WOLFMOTHER

Yeah GREAT band!  Not prog, but great classic 70s style hard rock!  Been singing their prases for the better part of the year...If you like eep Purple, Sabbath, Heavier Zep, or even the 1st Rush albums you may like them!  3 Yound guys from Austrailia!  They really kick major A$$!

mrpink wrote: Guys, how can you enjoy something like that? In my opinion, it's the most derivative band of the last years. A bad copy of Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, with no originality at all.

I have heard lots about them, but I have yet to hear their music myself. About the derivative thing; it's hard to be very original in music today, especially if you're going to play 70's influenced stuff (in fact I'll go as far as to say that originality isn't even necessary in that genre), and I don't think originality was their goal anyway.

Haven't heard much, what I have, I didn't like.

mrpink wrote: Guys, how can you enjoy something like that? In my opinion, it's the most derivative band of the last years. A bad copy of Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, with no originality at all.

Totally agreed, Wolfmother are pretty much a joke as far as I'm concerned.

Well, I heard so many Zeppelin/Sabbath comparisons,  I had to get their debut.

...and then I listened to it, and was horribly disappointed. Possibly the most disappointing CD based on hype-compared-to-reality I've ever bought.

Finally a band comes out not trying too hard to be different and innovative but just playing right in your face rock & Roll. All this new crap that`s coming out including all these so called "neo prog bands" are just trying too hard. So what If their influences are blatantly evident, I mean the band even admits it themselves for christ sake. And who cares what Mike Patton says. Faith No More is more or less in the "where are they now File " anyway. I heard a track from the album playing  in the music store and bought the CD right away. OK now I shall return to my rocking chair.

Vibrationbaby wrote: And who cares what Mike Patton says. Faith No More is more or less in the "where are they now File " anyway.

Uh, they've been broken up for years and Patton has continued with several other projects, which by looking around this site you'll probably see have for the most part been fairly successful, not to mention *gasp* original!

I'm not dismissing them just because they're unoriginal... if they were able to channel their influences into something inspired sounding I could easily overlook it (I'm a fan of Electric Wizard for instance, who are about as blatant a Sabbath worship band as you can get).  As it is they simply provide no reason why one might want to listen to them instead of the bands they pay tribute to.


Edited by Bryan - November 17 2006 at 14:02

Actually, I think they are very inspired and play with a lot of energy!

MikeEnRegalia wrote: Bryan wrote: mrpink wrote: Guys, how can you enjoy something like that? In my opinion, it's the most derivative band of the last years. A bad copy of Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, with no originality at all. Totally agreed, Wolfmother are pretty much a joke as far as I'm concerned. I don't like them too much ... it's the same with Billy Talent. I'm supposed to like them, but luckily I still have my own mind.

...I can't believe you just likened Wolfmother to Billy Talent....