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Hunter T Wolfe

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Re: THERE IS NO 'NEW'

May 12, 2009, 14:22

I don't find The Horrors album to be derivative or unoriginal at all. It's influenced by many things that have gone before, of course, and sometimes it references them blatantly, such as the Shangri-Las quote in 'Who's To Say.'

Wooden Shjips, who I also like, sound far more derivative and in thrall to their influences- Loop, Spacemen 3, Neu! and Suicide- but they're cool cos they're a nondescript-looking bunch of Americans on a little label, and no-one hear feels threatened by them.

Some other artists who were far more derivative than The Horrors, at least at an equivalent stage in their careers:

The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
Bob Dylan
James Brown
The Byrds
Led Zeppelin
David Bowie
T-Rex
The Sex Pistols
REM
Echo and The Bunnymen
Spacemen 3
etc.....

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