How to make music.
As some of you may know, my roommate and I are in a band. Sort of. We play an eclectic blend of acoustic, folk, and death metal. Occasionally, we’ll also go into gospel. If you’re ever in South Bend, we’ll play you a private concert.
Anyway, when we want to write a song, we sit down and say to ourselves, “What band do we want to rip off today?” Now that might make us seem unoriginal, but bands do it all the time. Just ask Interpol (Joy Division), the Strokes (The Velvet Underground), or the Vines, the Burning Brides, or Nine Black Alps (Nirvana).
One of derivative rock’s up-and-coming bands, Wolfmother, has decided that they don’t like the Darkness, that “band” that some would accuse of unoriginality, among other things. NME.com has the story.
Wolfmother is basically Black Sabbath for the 21st century, just a lot less relevant.
Wolfmother drummer declared, “I don’t have any Zeppelin albums.”
I don’t believe him.
Time to listen to some more Nickelback…
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March 29th, 2006 at 1:45 pm
Wow! For a band like Wolfmother to bad mouth the Darkness is insane. The Darkness have blended sounds of Queen and many other bands, however they have their own sound. It is also a trademark of theirs to be funny. The Darkness are also very talented. Wolfmother does not have a style. They are an exact blend of Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. I mean really. I would not be able to tell the difference between a Wolfmother song and a song from Black Sabbath had they came out at the same time. Wolfmother is not one to coment on a band’s style.
March 29th, 2006 at 1:59 pm
And in today’s music world, how many bands are actually "original"?
March 29th, 2006 at 2:02 pm
That’s Julian’s Birthday is a pretty original band.
Ahem.
March 29th, 2006 at 11:17 pm
No they don’t. They just try to use the word "eclectic" to try to fool people.
March 29th, 2006 at 11:18 pm
they’re*
and we all know who uses that word and is nothing but a poser…
March 29th, 2006 at 11:28 pm
you know whos a pretty original band…..http://www.sinisteryu.com….. been a member since last week, they rock pretty hard
March 29th, 2006 at 11:28 pm
http://www.sinisteryu.com
March 31st, 2006 at 11:24 am
I guess I’ll come check you out when you play Sports Bar.
March 31st, 2006 at 5:28 pm
sheppard can you please come, and do a concert review, i am very serious