Originally posted by StarrmanI agree with this 100%.
I don't think bands influence bands these days. I think general cultural trends, media and music industry control influences bands, not least because, certainly in Britain, the industry writes the menu and the rest of us pretty much like it or lump it. I've given up on British music nowadays. Apart from Radiohead and Muse I really cannot abide anything I ...[text shortened]... an amateur gigging group. Even those are few and far between, and unlikely to go anywhere.
Much of the music being played on our radio stations and the dreaded MTV seem to be nothing more than one hit wonders replaced the next day by someone who sounds exactly the same, but "oh my god, we are so original and totally inspired by our generation and fashion blah blah bullsh_t".
I don't want to be horrible here, but honestly a lot of the music/bands that are coming out of the UK sound exactly the bloody same to me.
Oh, and while I'm going on I remember hearing / reading somewhere that King Diamond was one of Tool's biggest influences. Explains much, Imo.
According to Wiki they've influenced bands like:
System of A Down, Chevelle, Deftones and Godsmack...
Personally, I don't hear it, nor do I really care.
Never been a fan of the Beatles, but I will concede that they are one of (if not THE) the bands of the last few generations (lets not forget Beethoven, Bach etc who can be attributed with inventing "rock & roll" in their own time) that pioneered, revolutionised music and opened up musicians to new genres.
When it comes to Nirvana, I was a fan, at the time (and I remember a lot of electro pop and other sh_t that made my ears hurt) they were new, exciting and different to anything we were hearing.
They and other bands, Alice in Chains, Sound Garden, were bringing about a cultural revolution, much like the Beatles did.
A lot of their music was easy listen to and accessible, because they became as famous as they did (I think primarily among teenaged girls because cobain was soooo pretty), Im sure there will be one or more here that would call them a sell out, but a sell out that brought a new genre of music, a new way of feeling about music and a new culture to the fore.
Originally posted by robbie carrobieKurt Cobain was dead by the time they had even released a single album.
when were Scottish band Stilskin first famous? i am sure they pre date Nirvana and were certainly the first grunge sounding band that i heard.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC-MxbKRJ3k