, engineers, switchboard editors, & recording specialists; to help clean up their incoherently written album & make it into a masterpiece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazooka Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 Chuck Berry: Paul Butterfield(to an extent) I would estimate that Paul Butterfield copies Chuck Berry to approximately the extent that an apple copies an orange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jman14141414 Posted June 17, 2006 Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 I would estimate that Paul Butterfield copies Chuck Berry to approximately the extent that an apple copies an orange. Actually I always thought that apples tried too hard to be likes oranges, first they want to be sweet then they want to be sour. Can't they just make up their mind and just be unique?! Okay, sorry I've had no sleep... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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