wolfmother kick ass? or just a wanna be??

Ok....for one thing,don't try to even call these guys prog rock.

I like them,have listened to them quite a bit lately,and can hear so many musical influences in their music.(Sabbath,Zep,The Doors,Soundgarden,The White Stripes,etc.)

But they aren't prog.

I have only heard "Woman" but was amazed when the Trouble and Strife thought she was listening to a band from the 70's.

if Wolfmother make it into PA I will launch a petition for Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath (we already have Deep Purple, btw...)

I believe their debut is a great collection of tribute songs. Fun to listen to none the less.

bought their album today and very retro but also a good listen. I noticed a bass line I think from The Floyds Atom Heart Mother and a wee riff stolen from Rush. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Thank you emule I listened to this band before buy their album. It's a collection of sabbath-like riffs (very poorly attempted, IMO), and the singer had a dream of being Robert Plant - listen to the second track. Good revival band, but without a single drop of originality or effort to build a new sound with the elements of Sabbath and Zep.

That Wolfmother is getting any press attention is a mistake. Of course, all creative works have their influences, but I do not hear anything that WM brings to the table to make themselves in any way relevant or interesting. Let's compare them to, say, Sleep and Kyuss, two bands who also owe heavy debts to bands such as Sabbath and Zeppelin. The difference is that Sleep took Sabbath's sound in much heavier and more psychedelic directions while Kyuss took much of Zeppelin's sound to a more expansive and spacious place. Both bands altered and innovated upon their influences to such an extent that fans of the originals could end up preferring the innovations made by the newer bands. By comparison, I do not envision many Zeppelin fans preferring WM, except for the isolated someone who chooses to prefer something simply because it's the 'now' thing and the supposed coolness that implies. WM has little to offer except for another dead end.