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Originally Posted by The Indie Bar Kid
The White Stripes are one of the prvieleged few in my top 5 favourite bands, but why are they constantly being deemed "innovative"...Much of their music copycats early blues rock, like Leadbelly, and Jack White would tell you that himself. Fair enough they put a 21st century edge on things and the minimalisms a bit different but theyre not exactly pulling everything out of thin air. The new albums pretty avant-garde though. Yeah the Rapture are great, but well have to wait for a follow-up to see if they take it anywhere...In the meantime, LCD Soundsystems the only punkfunk for me...
Hmm...What was the topic again?
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ok the debut album ripped off zeppelin and sabbath riff wise, and to an extent jack white rips off frank blacks vocals...but as big3 said, they are innovative not only with their music (which incidently does encompass the blues heavily but in a simplistic format not seen before), but their style, aura and end product. there hasnt been anything like them in the past.
by the way, innovative means something ahead of the time which paves the way for other factions to follow...well judging by music around at the moment (im thinking the subways, black keys, DFA '79 etc) id say they fit nice and snug into that term.
and the rapture blow HHH out of the water.