what bands are really despised by people who love their biggest influences?

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y'know the whole radiohead deal.people who already loved the inspirations behind the last two albums tend to really despise radiohead. but what other bands have this problem? it's normally when a major rock act adopts the influence of obscure/experimental music, but i'm sure there are examples to the contrary. i'm not necessarily looking for bands you hate that have influences you love, more bands where the general tendency is for some to say "oh if you think that's good, you should check out x album released on x indie label in x year, ahahhahaha!" you know what i mean. maybe.

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― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Friday, 4 April 2003 08:56 (twenty-one years ago) link

Bluenotes weren't particularly popular among most Stone Roses fans.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 4 April 2003 09:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

Same about Gene and the way most Smiths fans would view them btw.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 4 April 2003 09:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

Coldplay - Radiohead / Jeff Buckley. Although this doens't work, because a lot of Coldplay fans just lump RH and JB into the same fucking ugly formless melange of mediocrity cos their synapses are so fucked-up from being underused that they can no longer differentiate between good quality and bad quality and therefore just consume any old shit with a whiny falsetto singer, even fucking Haven.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Friday, 4 April 2003 09:03 (twenty-one years ago) link

people who like baudrillard don't tend to like U2.

― gaz (gaz), Friday, 4 April 2003 09:08 (twenty-one years ago) link

I hate them both, do I get a prize?

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Friday, 4 April 2003 09:13 (twenty-one years ago) link

a simalcra of bono

― gaz (gaz), Friday, 4 April 2003 09:20 (twenty-one years ago) link

Wonderful. Can I stamp on it's tiny shades?

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Friday, 4 April 2003 09:22 (twenty-one years ago) link

you can dress him up in your love

― gaz (gaz), Friday, 4 April 2003 09:26 (twenty-one years ago) link

and don't refer to him as and it

― gaz (gaz), Friday, 4 April 2003 09:26 (twenty-one years ago) link

and don't refer to him as an it

― gaz (gaz), Friday, 4 April 2003 09:27 (twenty-one years ago) link

Coldplay - Radiohead / Jeff Buckley

Those who are still Radiohead fans will probably tend to dislike Coldplay. However, those who were Radiohead fans around "The Bends" and "OK Computer", but was so disappointed by "Kid A" they don't consider themselves Radiohead fans anymore, will often love bands like Coldplay and Travis, because they are stort of picking up where Radiohead left.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 4 April 2003 11:12 (twenty-one years ago) link

Most Belle & Sebastian influenced bands, to my ears, just seem like utter turd.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Friday, 4 April 2003 15:13 (twenty-one years ago) link

Kiss got their start opening up for The New York Dolls. Most Dolls fans (myself included) cringe at this fact.

― Dave Fischer, Friday, 4 April 2003 15:45 (twenty-one years ago) link

Suicide > ARE Weapons. Though not me. I like both.

how about Zeppelin > Whitesnake? I like both of them too.

Oh well. I'll just move along.

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Friday, 4 April 2003 16:07 (twenty-one years ago) link

Classic Punk fans hate Modern Pop-Punk; Modern Pop-Punk bands love Classic Punk. To state the obvious.

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Friday, 4 April 2003 22:17 (twenty-one years ago) link

I think the Eagles suffer from this. A lot of people who dig the band's rootsier influences depise the Eagles themselves.
At least, I do. That's one at least.

― Bruce Urquhart (Bruce Urquhart), Friday, 4 April 2003 22:23 (twenty-one years ago) link

Kiss got their start opening up for The New York Dolls. Most Dolls fans (myself included) cringe at this fact.

The Dolls never wrote anything one third as good as "Strutter."

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 4 April 2003 23:05 (twenty-one years ago) link

(I actually mean that; I'm not just trying to be annoying.)

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 4 April 2003 23:07 (twenty-one years ago) link

Fischerspooner.

― Sam J. (samjeff), Friday, 4 April 2003 23:17 (twenty-one years ago) link

i second fischerspooner -- though i suspect that they are more influenced by Howard Jones (DUD) than Gary Numan or Human League (both CLASSIC) than they or their fans let on.

also SIGUR ROS -- i love shoegaze and the Cocteau Twins, yet i utterly despise Jonsi & Co. and i know i'm not alone!

― Tad (llamasfur), Saturday, 5 April 2003 02:01 (twenty-one years ago) link

The Dolls never wrote anything one third as good as "Strutter."

"TRASH! Won't pick it up..."

― Sam J. (samjeff), Saturday, 5 April 2003 02:08 (twenty-one years ago) link

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