Originally posted by callat703:
ge, sound all that much like Joy Division...yeah, they have singers that maybe sound a bit like Ian Curtis, but beyond that? Influence is one thing, but don't you think the members of Joy Division would be a bit pissed about being compared directly to Interpol or SWR?
maybe it's just because i've been listening to a (un?)healthy amount of joy division in the last few months, but i'd have to disagree with you here ... when you combine the obvious vocal rip-offs with the bastardization of the sonic soundscapes that martin hannett pioneered, i think the whole "watered-down Joy Division" comparison for She Wants Revenge is fairly apt ... Interpol takes the sound in a less "alterna-rock" direction and adds some more interesting elements (and I really like Interpol) but it's still a fairly blatant JD rip-off (especially their first album)
it's the same thing, but to a somewhat lesser extent, for the Gang of Four side of the "post-punk revival" ... some of the new bands come really close to being rip-offs, but almost all of them lack the strident leftist beliefs of Go4 (Bloc Party dabbles in it I guess with that gas song, but not much else) ... although I must say that I like these bands from the '00s more than I like Gang of Four :eek:
