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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Feb 4, 2013 12:01:27 GMT -5
depends on what you like. as a metalhead, the stuff I listen to has a pretty international audience and some of my favorite bands are american, some are canadian, some are british, and the rest are from all across europe.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Feb 4, 2013 12:12:21 GMT -5
I don't really think where an act is from has any bearing on how good they are.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2013 12:16:26 GMT -5
I don't really think where an act is from has any bearing on how good they are. That. I love some British artists, but I also love some artists from America, Canada, Japan, Ireland, Germany and France.
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Post by theultimateworrier on Feb 4, 2013 12:23:27 GMT -5
. . . but using The Script as representatives of UK rock music is sheer insanity. Especially as they're Irish and not a UK band ;D
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2013 13:58:15 GMT -5
....damn my music taste got shut down
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Post by salsashark on Feb 4, 2013 14:13:59 GMT -5
This question is crazy huge. It's like saying, "Are black musicians through history superior to white musicians?" It's just so broad and too loaded to dissect.
I mean, if we're talking rap, I'd say the U.K. can't touch the U.S. The competition is just a joke. I don't think I have heard a good U.K. rapper save for maybe Roots Manuva or Dizzee Rascal. (Please throw me a rec if I'm wrong.) I remember The Streets being terrible. (He probably deserves another listen.) On the other hand, America has produced about three gazillion great rap artists and continues to pump them out on a yearly basis.
Go to punk and it's more even, even if I would say American punk of the 1990s onward is better than British punk. Go back to the early days of punk and they'll be neck-and-neck.
I'm not a classic rock dude, but I'm sure the U.K. would kill there.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Feb 4, 2013 14:34:33 GMT -5
The Script aren't over synthesised pop s***. They're an awesome band. I think they're pretty generic and forgettable, to be honest. Totally agree. Although we do have some fantastic bands and singers, I lament the boatloads of crap that Pop Idol, X-Factor, The Voice and all those other shitty 'talent' shows give us, mainly due to the fact that it's always less about the talent and more about the marketability. Muse aren't even the best band in Teignmouth.
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Post by metylerca on Feb 4, 2013 16:43:26 GMT -5
So you're saying Metallica should go to England for seasoning?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2013 16:46:17 GMT -5
The US has Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Buddy Holly. Without them the vast majority of top notch UK bands would sound completely different so it's a wash.
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Post by Dat Dude on Feb 4, 2013 17:16:45 GMT -5
Kinda of mute point since a lot the legendary British bands (Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, Cream etc.) freely admit to being heavily influence by black american musicians.
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Post by Glitch on Feb 4, 2013 17:41:08 GMT -5
I don't really think where an act is from has any bearing on how good they are. Exactly. It's a ridiculous idea. Musician 1:"Do you think our music will be any good?" Musician 2: "Probably not, we're from America."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2013 18:04:15 GMT -5
This question is crazy huge. It's like saying, "Are black musicians through history superior to white musicians?" It's just so broad and too loaded to dissect. I mean, if we're talking rap, I'd say the U.K. can't touch the U.S. The competition is just a joke. I don't think I have heard a good U.K. rapper save for maybe Roots Manuva or Dizzee Rascal. (Please throw me a rec if I'm wrong.) If you enjoyed any of Dizzee's early stuff, I would recommend checking out JME, Frisco, Skepta, basically everyone from the Boy Better Know collective. Big H is also a dope one, more on the dark side as far as lyrics go.
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Post by hitch on Feb 4, 2013 18:28:56 GMT -5
UK produces better bands and America produces better solo-artists. IMO
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UK produce the best front-men though:
Robert Plant Roger Daltry Mick Jagger Freddie Mercury
...although I accept that's going back a bit
We also bury our King's under parking lots, which is kind of rock n' roll when you think about it.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2013 21:19:54 GMT -5
What sucks is I meant the question as a current thing, yet all of a sudden I opened a can of worms I wasn't ready to debate Damn I'm Stupid
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Feb 4, 2013 23:51:56 GMT -5
Hell nah! USA! USA! USA!
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