- Nov 14, 2004
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What is it with these current wave of NEW, OLD ROCK BANDS??? Can't they write music in their own way??
I recently heard a band called Wolfmother, from somewhere in Australia, I believe. Let me tell you, I THOUGHT I was listening to some unreleased track from Ozzy-era Sabbath! This band is a total rip-off. They have the trademark Sabbath fuzzy, groovey guitar riffs, and more (un)importantly, the vocalist is a direct rip-off of Ozzy. This band rips off every single chord, chord progression and scale pioneered in Rock N Roll by guitarists like Tony Iommi and Jimmy Page. What a joke! This bands rips off every British rock n roll band from the 70's - Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Sabbath, you bloody name it, they rip it off!
We already have the tidal wave of rip off bands like Jet (*cough*sorry, Stones and AC/DC*cough*), The Datsuns and Kings of Leon, why do we need more. Is this the sort of music that will define this current decade? Sorry to spoil your glorious fun kiddies, but it's already been defined thirty bloody years ago! And the sad thing is, most of the fans have no musical knowledge of the bands being ripped off.
EVERY SINGLE DECADE since rock 'n' roll was invented, has had it's own definitive bands. Why stop the originality now? There is a difference between being influenced and directly ripping-off you know? The bands now are not about the Rock N Roll spirit, they are about the money, looks and marketing while it is the 'in' thing. Give it five years and these bands will be as useful as grated faeces.
Your opinions on this era of downright disgrace?
I recently heard a band called Wolfmother, from somewhere in Australia, I believe. Let me tell you, I THOUGHT I was listening to some unreleased track from Ozzy-era Sabbath! This band is a total rip-off. They have the trademark Sabbath fuzzy, groovey guitar riffs, and more (un)importantly, the vocalist is a direct rip-off of Ozzy. This band rips off every single chord, chord progression and scale pioneered in Rock N Roll by guitarists like Tony Iommi and Jimmy Page. What a joke! This bands rips off every British rock n roll band from the 70's - Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Sabbath, you bloody name it, they rip it off!
We already have the tidal wave of rip off bands like Jet (*cough*sorry, Stones and AC/DC*cough*), The Datsuns and Kings of Leon, why do we need more. Is this the sort of music that will define this current decade? Sorry to spoil your glorious fun kiddies, but it's already been defined thirty bloody years ago! And the sad thing is, most of the fans have no musical knowledge of the bands being ripped off.
EVERY SINGLE DECADE since rock 'n' roll was invented, has had it's own definitive bands. Why stop the originality now? There is a difference between being influenced and directly ripping-off you know? The bands now are not about the Rock N Roll spirit, they are about the money, looks and marketing while it is the 'in' thing. Give it five years and these bands will be as useful as grated faeces.
Your opinions on this era of downright disgrace?