[kj] OT: The Spectres

[ade]

Yeah, I have no problem with influences - no one is really original after all. I've found a good way of finding new music (new to me) is to find out what my heroes were listening to, hence getting me into *early* Roxy Music, Venom, etc, etc.

I don't have issues with the original line-up of KJ - they have every right to sound just how they like!

If a band were to come along that really sounded like someone else, but had that special something that gave me the horn, I'd put up with the comparison - so I have no hard or fast rules on this one, it's just a gut feeling. Over the years I've managed to chuck a lot of my teenage 'up my own arse' rules away, though I'm not sure whether I'll ever be into Cuntry music!



-----Original Message-----
From: gathering-bounces at misera.net
[mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf Of B. Oliver Sheppard
Sent: 23 March 2008 17:39
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] OT: The Spectres


Well, some of the earliest posts I made on this list bemoaned that we're 
in the "throwback era" of music, where every band is judged in terms of 
what they're a throwback to. I feel the same way you do -- I crave 
originality -- but also, how many people were creaming their pants that 
THE ORIGINAL LINE UP of KJ would be re-uniting to play the 1st two LPs, 
etc.

I have mixed feelings about new bands that sound like old ones. On the 
one hand, you cannot make rock and roll that is free of influences. 
Period. Having said that, there is a certain sound I like, and just as 
you'll find people playing the blues nowadays that sounds like it hasn't 
changed much since the 1960s, I also like the subgenre of post-punk, 
which does have a certain discernible sound that is bound to be compared 
to prior bands.

-Oliver

ade wrote:

> Very convincing.

>

> I gotta say, I don't really understand why a band would copy another band so closely, let alone such pioneers. I crave originality so much that I find them distasteful! I guess I'd rather just chuck Unknown Pleasures on.

>

> But then, I've *never* got on with obvious copyist bands.

>

>

>   


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