@Jermofoot:
@FieldMarshalGames:
The Beatles or Led Zeppelin
Dependent on the mood. These are the real founders of Modern Rock, and all that follows.
By ripping off blues and R&B artists?
If you can make that statement, then everyone who followed these two did the same thing, but compounded it by ripping off The Beatles and Zeppelin also. The vary nature of early rock and roll was the sharing/using of other’s material. All of the great artists did it, especially the first blues players; which is where rock came from in the first place. Even today, there is very little that is new in Blues and Rock and Roll… it’s recycled material.
The Beatles were so great because 1. they were a very good band (in virtually every way) and 2. because their music, recording and artistry really was revolutionary.
Led Zeppelin was not as revolutionary, but just as influential in the blues rock genre.
I just think it is unfair to deride these two groups for “ripping off” other artists. Of course they did it. They don’t shy away from admitting that. But so did everyone else: Hendrix, BB King, Clapton, Muddy Waters, Vaughan, The Stones, Elvis, Dylan…
But it is not as though even many of their songs are rip offs. Especially the big hits. Both bands are extremely influential and original. Jermo, I don’t see how you can insinuate they are not creative in their own right.
