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Old 03-11-2015, 12:42 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Dad rock was originally supposed to be an insult directed at modern bands sounding like bands your Dad liked, not bands he actually did like.

First time I remember it being used was to describe the Stone Roses and The La's because they ripped off The Byrds.
What? No. It's rock your dad listens to: Led Zeppelin, Tom Petty, Queen, Kansas, Boston, the Who, etc. But of course only that small window of bands that your dad might expected to have been aware of.
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