I agree with the author (and Ed), I never hear anyone criticize a band saying "oh, they are just ripping off the Who's sound"
... nobody sounds like the WHO becauase they are all over the musical spectrum:
What part of this statement is inaccurate?
The Who diverge from the trunk of rhythm and blues and sit at the base of a sizeable limb that branches out in a myriad of twiggy genres.
-The group's early mod period would eventually inspire 1990s Britpop bands like Oasis and Blur.
- The stuttered growls of "My Generation," along with The Who's destructive on-stage attitude—splintering guitars and blowing up drum kits—bled into the then nascent punk scene pioneered by The Clash, The Ramones, and The Stooges.
- Guitarist Pete Townshend even coined the term "power pop" in a 1967 interview to describe The Who's aggressively melodic sound, which everyone from The Knack to Cheap Trick to Weezer would borrow and tweak.
- And, of course, where would the concept of the concept album be without Tommy, the first so-called rock opera?
It's not enough to call The Who influential; they're nigh inescapable as rock 'n' roll progenitors
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EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
10/25/13 Hartford
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... nobody sounds like the WHO becauase they are all over the musical spectrum:
What part of this statement is inaccurate?
The Who diverge from the trunk of rhythm and blues and sit at the base of a sizeable limb that branches out in a myriad of twiggy genres.
-The group's early mod period would eventually inspire 1990s Britpop bands like Oasis and Blur.
- The stuttered growls of "My Generation," along with The Who's destructive on-stage attitude—splintering guitars and blowing up drum kits—bled into the then nascent punk scene pioneered by The Clash, The Ramones, and The Stooges.
- Guitarist Pete Townshend even coined the term "power pop" in a 1967 interview to describe The Who's aggressively melodic sound, which everyone from The Knack to Cheap Trick to Weezer would borrow and tweak.
- And, of course, where would the concept of the concept album be without Tommy, the first so-called rock opera?
It's not enough to call The Who influential; they're nigh inescapable as rock 'n' roll progenitors
EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
10/25/13 Hartford