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Originally Posted by duga
It goes the other way, too. If you listen hard enough, I'm sure you could say you hear hints of the Carpenters floating around in the mix. If a band actually gives you a list of artists that they say influenced them, I tend to go with that. It doesn't have to directly affect the sound of their music, but perhaps how they approach it.
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How they approach it will end up in the sound, it's absolutely the same thing. Artists don't get to label themselves. Motorhead isn't "rock and roll", they're heavy metal. Heavy metal is a heavier version of rock, it's not rocket science here. They consider Little Richard their biggest influence, and you can hear it. That's the difference. System Of A Down only has similarities to Deftones like Deftones has similarities to 99% of the alt metal world from 1992-1999. You absolutely draw your own conclusions as a fan.
What sounds like influence to one person, or is influence to one person, might not be to the next.