4 Jul
2003
4 Jul
'03
9:28 a.m.
On Fri, 2003-07-04 at 04:12, Daniel James wrote:
Yup. Except in the case of Led Zeppelin ;-) They put their names on
that stuff. That wasn't a record company decision.
Jan
There
was "electroclash", from my hometown of Brooklyn, which was touted
as a new synthesis of dance music and punk but when I finally heard
it was indistinguishable from early depeche mode / new order / etc.
Then there's the neo-garage-punk thing - White Stripes, Hives etc.
- it's OK I guess, but I swear I've heard it all before.
I think it's fine to rehash old musical styles, as long as you're
honest about the orgins. Passing it off as 'new' to people who aren't
familiar with the orginals is the fault of marketing and media types
rather than musicians, in my experience.