When the Beatles came out, there were tons of bands who tried to sound like them. In the 70s, you had plenty of Led Zeppelin wannabees. Rock radio in the 80s was ruled by Van Halen wannabees. The 90s had its fair share of bands that thought they were Nirvana. Even Garbage's first album spawned a few soundalikes.
So why is it that a band that has had every album get serious airplay over the last 25 years seems to have nobody trying to copy them? It's not like their formula is so damn hard to replicate. It's not like they have a once in a generation vocalist or the most technical musicians ever. They are a garage rock band that puts out a couple of good songs every once in a while. How is it the music industry has not flooded the airwaves with similar stuff?
Why no foo fighters clones?
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- KVRAF
- 4094 posts since 27 Aug, 2004
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thecontrolcentre thecontrolcentre https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=76240 - KVRAF
- 37262 posts since 27 Jul, 2005 from Scottish Borders
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- KVRAF
- 8114 posts since 13 Jan, 2003 from Darkest Kent, UK
Well, yeah. The other bands you mention were all pretty ground breaking, had something new to offer whereas Dave and the boys are already a few generations down rocks family tree. Distilled 90s grunge with a feelgood frontman. Not that I have anything against them but... It's a bit like saying why didn't ELO spawn clones or something...
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- addled muppet weed
- 111294 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
because dave grohl bites the legs off anyone who tries.
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thecontrolcentre thecontrolcentre https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=76240
- KVRAF
- 37262 posts since 27 Jul, 2005 from Scottish Borders
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- addled muppet weed
- 111294 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
he's apparently the son of some high ranking air force bloke.
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- addled muppet weed
- 111294 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
like jim morissons dad, was captain of the ship, from the bay of potemkin, which lead to the vietnam war.
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- KVRAF
- 2070 posts since 5 Oct, 2005
That's why "Grohl" is pronounced "Growl".
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- addled muppet weed
- 111294 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
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- KVRist
- 31 posts since 19 Oct, 2020
Because they fight that kind of foo.
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- KVRAF
- 1709 posts since 7 Dec, 2017
AnX wrote: Sat Feb 27, 2021 7:54 pmI'm so glad I get my history lessons from KVR, I never new about the bay of Pokemon but now I am smarter than I was 5 minutes agovurt wrote: Sat Feb 27, 2021 7:46 pm like jim morissons dad, was captain of the ship, from the bay of pokemon, which lead to the vietnam war.
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- addled muppet weed
- 111294 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
potemkin!seangm wrote: Fri Apr 02, 2021 8:49 pmI'm so glad I get my history lessons from KVR, I never new about the bay of Pokemon but now I am smarter than I was 5 minutes agoAnX wrote: Sat Feb 27, 2021 7:54 pm
like jim morissons dad, was captain of the ship, from the bay of pokemon, which lead to the vietnam war.