Derivative bands?

thecolourbox

Iamnobody said:

Just to add some context to my comment. Should I Stay or Should I go was used on a Levi’s advert. If you were alive in 1991 and owned a TV you’d heard The Clash even if it was unknowingly.

I was alive in 1991 but unless they played Levi's adverts on whatever the equivalent of cbeebies was I doubt I'd have heard it

stimpsonslostson

Rival Sons sound like they've heard a LOT of Free albums. 


Greta Van Fleet are almost parodically like Led Zeppelin. 


Robert Plant thinks so too, I think he's self aware enough to appreciate the irony. 



Steel Panther knowingly parody 80s bands.


Thing is, I LIKE these bands. Having listened to Led Zeppelin etc constantly since I was a kid, hearing another album that sounds like them, but has new songs isn't necessarily a bad thing. 

zepp76

I'm not sure who 4 non Blondes are aping, the album seems to be pretty original. 

sgosden

sgosden

stimpsonslostson said:

Steel Panther knowingly parody 80s bands.


Thing is, I LIKE these bands. Having listened to Led Zeppelin etc constantly since I was a kid, hearing another album that sounds like them, but has new songs isn't necessarily a bad thing. 

Steel panther are actively a joke, that really took off :P

Kittyfrisk

Yeah, death to all butt metal.

Sassafras

All hip-hop.

zepp76

Kittyfrisk said:

Yeah, death to all butt metal.

Yeah, butt metal is a pain in the arse!

Philly_Q

Butt to all death metal.

ICBM

sgosden said:

I actually liked that .

Even more than Greta Van Fleet, they seem like a tribute band who play their own songs - is that even a category yet?

TTBZ

I tend to rip off Clutch and Down to a hellish extent in my own music. 

Kittyfrisk

ICBM said:

sgosden said:

I actually liked that .

Even more than Greta Van Fleet, they seem like a tribute band who play their own songs - is that even a category yet?

I thought Greta Van Fleet were a hire company.

NelsonP

sgosden said:

I don't get it. They look pretty original to me. His 'tache doesn't even meet up to his sideboards or anything ;-)